Best mind-bending Cantonese movies on Netflix in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
11 movies on Netflix in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.9. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. Infernal Affairs (2002)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 41m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 8.0 (1.4L votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatDark & grittyCold & detached
Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.
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2. A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 39m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 7.8 (9.7K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningFast-pacedFunny
This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive women and super-powered villains to save the dying Pak Jing-Jing.
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3. A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (1995)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 28m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 7.5 (9.7K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningFast-pacedFunny
When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.
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4. Infernal Affairs II (2003)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 59m · Action, Thriller · IMDb 7.2 (21.5K votes)
TwistyMatureEdge-of-seatVisually stunning
In this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, setting up the events of the first film.
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5. Infernal Affairs III (2003)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 58m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (16.0K votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatMatureCold & detached
Triad gangster turned corrupt cop Lau Kin-ming goes to dangerous lengths to avoid detection.
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6. Life Without Principle (2011)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 47m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.9 (3.1K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
A criminal, a bank clerk and a police officer find their destinies entwined when a loan shark gets assaulted after having withdrawn $10 million from the bank in the midst of the world financial crisis.
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8. Accident (2009)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 29m · Action, Drama · IMDb 6.6 (4.2K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatMature
A self-styled accident choreographer, the Brain is a professional hitman who kills his victims by trapping them in well crafted accidents that look like unfortunate mishaps. When the team's next assignment goes disastrously wrong, Brain begins to suspect that someone else has planned an ‘accident’ on them.
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9. Blind Detective (2013)
Movie · Cantonese · 2h 9m · Action, Crime · IMDb 6.4 (4.0K votes)
TwistyFunnyFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
A brilliant detective is forced into early retirement after losing eyesight. Making ends meet by solving cold cases for reward money, he teams up with a rookie lady inspector to solve a case from her personal past.
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10. Once a Gangster (2010)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 35m · Action, Comedy · IMDb 5.7 (597 votes)
FunnyFast-pacedMatureTwisty
Roast Pork joins the triad as a young man and ends up becoming a trusted lieutenant of boss Kerosene. However, his true passion is in his successful chain of restaurants, his loving wife, and his two children. So when Kerosene wants to promote his trusted right hand man to the top of the organization as a way to take o
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11. Line Walker (2016)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 48m · Action, Crime · IMDb 6.0 (1.8K votes)
Fast-pacedTwistyEdge-of-seatVisually stunning
The details of undercover police officers are deleted from a police database and a senior officer is left struggling to know who are the undercover officers and who are the criminals.
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