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{{Short description|Hong Kong filmmaker (1955-2018)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Lam|Ringo Lam|Lam Ling-Tung|lang=Hong Kong}}
{{Use Hong Kong English|date=May 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
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| name               = Ringo Lam
| image              = Ringo Lam.jpg
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| caption            = Lam in 2015
| birth_name         = Lam Ling-tung
| birth_date         = {{birth date|df=y|1955|12|8|1955}}
| birth_place        = [[British Hong Kong]]
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=y|2018|12|29|1955|12|8}}
| death_place        = [[Hong Kong]]
| alma_mater         = [[York University]]
| occupation         = [[Film director]]<br />[[screenwriter]]<br />[[film producer]]
| years_active       = 1983–2018
| module             = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes
| t = 林嶺東
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'''Ringo Lam Ling-Tung''' ({{zh|t=林嶺東|s=林岭东|j={{kCantonese|林嶺東}}}}, 8 December 1955 – 29 December 2018) was a Hong Kong film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was known for his [[Action film|action]] and [[crime films]] produced during the [[Hong Kong New Wave]], many of them comprising entries in the [[heroic bloodshed]] subgenre. He was nominated for six [[Hong Kong Film Award]]s, winning [[Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]] for his 1987 film ''[[City on Fire (1987 film)|City on Fire]]'', which he followed with other similar films that shared a dark view of Hong Kong society, collectively known as the "On Fire" cycle.

Lam's other notable films include ''[[Aces Go Places IV]]'' (1986), ''[[Prison on Fire]]'' (1987), ''[[Undeclared War]]'' (1990), ''[[Twin Dragons]]'' (1992, co-directed with [[Tsui Hark]]), and ''[[Full Contact (1992 film)|Full Contact]]'' (1992). Many of his films starred [[Chow Yun-fat]]. He also directed several films in the United States, beginning with 1996's ''[[Maximum Risk]]'', with [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]]. He would continue working on film productions in both Hong Kong and two more American productions with Van Damme until 2003.

In 2016, he won the [[Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award]] for Best Director for his ''[[Wild City]],'' his first film in 8 years. His final film, a segment in the omnibus ''[[Septet: The Story of Hong Kong]]'', was released posthumously in 2020, two years after his death.

==Early life and background==
[[File:Chow Yun Fat for wiki.jpg|thumbnail|right|Chow Yun Fat met Ringo Lam at the actors training program. Chow has starred in many of Lam's films.]]
Ringo Lam was born in [[British Hong Kong]] in 8 December 1955.<ref name=qin/><ref name="allmovie-bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/ringo-lam-p98521|work=[[Allmovie]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|title=Ringo Lam|author=Buchanan, Jason|access-date=28 February 2014|archive-date=20 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120034458/http://www.allmovie.com/artist/ringo-lam-p98521|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam started his career by enrolling in the [[TVB]] Actors Training Program in 1973.<ref name="allmovie-bio" /> At the program, he met [[Chow Yun Fat]] with whom he would later collaborate on several films.<ref name="allmovie-bio" /> He graduated from the training program in 1974 alongside Chow.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lau |first=Henry |date=2021-12-14 |title=Hong Kong's 'star factory': without TVB's artist training course, would Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Stephen Chow and other Canto-pop and film idols have launched their showbiz careers? |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3159526/hong-kongs-star-factory-without-tvbs-artist-training |access-date=2023-08-21 |archive-date=21 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821213408/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3159526/hong-kongs-star-factory-without-tvbs-artist-training |url-status=live }}</ref> After taking a few acting roles, Lam went to [[Canada]] and studied film at [[York University]] in [[Toronto]]. Lam returned to Hong Kong in 1981.<ref name="allmovie-bio" />

