The 20 HKFA Best Films of the 1990s

Hong Kong cinema was at its peak during the 1990s era. It was also the decade where Peter Chan’s Comrades, Almost a Love Story <甜蜜蜜> took home then-record nine wins including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress for Maggie Cheung at the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA).

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Sealed With A Kiss (1999) Review

The first few years since the establishment of Milkyway Image (HK) Ltd. production in 1996 largely consisted of crime genres until Derek Chiu’s Sealed With A Kiss <甜言蜜語> marked the production company’s first foray into romantic-drama genre.

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Sealed With A Kiss 甜言蜜語 (1999) Review

The first few years since the establishment of Milkyway Image (HK) Ltd. production in 1996 largely consisted of crime genres until Derek Chiu’s Sealed With A Kiss <甜言蜜語> marked the production company’s first foray into romantic-drama genre.

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20 Years Later: Revisiting Bullets Over Summer (1999)

Long before Wilson Yip hit big-time collaborating with Donnie Yen in numerous action movies such as SPL <殺破狼> (2005), Flash Point <導火線> (2007) and most notably, the Ip Man <葉問> franchise, he was primarily known as an indie director working on small-scale HK movies.

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20 Years Later: Revisiting Bullets Over Summer 爆裂刑警 (1999)

Long before Wilson Yip hit big-time collaborating with Donnie Yen in numerous action movies such as SPL <殺破狼> (2005), Flash Point <導火線> (2007) and most notably, the Ip Man <葉問> franchise, he was primarily known as an indie director working on small-scale HK movies.

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