The 40 most popular hong kong music movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.


The Cave of the Silken Web
1967 · 1h 22m
country: Hong Kong
Monkey King, Pig and Friar Sand must rescue his master Buddhist monk from seven witches / spiders who believe themselves to be immortal if they eat the monk's flesh. The third part of the Shaw Brothers film series about Monkey King after the novel "Journey to the West."


The Amorous Lotus Pan
1964 · 1h 14m
country: Hong Kong
A woman in an arranged marriage falls in love with her husband's brother.


Perhaps Love
2005 · 1h 48m
country: China
A love triangle develops between the male and female leads and the director during the making of a musical in Mainland China.


Anna Magdalena
1998 · 1h 37m
country: Hong Kong
Two young men fall for the woman staying upstairs when she practises J.S. Bach's "Notebook for Anna Magdalena".


Frozen
2010 · 1h 32m
country: Hong Kong
Wing, a naive girl accidentally revives her cryogenically frozen mother, who is now the same age as her. The pair set out to find the mother’s former boyfriend - Wing’s biological father.


Anita
2021 · 2h 16m
country: Hong Kong
This long-awaited biopic provides a vivid account of the remarkable life of Anita Mui in and behind the limelight, chronicling her journey from a child performer to becoming one of world's most recognized music icons.


Mambo Girl
1957 · 1h 31m
country: Hong Kong
A young woman in search of a lost identity, her long lost mother who abandoned her soon after her birth.


The Way We Keep Dancing
2021 · 2h 9m
country: Hong Kong
Actress and dancer Hana is becoming a reluctant star while finishing her studies, Dave is doggedly pursuing his dance dreams and Leung is busy with online influencer work, and their pal Heyo is dallying with mainstream success as a rapper. But tension arrives as they and the rest of their crew are asked to promote an urban renewal project.


The Human Goddess
1972 · 1h 39m
country: Hong Kong
Li Ching is the Seventh Sister, an angel who comes down from heaven to see what life in Hong Kong is like. In Hong Kong, she runs into Zili(Chin Feng), a reincarnated version of her deceased lover, Dong Yong. Zili, with help from cook Uncle Bull(the warm, portly Peng Peng), do their best to watch over homeless kids in an run-down orphanage. However, a heartless tycoon named Xu Caifa wants the land where the orphanage is and he's willing to go to extremes to get it. Armed with omnipotent powers, spirit, and help from her "celestial sisters", Seventh Sister works to defend Zili, Uncle Bull, and the orphans from Xu Caifa.


The Phantom Lover
1995 · 1h 40m
country: Hong Kong
In 1936 China, a nearly bankrupt drama troupe starts performing in a burned-out theater where the great actor Song Danping was killed. One of the actors, Wei Qing, starts seeing strange apparitions that could revive his troupe and deliver him to the same fate as Song Danping.


Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing?
1983 · 1h 40m
country: Taiwan
A poor army veteran in Taiwan adopts a daughter. She grows up and leaves him to enter show business. When she becomes famous she shuns her father and friends.


The Land of Many Perfumes
1968 · 1h 22m
country: Hong Kong
The Monk, Monkey and Pigsy find themselves in the title realm, where women can only give birth to women...unless loved by a man


The Crimson Palm
1964 · 1h 25m
country: Hong Kong
Ling Bo is Lin, a young man engaged to the daughter of a rich man, who now despises Lin because of his family's declining status. Lin visits his beloved fiancee before he heads towards the imperial city to participate in the civil service examination, only to find her maid lying dead in blood. Lin is then accused of murder. How can Judge Bao prove his innocence?


The Lotus Lamp
1965 · 1h 39m
country: Hong Kong
The Goddess of Hua Mountain is imprisoned for falling in love with a mortal, meanwhile her son is raised in secret until he can attempt to free her.


Another Side Joey My Secret Live
2024
country: Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s first concert leaps onto big screen, with Emperor Cinemas exclusively showcasing the highly anticipated Joey Yung Concert 2023《ANOTHER SIDE ...... JOEY . MY SECRET . LIVE》, a masterpiece created by Joey Yung and her team. This extraordinary concert extends the emotional impact experienced during the unforgettable 34 nights at the HKAPA. Audience can indulge in Joey’s incredible performance enhanced by extraordinary stage effect presented from multiple angles on the cinema screen. This immersive experience will transport you into Joey's Secret Garden, allowing you to feel as part of the concert. The limited screening will commence exclusively at Emperor Cinemas starting 19 Jan. Join together for the unique experience that you should never miss!
Love Song Over the Sea
Love Song Over the Sea
1970
country: Hong Kong
Romantic musical comedy.