==Career==

===1980s===
Lam's first four films were not written by him.<ref name="Stokes64">Stokes, 1999. p. 64</ref> Lam took over as director for [[Po-Chih Leong]] after he had finished about one-third of the film ''[[Esprit d'amour]]'' as the film's producer [[Karl Maka]] needed a cheap replacement and hired him.<ref name="Interview-Raymond-Wong" /> Lam explained that he had "no choice, I need food, so I do the best I can&nbsp;..." Lam received sole directing credit for the film.<ref name="Interview-Raymond-Wong">{{cite video|first=Raymond|last=Wong|year= 2008|title=An Interview with Raymond Wong|language=zh|publisher=Joy Sales Hong Kong|time=0:00:00-0:05:59}} (DVD)</ref> The film was released on 15 December 1983 in Hong Kong.<ref name="spiritamour">{{cite web |title=Esprit d'amour |url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac/cclib/search/showBib.jsp?f=e&id=65537864691205 |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209164200/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac/cclib/search/showBib.jsp?f=e&id=65537864691205 |archive-date=9 February 2015 |access-date=9 February 2015 |work=[[Hong Kong Film Archive]]}}</ref> Lam's next feature film was ''[[The Other Side of Gentleman]]'', which was released 28 June 1984 in Hong Kong.<ref name="othersideof">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139G5ON079527.286&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!33796@!0&ri=7&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=The+other+side+of+gentleman&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=7|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=The other side of gentleman|access-date=28 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Lam followed this with the romantic comedy film ''[[Cupid One]]'' released 1985.<ref name="cupid-one">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139G5ON079527.286&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!36592@!0&ri=11&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Cupid+one&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140228175109/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139G5ON079527.286&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!36592@!0&ri=11&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Cupid+one&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=11|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 February 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Cupid one|access-date=28 February 2014}}</ref> The film grossed HK$6,382,935, which was less than his previous two films which both grossed over ten million Hong Kong dollars.<ref name="spiritamour" /><ref name="othersideof" /><ref name="cupid-one" /> Lam's next film was the fourth film in the ''[[Aces Go Places (film series)|Aces Go Places]]'' film series, ''[[Aces Go Places IV]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/mad-mission-3-our-man-from-bond-street-v711|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|title=Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street|access-date=28 February 2014|author=Firsching, Robert|archive-date=18 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418195428/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/mad-mission-3-our-man-from-bond-street-v711|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam stated in interviews that he directed the film as a favor to [[Karl Maka]], who helped give Lam his start.<ref>Charles, 2000, p. 4</ref> The film was very successful at the box office grossing HK$27,012,748 in Hong Kong.<ref name="agp4-hkfa">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139G5ON079527.286&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!35139@!0&ri=2&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Aces+go+places+IV&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=2|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Aces go places IV|access-date=28 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

After ''[[Aces Go Places IV]]'', Karl Maka allowed Lam to make whatever type of film he wanted.<ref name="Stokes64" /><ref name="Stokes71" /> Lam had two films released in 1987.<ref name="hkfa-cof" /> one of which was the first of his ''On Fire'' films, ''City on Fire''.<ref name="Stokes64" /> The film is a gangster movie which was made in Hong Kong in the footsteps of ''[[A Better Tomorrow]]'' (1986) which re-invented the gangster film genre in Hong Kong.<ref name="Stokes64" /> The film was released on 13 February 1987 and earned $19,723,505 in Hong Kong.<ref name="hkfa-cof">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139O5I99450U4.536&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!32063@!0&ri=2&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=City+on+fire+1987&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=2|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=City on Fire|access-date=28 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Lam won the award for Best Director award at the 1987 Hong Kong Film Awards for ''City on Fire''.<ref name="allmovie-bio" /> Lam's next film that year was ''[[Prison on Fire]]'' which had a script that was written in nine days while the film was shot in 20 days.<ref name="Stokes71">Stokes, 1999. p. 71</ref>

