20 best movies like The Legend of Speed (1999)

List of the best movies like The Legend of Speed (1999): The Assassin, Ghost in the Shell, Deepwater Horizon, Patriots Day, Ip Man: The Final Fight, A Better Tomorrow, The White Storm 2: Drug Lords, Sword Master, The Guillotines, Drug War.

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Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, drama, history
CountryTaiwan, China, Hong Kong, France
Duration01:45

A female assassin during the Tang Dynasty who begins to question her loyalties when she falls in love with one of her targets.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA, India, Hong Kong, China, Canada
Duration02:13

In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, history
CountryUSA, Hong Kong
Duration02:15

    A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, history
    CountryUSA, Hong Kong
    Duration02:46

    An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, drama, biography, history, sport
    CountryHong Kong
    Duration01:40

      In postwar Hong Kong, legendary Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man is reluctantly called into action once more, when what begin as simple challenges from rival kung fu styles soon draw him into the dark and dangerous underworld of the Triads. Now, to defend life and honor, he has no choice but to fight one last time...

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genreaction, drama
      CountrySouth Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand
      Duration02:04

      A Korean remake of the John Woo Classic. One brother is a criminal. One brother is a cop. Both will fight to the death.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryHong Kong, China

      A financial tycoon, once a triad member, tries to eradicate the drug market while an old accomplice aims to be Hong Kong's first drug lord.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, drama
      CountryChina, Hong Kong

      Weary of the bloodshed and violence from the martial arts world, a powerful swordsman banishes himself to the humble life a vagrant, wandering the fringes of society. But his violent past refuses to let him go quietly. The master swordsman must regain the ability to wield his sword and fight those disrupting the peace he so desperately craves.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genreaction, drama
      CountryChina, Hong Kong
      Duration01:53

      In the time of the Qing Dynasty, the Emperor Yongzheng created a secret army known as the Guillotines. It was the job of the Guillotines to protect the Emperor by killing anyone who posed a threat to him or his rule. After 348 successful missions to eliminate their target, the 349th assignment proves to be their last.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryChina, Hong Kong
      Duration01:47

      The taciturn police commander Zhang leads an undercover drugs team and in his continuous battle against the ubiquitous drug barons, takes up arms against his arch enemy, Timmy Choi. When he gets hold of Choi, he makes a deal with him: in exchange for his life (in China you can get the death penalty for producing only 50 grams of drugs) the young criminal will help the police infiltrate a sizeable drug network.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryChina, Hong Kong
      Duration02:26

      A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, Mexico, Hong Kong
      Duration02:09

      FBI agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the U.S. border.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, melodrama, drama, military, biography
      CountryHong Kong, China
      Duration02:03

      Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genreaction, drama, crime
      CountryHong Kong, USA
      Duration01:34

      A true immigrant story set against the vibrant backdrop of Flushing, N.Y. in the 1980s and 1990s.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
      CountryChina, Hong Kong
      Duration01:40

      At the beginning of the 20th century, China is in a state of crisis. The country is split into warring factions, the citizens are starving, and recent political reforms have made matters worse, not better. The ruling Qing Dynasty, led by a seven-year-old emperor, and his ruthless mother, Empress Dowager Longyu is completely out of touch after 250 years of unquestioned power. Huang Xing has recently returned from Japan, where he has studied the art of modern warfare. When he finds his country falling apart, he feels he has no choice but to pick up the sword.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genreaction, drama, adventure, crime
      CountryHong Kong, France, China
      Duration01:36

      The world's top thieves join forces to pull off the heist of a lifetime. But when they find themselves pursued across Europe by a legendary French detective, they'll have to take their game to the next level.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genreaction, drama
      CountryHong Kong, China
      Duration02:11

      China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin's masters when he beats one of them in a duel. But the pride comes before a fall. When his own family is wiped out by a rival warlord, Hao is forced to take refuge with the monks. As the civil unrest spreads and the people suffer, Hao and the Shaolin masters are forced to take a fiery stand against the evil warlords. They launch a daring plan or rescue and escape.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, drama, biography, history
      CountryChina, Hong Kong
      Duration01:49

