Johnnie To
Known for: Directing
Born: April 22, 1955
Place of birth: Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Johnnie To Kei-Fung (Chinese: 杜琪峯, born 22 April 1955) is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Popular in his native Hong Kong, To has also found acclaim overseas. Intensely prolific, To has made films in a variety of genres, though in the West he is best known for his action and crime movies, which have earned him critical respect and a cult following. His films, often made in collaboration with the same group of actors, screenwriters and cinematographers, frequently explore themes of friendship, fate and the changing face of Hong Kong society. Sometimes described as "multifaceted and chameleonic" due to his ability to switch tones and genres between movies, To is nonetheless seen as having a consistent style, which involves mixing subdued realism and social observation with highly stylized visual and acting elements. To heads the Hong Kong-based production company Milkyway Image with his frequent co-director Wai Ka-Fai.
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Filmography
120 movies · 9 TV shows, newest first
7.8
What If
2025
6.4
Mad Fate
2023
6.9
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
2022
6.8
Chasing Dream
2019
6.3
A or B
2018
4.5
In the Mood for Melville
2017
6.0
Three
2016
NR
The Weaving of a Dream: Johnnie To's Vision and Craft
2016
7.2
Trivisa
2016
5.6
Office
2015
5.7
Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2
2014
7.7
Boundless
2013
6.2
Blind Detective
2013
4.8
A Complicated Story
2013
6.9
Drug War
2012
6.2
Motorway
2012
5.2
Romancing in Thin Air
2012
6.7
Life Without Principle
2011
6.3
Punished
2011
6.4
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
2011
NR
Johnnie Got His Gun!
2010
6.7
Code Name: Melville
2010
6.7
Accident
2009
6.3
Tactical Unit - Partners
2009
6.6
Vengeance
2009
5.0
Newsmakers
2009
6.5
Tactical Unit: Comrades in Arms
2009
6.5
Tactical Unit - Human Nature
2008
6.4
Sparrow
2008
6.6
Tactical Unit - No Way Out
2008
6.8
Tactical Unit - The Code
2008
4.3
Linger
2008
7.1
Mad Detective
2007
6.5
Triangle
2007
5.8
Hooked on You
2007
6.7
Eye in the Sky
2007
7.2
Exiled
2006
7.4
Election 2
2006
6.0
2 Become 1
2006
7.2
Election
2005
7.0
The Open Road
2005
NR
Katanas, yakuzas y cintas de video
2004
6.5
Yesterday Once More
2004
6.8
Throw Down
2004
6.9
Breaking News
2004
5.0
Love Under the Sun
2003
6.5
Running on Karma
2003
6.5
Memory of the Youth
2003
7.2
Turn Left, Turn Right
2003
6.3
1:99 Shorts
2003
7.0
PTU
2003
4.1
Looking for Mr. Perfect
2003
6.9
Love for All Seasons
2003
6.3
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts
2002
6.4
Fat Choi Spirit
2002
5.8
Second Time Around
2002
6.1
Running Out of Time 2
2001
NR
Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
2001
6.8
Fulltime Killer
2001
6.1
Love on a Diet
2001
8.8
Gimme Gimme
2001
6.4
Wu Yen
2001
10.0
Hong Kong Superstars
2001
7.0
Comeuppance
2000
5.9
Help!!!
2000
6.3
Needing You...
2000
5.0
Spacked Out
2000
7.5
The Mission
1999
8.2
Sealed with a Kiss
1999
7.3
Running Out of Time
1999
6.6
Where a Good Man Goes
1999
6.9
A Hero Never Dies
1998
6.4
Expect the Unexpected
1998
6.9
The Longest Nite
1998
6.0
Intruder
1997
6.3
The Odd One Dies
1997
6.7
Too Many Ways to Be No. 1
1997
8.5
Final Justice
1997
7.2
Lifeline
1997
6.2
Beyond Hypothermia
1996
5.2
A Moment of Romance III
1996
6.9
Only Fools Fall in Love
1995
6.0
Loving You
1995
5.0
Dead End
1995
NR
Fatal Assignment
1995
NR
The Lone Sabre
1994
5.9
Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
1993
5.8
The Mad Monk
1993
5.7
A Moment of Romance II
1993
6.2
The Bare-Footed Kid
1993
NR
Edge of Justice
1993
6.7
The Heroic Trio
1993
8.0
Iron Butterfly III: Tomorrow
1992
6.7
Justice, My Foot!
1992
7.3
Lucky Encounter
1992
9.0
Sisters of the World Unite
1991
5.8
The Banquet
1991
6.3
Casino Raiders II
1991
5.4
The Royal Scoundrel
1991
NR
Behind Bars
1990
8.0
The Story of My Son
1990
7.0
The Iron Butterfly II
1990
7.2
A Moment of Romance
1990
6.4
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
1990
6.0
Story of Nam
1989
NR
The Iron Butterfly
1989
NR
The Vampire Strikes Back
1989
7.3
All About Ah-Long
1989
6.3
The Big Heat
1988
6.4
The Eighth Happiness
1988
5.0
It's No Heaven
1988
5.0
The Betrayal
1988
6.6
Magnificent Warriors
1987
5.8
Seven Years Itch
1987
10.0
New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
1986
6.9
Happy Ghost III
1986
7.1
Royal Warriors
1986
7.0
It's a Drink! It's a Bomb!
1985
8.9
The Yang's Saga
1985
7.4
The Duke of Mount Deer
1984
8.2
The Legend of the Condor Heroes
1983
NR
萬水千山總是情 (數碼修復版)
1982
NR
No One is Innocent
1981
7.0
The Enigmatic Case
1980
NR
The Good, the Bad and the Beauties
1978
9.0
Golden Horse Awards
1962NR
In the Qing Dynasty
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NR
Untitled Johnnie To Gangster Film
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Two-Gun Cohen
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