In 1988, along with Karl Maka, Lam had a brief acting role in the film ''[[The Eighth Happiness]]''.<ref name="Charles124">Charles, 2000, p. 124</ref> Lam then continued his ''On Fire'' series with ''[[School on Fire]]'' which was released in Hong Kong on 20 August 1988.<ref name="hkfa-sof">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139O5I99450U4.536&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!30281@!1&ri=6&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=6|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=School on Fire|access-date=28 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''School on Fire'' was edited with many scenes censored on its release in both Hong Kong and [[Taiwan]].<ref>Charles, 2000, p. 276</ref> Lam's final film of the 1980s was ''[[Wild Search]]'' released in 1989. It grossed a total of HK$15,944,333 in Hong Kong.<ref name="Wild Search">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139O5I99450U4.536&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!28759@!0&ri=2&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Wild+search&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=2|work=[[Hong Kong Film Archive]]|title=Wild Search|access-date=28 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===1990s===
Lam's first film of the 1990s was ''[[Undeclared War]]'' released in 1990.<ref name="uw-hkfa">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139O5I99450U4.536&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!35252@!0&ri=5&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Undeclared+war&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=5|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Undeclared War|access-date=28 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The film contained an international cast including [[Olivia Hussey]], [[Peter Lapis]], [[Danny Lee (actor)|Danny Lee]] and [[Vernon Wells (actor)|Vernon Wells]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/undeclared-war-v51705/|work=[[Allmovie]]|title=Undeclared War|access-date=28 February 2014|author=Crow, Jonathan|publisher=Rovi Corporation|archive-date=18 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418195424/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/undeclared-war-v51705/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was not as popular as Lam's previous films in Hong Kong, grossing HK$5,523,958.<ref name="uw-hkfa" /> Lam's next film ''Touch and Go'' was released on 16 May 1991 in Hong Kong.<ref name="tag-hkfa">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139O5I99450U4.536&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!31262@!0&ri=8&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Touch+and+go&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=8|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140228175108/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139O5I99450U4.536&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!31262@!0&ri=8&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Touch+and+go&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=8|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 February 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Touch and Go|access-date=28 February 2014}}</ref> The film was a comedy starring [[Sammo Hung]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/touch-and-go-v270589|title=Touch and Go (1991)|author=Crow, Jonathan|access-date=13 March 2014|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|archive-date=29 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429075513/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/touch-and-go-v270589|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam stated in interviews that ''Touch and Go'' was an assignment took for hire in order to keep himself in the film business.<ref>Charles, 2000, p. 318</ref> The film grossed less than ''Undeclared War'' in Hong Kong.<ref name="uw-hkfa" /><ref name="tag-hkfa" /> Lam released a second film in 1991 titled ''[[Prison on Fire II]]''. The film was very popular with Hong Kong audiences where it grossed $24,367,261.<ref name="pofII-hkfa">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139O5I99450U4.536&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!30940@!0&ri=11&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Prison+on+fire+II&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=11|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Prison on Fire II|access-date=28 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Lam's next film ''[[Twin Dragons]]'' had him partnered with [[Tsui Hark]] as a director.<ref name="Morton186">Morton, 2009. p.186</ref> According to Hark, Lam handled most of the action scenes in the film.<ref name="Morton186" /> Lam also briefly appears in the film as a car mechanic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/twin-dragons-v179418/cast-crew|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|title=Twin Dragons: Cast & Crew|access-date=28 February 2014|archive-date=18 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418195423/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/twin-dragons-v179418/cast-crew|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam's next film ''[[Full Contact (1992 film)|Full Contact]]'' was released in Hong Kong on 23 July 1992. It grossed a total of HK$16,793,011.<ref name="fc-hkfa">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=132123BI1876Q.184&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!30929@!0&ri=3&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Full+contact&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=3|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121218115020/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=132123BI1876Q.184&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!30929@!0&ri=3&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Full+contact&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=3|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 December 2012|work=[[Hong Kong Film Archive]]|title=Full contact|access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref> Lam followed it up with ''[[Burning Paradise]]'' which differed from his previous films by being a period film featuring the Chinese folk hero [[Fong Sai-yuk]] opposed a film set in an urban environ.<ref>Thomas, 2003. p. 79</ref><ref name="Morton201">Morton, 2009. p.201</ref> The film was poorly received at the box office in Hong Kong, being the 145th highest-grossing film of the year.<ref name="Morton201" /> In 1995, Lam directed another period film set in 1975 starring [[Andy Lau]] titled ''[[The Adventurers (1995 film)|The Adventurers]]''.<ref name="Thomas7">Thomas, 2003. p. 7</ref> The film was shot partially in the [[Philippines]] and the United States and grossed HK$14,839,584 in Hong Kong.<ref name="Thomas7" /><ref name="The adventurers">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139O5I99450U4.536&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!35343@!0&ri=2&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=The+adventurers+1995&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=2|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=The adventurers|access-date=28 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 1996, Lam made his American debut with the film ''[[Maximum Risk]]'' starring [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]].