Air Hostess
1959 · 1h 42m
country: Hong Kong
Back in 1959, air hostess was considered one of the most glamorous and privileged occupations for young girls with a dream. This first colour production of MP & GI details the ins and outs of the profession and takes the three lead actresses, Ge Lan (Grace Chang), Julia Ye Feng and Dolly Su Feng through a series of tough training. After their graduation, the film then brings them, and the audience, to exotic places like Bangkok, Singapore and Taiwan.


The Story of Sue San
1964 · 1h 47m
country: Hong Kong
This gripping story centers on the romance between Wang Chin Lung and Sue San. Although they may be perfectly matched when it comes to their love for one other, the two come from remarkably different social ranks. While Chin Lung is the son of a respected government official, Su San is a prostitute, albeit a famous one.


The Year of Jacky Cheung: World Tour 07
2007 · 3h 7m
country: Hong Kong
Five years after his 2002 tour, Canto-pop god Jacky Cheung finally returned to the stage in 2007 for his long-awaited The Year of Jacky Cheung World Tour. In one year's time, he performed 105 concerts in 12 countries, bringing his perfect voice to the many fans around the world who have been touched by his music in the last 23 years. The singer held concerts in U.S.A, Canada, China, Macau, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, and of course his native Hong Kong, where he held a total of 18 concerts.


KJ: Music and Life
2009 · 1h 30m
country: Hong Kong
KJ is a biography of a HK musical genius. At the age of 11, KJ won the Best Pianist price and went to Czech to perform with a professional orchestra. Touching on subjects such as the meaning of life, God and the artistic process, the director’s 6-year-conversations with KJ reveal how a young man inspires by his music teacher, Nancy Loo and how he conflicts with his peers and parents. KJ is not about the victory of a genius, but how he learns to be a "human being".


Disco Bumpkins
1980 · 1h 30m
country: Hong Kong
The film is about Fen, who hangs out with four total losers who are in "Macho Man" tank tops and what happens. Ching Li plays Selina, who is a commercial director who hires him.


Dawn Will Come
1966 · 1h 34m
country: Hong Kong
The lovely Li Hsiang-chun stars as a poor beauty who is drugged, ravished, lied to, locked in a burning store room, left to drown, and chased by sword-wielding ruffians, among other things. Her only hope is her betrayer's new wife, played by the strong and sensual Ivy Ling Po. Dawn may come, but the questions is: will it be too late? Director/writer Kao Li shows both restraint and sadism in this historical melodramatic tearjerker.


The Love Eterne
1963 · 2h 2m
country: Hong Kong
In this dreamy romance set in China during the fourth-century, a young woman convinces her parents to allow her to dress as a boy and attend university.


Concerto of the Bully
2018 · 1h 35m
country: Hong Kong
Internet songwriter Chow (Cherry Ngan) is gifted with an extraordinary retentive memory. She never forgets anything she has heard. One day, she was kidnapped by Yung (Ronald Cheng), a street punk, to a remote fish raft so desolate that an escape plan seems to be a mission impossible. In the hope to flee with the only ability she has, Chow offers to give a spiritual music therapy to the rather maniacal kidnapper. What happens next is beyond anyone’s imagination – the two who have nothing in common begin to form an intimate bond and connection through music. More than that, Chow finds immense inspirations on this “floating stage”, while discovering the incredible singing voice and vocal range in Yung – a seemingly hopeless criminal can also possess a voice as captivating as the sound of nature…


The Way We Dance
2013 · 1h 50m
country: Hong Kong
After dropping out of her university's dance crew, a working-class student finds inspiration in tai chi for her own unique style of street dancing.


Madam White Snake
1962 · 1h 35m
country: Hong Kong
This Classic Seductive tale of two snakes who assume human forms will send chills of pleasure down viewers' backs. The Lovely Linda Lin Dai (Les Belles, The Kingdom And The Beauty) and margaret Tu Chuan (The Dream of The Red Chamber) play the two sister serpents, Pak Su-cheng and Ching Ching. Su-cheng meets Hsu Hsien (Chao Lei) one day and recognizes him as her savior in another life 1,000 years ago. She marries him to reward him but the snake-human union brings about problems beyond imagination.


The Sweetest Moment
1967 · 1h 23m
country: Hong Kong
This is a Cantonese musical from director Wong Yiu


Butterfly Lovers 40
2003 · 2h 10m
country: Hong Kong
Ivy Ling Po reprising her role as Liang Shanbo to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Love Eterne (1963).


The Wild, Wild Rose
1960 · 2h 14m
country: Hong Kong
Grace Chang delivers an eye-opening performance as a lusty nightclub singer climbing the social ladder in seedy Wanchai. Borrowing story and song elements from Georges Bizet’s CARMEN, this Wong Tin-Lam directed musical has flair and polish to rival Hollywood, and a superstar leading lady that would any film industry would have a tough time matching! A key film from the celebrated Cathay Film Studios.