      During the warring period of the three kingdoms, ancient China is in turmoil. To unify the country, general Cao Cao (Jiang Wen), the real power behind the Emperor, enlists the aid of the greatest warrior in the land, Guan Yu (Donnie Yen). However, Guan Yu is a loyal friend of Cao Cao's enemy Liu Bei (Alex Fong) so to persuade the peerless warrior to fight, Cao Cao takes his beloved Qi Lan (Sun Li) hostage. After leading Cao Cao's forces to victory Guan Yu sets out with Qi Lan to rejoin Liu Bei. But now Cao Cao has deemed him too great a threat to live, and on the journey he must face all the forces at the Emperor's command sent to destroy him.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genreaction, comedy, drama
      CountryChina, Hong Kong
      Duration01:32

      Danny is a young martial arts enthusiast who arrives in Hong Kong to head a school of Choy Lee Fut owned by his wealthy father.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryHong Kong, China
      Duration01:56

      A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, drama, adventure, crime
      CountryHong Kong, China

      Set in Shanghais Gangster era of the early 1900s, THE LAST TYCOON tells the tale of CHENG (Chow Yun-Fat), a young man who is set up by the chief of police (Sammo Hung) and must leave the life he knows and QIU (Monica Mok), the woman he loves, to start again. After escaping prison CHENG quickly and violently moves his way up the ladder of Shanghais criminal underworld to become on the most powerful mob bosses in Shanghais history. But fame and notoriety take their toll when CHENG finds himself stuck between the looming Japanese army and the scheming local secret service. Matters are only made worse when he bumps into the love of his life QIU, along with her writer husband. Will love re-kindle in the dusk of an era?

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genreaction, drama, biography
      CountryHong Kong, China
      Duration02:11

      In 1868 during the late Qing Dynasty, rampant corruption on the Imperial Court inflicts much suffering in people's lives. For years, the Black Tiger’s fearsome boss Lei Gong has been trying to get rid of the leader of the Northern Sea. One of his latest recruits is Fei, a fearless fighter who takes the Northern Sea leader’s head after a fierce fight. Just as Lei Gong believes he has total control of the port, a new gang called the Orphans rises in power. Led by Fei’s childhood friend Huo, the Orphans are out to eliminate all the criminal power from the port…

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genreaction, drama
      CountryHong Kong, Taiwan, China

      Fung (Daniel Wu) and his best friends, brothers Kang (Liu Ye) and Hu (Tony Yang), leave the countryside together to make it big in Shanghai. Things aren't so easy in the city, however, and the brothers stumble and toil until opportunity brings them to Club Paradise and ruthless mob boss Hong (Sun Honglei). While Kang embraces his newfound power in the Shanghai triad, Fung and Hu are less comfortable with the crime and violence, sending the brothers slowly but surely down opposite paths. Fung falls for Hong's woman, sassy nightclub singer Lulu (Shu Qi) who is also involved with Hong's top henchman Mark (Chang Chen). When Hong catches scent of the betrayal, he sends Kang to finish off business, leading the brothers to meet at gunpoint on a cold Shanghai night. Set in Shanghai during the 1930s, the story is inspired by John Woo's classic work Bullet in the Head, released in 1990.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA, Hong Kong
      Duration01:48

      After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough fire power. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genreaction, drama
      CountryHong Kong

      The Yangs are betrayed by a government official conspiring with the Mongols. All of the Yang family males except the 5th and 6th brother are killed. Fu Sheng loses his mind after the death of his family, while the other brother takes refuge in a Buddhist temple.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Croatia, France, Hungary
      Duration01:51

      A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genreaction, drama
      CountryHong Kong, South Korea
      Duration01:46

      Young master Cao Le chases his pregnant girlfriend away from the family castle. He does it in order to save her from vicious bandits who are going to murder his family.




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