<ref name="allmovie-bio" /> The film was not a big draw at the box office.<ref name="allmovie-bio" /> Lam returned to Hong Kong where he shot his next film ''[[Full Alert (film)|Full Alert]]'' which was budgeted at $13 million. The film was shown at film festivals in 1997 including [[International Film Festival Rotterdam|Rotterdam]] and [[Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/ko-dou-gai-bei-v160160|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|title=Ko Dou Gai Bei|access-date=28 February 2014|author=Stewart, Bhob|archive-date=18 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418195430/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/ko-dou-gai-bei-v160160|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Full Alert'' was nominated for five awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards and won the award for best film and best actor (Lau Ching-wan) at the [[Hong Kong Film Critics Society]] Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hkfaa.com/history/list_17.html|work=[[Hong Kong Film Awards]]|script-title=zh:第十七屆香港電影金像獎得獎名單|language=zh|access-date=3 October 2011|archive-date=14 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414112210/http://www.hkfaa.com/history/list_17.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmcritics.org.hk/%E5%AD%B8%E6%9C%83%E5%A4%A7%E7%8D%8E/%E5%BE%97%E7%8D%8E%E7%90%86%E7%94%B1/4th-hong-kong-film-critics-society-awards|work=[[Hong Kong Film Critics Society]]|title=The 4th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards : 香港電影評論學會|access-date=3 October 2011|date=22 January 1998|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901150408/http://www.filmcritics.org.hk/%E5%AD%B8%E6%9C%83%E5%A4%A7%E7%8D%8E/%E5%BE%97%E7%8D%8E%E7%90%86%E7%94%B1/4th-hong-kong-film-critics-society-awards|archive-date=1 September 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Lam followed up ''Full Alert'' the next year with ''The Suspect'' which was shot in the Philippines.<ref>O'Brien, 2003. p.173</ref> ''The Suspect'' was not as financially successful as ''Full Alert'', grossing around ten million less.<ref name="The suspect">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13GI6118W5402.756&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!37453@!0&ri=2&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=The+suspect&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=2|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140228182646/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13GI6118W5402.756&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!37453@!0&ri=2&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=The+suspect&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 February 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=The suspect|access-date=28 February 2014}}</ref> In 1998, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' announced that Lam would direct the film ''[[Simon Sez]]'' with [[Kevin Alyn Elders|Kevin Elders]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1998/voices/columns/burton-eyes-hollow-rodman-wrestles-1117477668/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Burton eyes 'Hollow'; Rodman wrestles|date=18 June 1998|access-date=9 July 2014|archive-date=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715010724/http://variety.com/1998/voices/columns/burton-eyes-hollow-rodman-wrestles-1117477668/|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam later only contributed to the film as a producer.<ref name="simonsez">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/simon-sez-1117752190/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Review: 'Simon Sez'|access-date=28 February 2014|date=27 September 1999|author=Leydon, Joe|archive-date=8 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308052153/http://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/simon-sez-1117752190/|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam directed a Hong Kong production titled ''[[Victim (1999 film)|Victim]]''. The film featured a supernatural storyline and had its ending changed on its Hong Kong theatrical release.<ref name="variety-victim" /> Half of the release prints contained a scene stating whether or not the actor was possessed by a ghost.<ref name="variety-victim" /> The other half of the movie reflected the original script and did not reveal this.<ref name="variety-victim">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117915445/|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Variety Reviews - Victim - Film Reviews - - Review by Derek Elley|author=Elley, Derek|access-date=6 October 2011|date=19 March 2000|archive-date=5 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305214212/https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/victim-2-1200461042/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===21st century===
[[File:Jean-Claude Van Damme June 2, 2007, cropped.jpg|thumbnail|left|Three of Lam's films directed in the 2000s starred actor Jean-Claude Van Damme.]]
Lam's second U.S.-based production, ''[[Replicant (film)|Replicant]]'', was released in 2001.<ref name="amg-replicant">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/replicant-v247211|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|title=Replicant|author=Miller, Skyler|access-date=28 February 2014|archive-date=5 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305214202/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/replicant-vm1364208|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was screened theatrically in France on 11 July 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/replicant-1200469032/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Replicant|author=Nesselson, Lisa|date=23 July 2001|access-date=9 December 2017|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101051646/https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/replicant-1200469032/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was released [[direct-to-video]] in the United States.<ref name="amg-replicant" /> Lam directed two more films in 2003: the Hong Kong production ''[[Looking for Mister Perfect]]'' and the American direct-to-video release ''[[In Hell]]'' starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.<ref name="Wheeler, Jeremy">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/in-hell-v292979/review|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|title=In Hell|author=Wheeler, Jeremy|access-date=20 April 2020|archive-date=15 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015085257/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/in-hell-v292979/review|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/looking-for-mr-perfect-v403663|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|title=Looking for M. Perfect (2003)|author=Buchanan, Jason|access-date=20 April 2020|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412004717/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/looking-for-mr-perfect-v403663|url-status=live}}</ref>
Lam next took a break from filmmaking after finding dissatisfaction with the filming environment in Hong Kong after ''Finding Mr. Perfect'' did poorly in the box office.<ref name="fc-interview" /> Lam also stated that he wanted to spend more time with his family and "above all, to observe people and learn more about them. I wanted to seek resources, material, and subjects that were worth making into films."<ref name="fc-interview" />

