The 20 HKFA Best Films of the 1980s

The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) has an illustrious history spanning 40 years since its inception in 1982. Basically Hong Kong’s answer to the Academy Awards, the HKFA has nominated a total of 41 movies in the Best Film category throughout the 1980s era. Allen Fong’s Italian neorealist-inspired family melodrama Father and Son <父子情> became the first-ever recipient awarded the Best Film and Best Director awards.

40 Years Later: The Imp 凶榜 (1981)

Hong Kong horror movies are increasingly rare these days and the last time I saw one was the 2018 forgettable horror-comedy anthology called Lucid Dreams <八步半喜怒哀樂>, where screen veteran Teddy Robin Kwan serves triple duties as a star, director and co-writer.

40 Years Later: Father And Son 父子情 (1981)

With Father’s Day 2021 arriving this Sunday, let’s take a look back at Allen Fong (Yuk-Ping)’s acclaimed feature-length directorial debut Father And Son <父子情>, easily one of the best Hong Kong movies ever made about fatherhood.

Top 8 Hong Kong Movies About Fatherhood

With this year’s Father’s Day right around the corner, here are the Top 8 Hong Kong Movies About Fatherhood you might want to check them out (in case you haven’t done so!):

Love Massacre (1981) Review

Following his impressive debut feature in The Sword <名劍> in 1980, Patrick Tam shifted gear from wuxia genre to a more contemporary approach in Love Massacre <愛殺> a year later.