继续宠爱·二十年·音乐会
2023
country: Hong Kong
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
1983 · 1h 32m
country: Hong Kong
A second-rate private eye sees a woman's UFO abduction claim as his ticket to fame and fortune.


June Bride
1960 · 1h 42m
country: Hong Kong
To marry her fiance Dong Jifang, Wang Danlin and her father Zhuoran take the cruise home to Hong Kong. The daughter fails to see eye to eye with her father who covets after Dong's money for speculation. On the ship, she suffers intensive courtship from the Filipino Chinese Lin Yamang. Meanwhile, Dong is eager to match his old frame Bai Jin with the sailor Mai Qin, but Mai mistakes Danlin for Bai and falls in love with her, resulting in a morass of troubles. Finding out Dong's affair with Bai, Danlin calls off the wedding in anger. Dong responds by deciding to marry Jin. Their nuptials are saved with the timely intervention of Mai.


The Lyricist Wannabe
2024 · 1h 50m
country: Hong Kong
Believing that writing Cantopop is her God-given talent, Law Wing-sze decides to make it her lifelong career. But as hard as Sze tries to polish her lyric-writing skills and expand her social circle, nothing seems to go her way. What if there’s a will, but there’s no way?


Andy Lau Wonderful World Concert Tour Hong Kong 2007
2007
country: Hong Kong
Hong Kong all-round talent Andy Lau launched a mammoth tour from September to December last year, thrilling audiences all over Mainland China and Hong Kong with his Andy Lau Wonderful World Concert Tour 2007. On Andy Lau Wonderful World Concert Tour Shanghai, he offers a 32-track music repertoire of mainly Mandarin songs over three DVDs.


Last Song for You
2024 · 1h 50m
country: Hong Kong
When has-been pop star So Sing Wah reluctantly agrees to join Summer, the daughter of his high school crush, Ha, on a journey to Japan to scatter Ha’s ashes, he has no idea that the trip will unravel not just distance, but time itself. In their teens, So and Ha shared music, hopes, and dreams—until a sudden departure changed everything. Now, they have a second chance.


Return of the Phoenix
1963 · 1h 30m
country: Hong Kong
Return Of The Phoenix is yet another masterpiece from prolific director Li Han-hsiang. An imperial minister Cheng Pu (Ching Miao) is faced with a quandary. He's getting old and his daughters are still not married. Elder daughter Shueh-yeh (Elizabeth Chuang) is so ugly no one wants her. Younger daughter Shueh-wu (Li Hsiang-chun) is beautiful but Mrs Cheng refuses to let her marry before her elder sister. The drama unfolds when Cheng decides to marry Shueh-wu off.


Anita Classic Moment Live
2004 · 2h 47m
country: Hong Kong
Compilation of Anita Mui's last eight performances, weeks before she passed away. Recorded on 6-11, 14-15 November 2003 at Hong Kong Coliseum.


雷颂德THANK YOU演唱会
2013
country: Hong Kong
Enjoy the timeless Canto-pop pieces in the Thank You Concert of Mark Lui, who single-handedly composed and produced many of Hong Kong's greatest hits in the past twenty years of his career. Held in July 2013 at the Hong Kong Coliseum, his all-star concert was supported by Leon Lai, Kelly Chen, Janice Vidal, Andy Hui, Miriam Yeung, Dicky Cheung, William So, Stephy Tang, JW, Aarif Lee, Rubberband, Candy Lo and more. You can revisit hits such as "Love Song," "Please Break Up with Me," "Please Teach Me How Not To Love Him," "Anniversary," "Heat and Shine" and "Big Story in a Small City" all in one go.


Tsai Chin HK Concert Live Karaoke
2010 · 2h 21m
country: China
Tsai Chin returned to grace the Hong Kong Coliseum's stage in 2010. The set list this time features a large selection of classic Mandarin oldies from the 1960s, including the concert theme song "A Wonderful Night on the Sea". The veteran Taiwan singer with a voice like velvet also treated her audience to her fan-favorite numbers, including "Your Eyes", "The Forgotten Time", "One Last Night", and "Just Like Your Tenderness" for a total of over 30 songs.


Twins SPIRIT Since 2001 Live 2024
2024
country: Hong Kong
No overview available
Hong Kong cinema's 1980s and 90s peak produced the most influential action filmmaking of the era — John Woo's gunplay ballets, Jackie Chan's stunt comedy, and the wire-work that Hollywood promptly absorbed. Wong Kar-wai's films run on a completely different and equally exported register.
Music films cover concert documentaries, biopics, and musicals — anything where performance drives the picture. The genre lives or dies on whether the filmmaking can match the energy of the sound.