In 2007, Lam co-directed a section of the [[portmanteau film]] ''[[Triangle (2007 film)|Triangle]]'' with [[Tsui Hark]] and [[Johnnie To]].<ref name="cannes">{{cite web |date=17 May 2007 |title=Out of Competition: "Triangle" by Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark, and Johnnie To |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/theDailyArticle/55656.html |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305044633/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/theDailyArticle/55656.html |archive-date=5 March 2014 |access-date=28 February 2014 |work=[[Cannes Film Festival]]}}</ref> Lam stated that his story in the film represented "a metaphor of my attitude towards filmmaking: It is always a love-hate process."<ref name="cannes" /> The film was screened out of competition at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="cannes" />

In 2014, the Hong Kong newspaper ''[[Apple Daily]]'' reported that Lam would return to directing with a film with funding from [[Mei Ah Entertainment]] with a cast to include [[Daniel Wu]] and [[Shawn Yue]].<ref name="fba-feb28">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/ringo-lam-to-direct-new-action-film|work=[[Film Business Asia]]|author=Ma, Kevin|title=Ringo Lam to direct new action film|date=28 February 2014|access-date=28 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223446/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/ringo-lam-to-direct-new-action-film|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> The film began production in June 2014.<ref name="fba-feb28" /> The film marked Lam's first feature-length film in over a decade<ref name="fba-feb28" /> Lam's new film was titled ''Wild City''.<ref name="fc-interview">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/kaiju-shakedown-ringo-lam|work=[[Film Comment]]|access-date=11 September 2014|last1=Hendrix|first1=Grady|last2=Fukazawa|first2=Hiroshi|title=Kaiju Shakedown: Ringo Lam|date=9 September 2014|archive-date=11 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911172917/http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/kaiju-shakedown-ringo-lam|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam stated that he returned to filming after his son had graduated from college and that he would "like to make films that allow me to express myself. It's a device for me to unburden myself, to get things off my chest, and also a mirror to learn more about myself through the film I made. I don't make films for money anymore."<ref name="fc-interview" /> Lam attended the [[New York Asian Film Festival]] in 2015 where he was a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/hong-kong-takes-spotlight-at-ny-asian-fest|magazine=Film Business Asia|title=Hong Kong takes spotlight at NY Asian Fest|access-date=21 May 2015|last=Ma|first=Kevin|date=21 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202005/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/hong-kong-takes-spotlight-at-ny-asian-fest|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

Lam's last film, ''[[Sky on Fire]]'', was released in 2016; it is the last installment in his "On Fire" series.<ref name="Deadline">{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2018/12/ringo-lam-dead-city-on-fire-hong-kong-director-1202527198/|title= Ringo Lam Dies: Hong Kong Director Of 'City On Fire' Was 63|access-date= 30 December 2018|work= [[Deadline Hollywood]]|language= en|date= 29 December 2018|archive-date= 30 December 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181230013623/https://deadline.com/2018/12/ringo-lam-dead-city-on-fire-hong-kong-director-1202527198/|url-status= live}}</ref>

