7 Hong Kong Movies To Watch in The Cinemas This Season

As ‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon Ho said at the 2020 Golden Globes, ‘Once you overcome the one inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films’. Here are the Cantonese or Mandarin language films to watch

This year has been a big one for Hong Kong films—Table for Six, Warriors of Future and The Sparring Partners are just some of the highlights of 2022. One hit film after another has given a much-needed boost to the local film industry that had been going through a lacklustre time, especially with the cinemas being closed for more than 100 days during the first half of the year due to the pandemic restrictions. But now things are looking up—and even in the last month of the year there are still plenty of exciting movies out in cinemas you can watch to celebrate Christmas and the beginning of a new year. Not to mention all the festive films coming up, what with Lunar New Year just around the corner.

Here are some films currently still in cinemas and others that will be coming soon to put on your To-Watch list.

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1. Hong Kong Family (2022)

Hong Kong Family, starring Teresa Mo, Tse Kwan-ho and Hedwig Tam, and directed by Eric Tsang Hing Weng tells the story of a shattered family after a combative winter solstice dinner eight years ago where relationships were damaged, violence was threatened and divorce was put on the table. Now, eight years later the family is still stuck in a stalemate when an unexpected visit from a cousin from the United Kingdom with unsettling news forces the family to reunite over another winter solstice dinner and rethink their connections with each other. Can the family heal and rebuild the bonds that were lost?

Released: November 24, 2022

2. Come Back Home (2022)

Part adventure thriller and part family drama, Come Back Home, starring Donnie Yen who also helped produce the film, follows a family on a road trip to the snowy Changbai Mountain in northeast China. Everything goes awry when De’s (played by Yen) son goes missing, which leads to a desperate search for the boy in the frosty landscape before the golden hour of finding and rescuing a missing person runs out.

Released: November 3, 2022

3. Love Suddenly (2022)

This Hong Kong ensemble romantic comedy stars local boyband Mirror’s deputy captain, Anson Kong, alongside Karena Ng, Chloe So, Adam Pak, Edward Ma and Roxanne Tong. The story introduces four pairs of couples, all in different types of romantic relationships. Just before Valentine’s Day, the quartet find themselves embroiled in various imbroglios and realise that they aren’t happy in the relationships they’re in.

Released: November 17, 2022

4. The Narrow Road (2022)

Louis Cheung is joined by Angela Yuen, Patra Au and Chu Pak Hon in this film helmed by up-and-coming director Lam Sum, which is set against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic. The movie tells the story of the owner of a cleaning company facing a rough patch amid the Covid-19 pandemic who hires a young, single mother with sticky fingers, and the two slowly forms a bond. The film won the Best Original Score, and Cheung and Yuen were both nominated, for Best Leading Actor and Best Leading Actress respectively, at the 59th Golden Horse Award for their performances in this film.

Release date: December 22, 2022

5. Where the Wind Blows

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Previously known as Theory of Ambitions, this film made its world premiere at the 46th Hong Kong International Film Festival in August this year. Where the Wind Blows marks the first collaboration between Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai since TVB sitcom Everybody’s Somebody’s Favourite in 1988. The film boasts a cast of massive stars including Michael Hui, Jessie Li, Elaine Jin and Tse Kwan-Ho, and is a thriller based on a true story about corrupt police officers in the ’70s.

Release date: to be confirmed

6. A Guilty Conscience (2023)

One of the most eagerly awaited Chinese New Year movies for 2023, this legal comedy stars Dayo Wong, Tse Kwan-Ho and Louise Wong. In this whacky tale, a supermodel is allegedly wrongfully imprisoned for seven years for child abuse until new evidence surfaces and chaos ensues.

Release date: January, 2023

7. Everything Under Control (2023)

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Another Chinese New Year movie, Everything Under Control is the second feature directed by Ying Chi Wen and is an adaptation of the Korean movie, To Catch a Virgin Ghost (2004) and the Taiwanese version, Treat or Trick (2021). Ying’s version stars Hins Cheung, Ivana Wong, Jeffrey Ngai and Kaho Hung, and is about two security officers who travel to a remote village to retrieve stolen diamonds, and are met with a band of villagers… and a ghost.

Release date: January, 2023

This story was originally written in Chinese by Joyce Li and published on 25 November 2022.

原作者 Joyce Li 於 2022 年 11 月 25 日發表本文，請按此瀏覽中文版本。

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