On 29 December 2018, Lam was confirmed dead at his Hong Kong residence at age 63, after his wife found him unresponsive in his bed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E8%91%97%E5%90%8D%E5%8B%95%E4%BD%9C%E7%89%87%E5%B0%8E%E6%BC%94%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1%E7%8C%9D%E9%80%9D-%E4%BA%AB%E5%A3%BD63%E6%AD%B2-154715355.html|title=著名動作片導演林嶺東猝逝 享壽63歲|access-date=29 December 2018|language=zh|date=29 December 2018|work=[[Yahoo! News]]|archive-date=29 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229220705/https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E8%91%97%E5%90%8D%E5%8B%95%E4%BD%9C%E7%89%87%E5%B0%8E%E6%BC%94%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1%E7%8C%9D%E9%80%9D-%E4%BA%AB%E5%A3%BD63%E6%AD%B2-154715355.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/ringo-lam-dead-dies-city-on-fire-1203096650/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Hong Kong Director Ringo Lam Dies at 63|date=29 December 2018|access-date=2 January 2019|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101182338/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/ringo-lam-dead-dies-city-on-fire-1203096650/|url-status=live}}</ref>  Lam had been working on a film "Eight and a Half" with [[Milkyway Image]] with [[Ann Hui]], [[John Woo]], [[Tsui Hark]], [[Patrick Tam (film director)|Patrick Tam]], [[Johnnie To]], [[Sammo Hung]] and [[Yuen Woo-Ping]].<ref name="screen-daily">{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/news/johnnie-to-assembles-top-hong-kong-talent/5082782.article|work=[[Screen Daily]]|title=Johnnie To assembles top Hong Kong talent|access-date=9 February 2015|date=6 February 2015|last=Shackleton|first=Liz|archive-date=7 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207152610/http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/news/johnnie-to-assembles-top-hong-kong-talent/5082782.article|url-status=live}}</ref> Each director was to create a segment based on Hong Kong history.<ref name="screen-daily" /><ref name=qin>{{citation |last=Qin |first=Amy |title=Ringo Lam, Director of Hong Kong Classic 'City on Fire,' Dies at 63 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 January 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/obituaries/ringo-lam-dead.html |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190105203043/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/obituaries/ringo-lam-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Without Woo's segment, the film's title was changed to ''[[Septet: The Story of Hong Kong]]'' and the film was originally set for a release at the 2020 [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/cannes-announces-official-lineup-for-this-years-canceled-film-festival/603-cd7c1a10-dca6-44e1-b08b-e1896eec328a|title=Cannes Announces Official Lineup for This Year's Canceled Film Festival|work=WUSA9|first=John|last=Boone|date=3 June 2020|access-date=4 June 2020|archive-date=4 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604072904/https://www.wusa9.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/cannes-announces-official-lineup-for-this-years-canceled-film-festival/603-cd7c1a10-dca6-44e1-b08b-e1896eec328a|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was screened at the Busan International Film Festival on 21 October 2020.

==Style==
Lam's first four films were comedies not written by Lam.<ref name="Stokes64"/> When Lam began to shoot the films he wanted to make after the success of ''Aces Go Places IV'', he began his ''On Fire'' series.<ref name="Stokes64" /> Lam chose the English titles for these films stating that it gave them "a sense of energy, of action".<ref name="Stokes64" /> The films ''City on Fire'', ''Prison on Fire'' and ''School on Fire'' do not share any characters or situations, but all have a common bleak view on Hong Kong society.<ref name="Stokes64"/> In these films, Lam looks at controversial issues such as street violence and the abuse of street, prison and school systems.<ref name="Stokes64" />

Lam rarely employed [[Cantopop]] in his films. Lam's films often have Western music, such as ''City on Fire'', which features a blues-oriented saxophone score, and ''Full Contact'', which uses American rock music.<ref name="West170">West, 2006. p. 170</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Ringo Lam's film appearances and roles
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" style="width:65px;" | Director
! scope="col" style="width:65px;" | Writer
! scope="col" style="width:65px;" | Producer
! scope="col" style="width:65px;" | Actor
! scope="col" style="width:65px;" | Himself
! scope="col" | Other
! scope="col" style="width:50px;" | Ref(s)
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| 1976
! scope="row" | ''You Are Wonderful''
| 
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| 
| {{yes}}
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| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!30271@!0&ri=83&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1%2C+1955-&index=NAMEBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=83|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211859/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!30271@!0&ri=83&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1,+1955-&index=NAMEBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=83|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|title=你係得嘅 You are wonderful /|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|language=zh|access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 1983
! scope="row" | ''[[Esprit d'amour]]''
| {{yes}}
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| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="spiritamour" />
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| 1984
! scope="row" | ''[[The Other Side of Gentleman]]''
| {{yes}}
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| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="othersideof" />
|-
| 1985
! scope="row" | ''[[Cupid One]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="cupid-one" />
|-
| 1986
! scope="row" | ''[[Aces Go Places IV]]''
| {{yes}}
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="agp4-hkfa" />
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| 1986
! scope="row" | ''[[The Thirty Million Rush]]''
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| Stunt director
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!4475@!25&ri=89&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1%2C+1955-&index=NAMEBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=89|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211902/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!4475@!25&ri=89&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1,+1955-&index=NAMEBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=89|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=橫財三千萬 The thirty million rush /|access-date=4 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 1987
! scope="row" | ''[[City on Fire (1987 film)|City on Fire]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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|
| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="hkfa-cof"/>
|-
| 1987
! scope="row" | ''[[Prison on Fire]]''
| {{yes}}
| 
| {{yes}}
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| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!29985@!1&ri=20&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=20|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211902/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!29985@!1&ri=20&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=20|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Prison on Fire|access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 1988
! scope="row" | ''[[The Eighth Happiness]]''
| 
| 
| 
|{{yes}}
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Charles124" />
|-
| 1988
! scope="row" | ''[[School on Fire]]''
| {{yes}}
| 
| {{yes}}
|
|
| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!4455@!14&ri=26&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1%2C+1955-&index=NAMEBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=26|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211832/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!4455@!14&ri=26&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1,+1955-&index=NAMEBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=26|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=學校風雲 School on fire|access-date=3 March 2014|language=zh}}</ref>
|-
| 1989
! scope="row" | ''[[Wild Search]]''
| {{yes}}
| 
| {{yes}}
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| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Wild Search"/>
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| 1990
! scope="row" | ''[[Undeclared War]]''
| {{yes}}
| 
| {{yes}}
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| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="uw-hkfa" />
|-
| 1990
! scope="row" | ''[[Rebel from China]]''
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
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| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!2505@!1&ri=83&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1%2C+1955-&index=NAMEBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=83|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211900/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!2505@!1&ri=83&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1,+1955-&index=NAMEBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=83|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=勇闖天下 Rebel from China /|access-date=3 March 2014|language=zh}}</ref>
|-
| 1991
! scope="row" | ''[[Touch and Go (1991 film)|Touch and Go]]''
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|
|
| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="tag-hkfa" />
|-
| 1991
! scope="row" | ''[[Prison on Fire II]]''
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|
|
| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="pofII-hkfa" />
|-
| 1992
! scope="row" | ''[[Twin Dragons]]''
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
|
| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!4746@!23&ri=43&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1%2C+1955-&index=NAMEBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=43|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211928/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!4746@!23&ri=43&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1,+1955-&index=NAMEBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=43|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=雙龍會 Twin dragons /|access-date=3 March 2014|language=zh}}</ref>
|-
| 1992
! scope="row" | ''[[Full Contact (1992 film)|Full Contact]]''
| {{yes}}
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|
| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="fc-hkfa" />
|-
| 1994
! scope="row" | ''[[Burning Paradise]]''
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| 
|
| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!56387@!0&ri=49&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Burning+paradise&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=49|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211755/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!56387@!0&ri=49&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Burning+paradise&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=49|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Burning Paradise|access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 1995
! scope="row" | ''[[The Adventurers (1995 film)|The Adventurers]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|
| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="The adventurers"/>
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| 1996
! scope="row" | ''[[Maximum Risk]]''
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| 
|
| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/maximum-risk-1200446844/|work=Variety|title=Maximum Risk|access-date=3 March 2014|date=16 September 1996|author=Klady, Leonard|archive-date=8 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308100816/http://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/maximum-risk-1200446844/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1997
! scope="row" | ''[[Full Alert (film)|Full Alert]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|
| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="The suspect"/>
|-
| 1998
! scope="row" | ''[[The Suspect (1998 film)|The Suspect]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|
| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="The suspect"/>
|-
| 1999
! scope="row" | ''[[Victim (1999 film)|Victim]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
|
| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!34293@!0&ri=62&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Victim&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=62|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211841/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!34293@!0&ri=62&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Victim&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=62|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Victim|access-date=28 February 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 1999
! scope="row" | ''[[Simon Sez]]''
|
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
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| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="simonsez" />
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| 2001
! scope="row" | ''[[Replicant (film)|Replicant]]''
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| 
|
| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="amg-replicant" />
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| 2003
! scope="row" | ''[[Looking for Mister Perfect]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
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| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=link=3100035@!197584@!3100024@!3100036&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=64&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&term=Looking+for+Mr.+Perfect&index=FILMBRP|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211852/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=link=3100035@!197584@!3100024@!3100036&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=64&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&term=Looking+for+Mr.+Perfect&index=FILMBRP|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Looking for Misterperfect|access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2003
! scope="row" | ''[[In Hell]]''
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| 
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| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Wheeler, Jeremy"/>
|-
| 2007
! scope="row" | ''[[Triangle (2007 film)|Triangle]]''
| {{yes}}
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
|
| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!52791@!0&ri=67&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Triangle&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=67|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211806/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!52791@!0&ri=67&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Triangle&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=67|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|work=Hong Kong Movie Database|title=Triangle|access-date=3 March 2013}}</ref>
|-
| 2011
! scope="row" | ''[[Tarantino: The Disciple of Hong Kong]]''
|
| 
| 
| 
| {{yes}}
| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://twitchfilm.com/2011/05/first-trailer-for-french-produced-documentary-tarantino-the-disciple-of-hong-kong.html|work=[[Twitch Film]]|title=Trailer For Upcoming Documentary Tarantino: The Disciple Of Hong Kong|access-date=4 March 2013|author=Brown, Todd|date=24 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315234859/http://twitchfilm.com/2011/05/first-trailer-for-french-produced-documentary-tarantino-the-disciple-of-hong-kong.html|archive-date=15 March 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
! scope="row" | ''[[Wild City]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| 
| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="fc-interview" /><ref name="hw-reporter">{{cite web |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/wild-city-mai-sing-film-808531 |title= 'Wild City' ('Mai Sing'): Film Review |date= 2015-07-16 |access-date= 2015-07-29 |work= [[The Hollywood Reporter]] |last= Tsui |first= Clarence |archive-date= 19 April 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210419092426/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/wild-city-mai-sing-film-808531 |url-status= live }}</ref>
|-
| 2016
! scope="row" | ''[[Sky on Fire]]''
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://instagram.com/p/7uoELNPCHn/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/7uoELNPCHn |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|work=[[Instagram]]|title=thatdanielwu|access-date=19 September 2015|author=Wu, Daniel|date=19 September 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
| 2020
! scope="row" | ''[[Septet: The Story of Hong Kong]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
| 
| 
| Posthumous release
| 
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Cinema of Hong Kong]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

===Bibliography===
* {{Cite book | last= Morton | first= Lisa | title= The Cinema of Tsui Hark |publisher= [[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |year= 2009 |isbn= 978-0-7864-4460-1}}
* {{cite book
 | last= Charles
 | first= John
 | title= The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977-1997
 |publisher= [[McFarland & Company|McFarland]]
 |year= 2000
 |isbn= 0786408421
}}
* {{cite book
 | last= Stokes
 | first= Lisa Odham
 | title= City on Fire: Hong Kong Cinema
 | publisher= [[Verso Books|Verso]]
 | year= 1999
 | isbn= 1859842038
 | url= https://archive.org/details/cityonfirehongko00stok
 }}
* {{cite book
 | last= Yang
 | first= Jeff
 | title= Once Upon a Time in China: A Guide to Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and Mainland Chinese Cinema
 | publisher= [[Simon & Schuster]]
 | year= 2003
 | isbn= 0743448170
 | url= https://archive.org/details/onceupontimeinch00yang
 }}
* {{cite book
 | last= West
 | first= David
 | title= Chasing Dragons: An Introduction to the Martial Arts Film
 | publisher= [[I.B. Tauris]]
 | year= 2006
 | isbn= 1850439826
 | url-access= registration
 | url= https://archive.org/details/chasingdragonsin0000west
 }}
* {{cite book
 | last= Thomas
 | first= Brian
 | title= VideoHound's Dragon: Asian Action and Cult Flicks
 |publisher= [[Visible Ink Press]]
 |year= 2003
 |isbn= 1578591414
}}

==External links==
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