69 John Woo Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

The Killer is an action crime drama film, which tells the story of Jeffrey, a hitman, who gets betrayed by his employer, when he decides to retire after one last job. Therefore, he joins forces with Inspector Lee to confront the gangsters who are out to eliminate him. 

Tough detective Tequila Yuen loses his partner during a raid on arms smugglers and vows to catch them. While trying to get closer to the inner mafia circle, he meets and teams up with Alan, an undercover cop working as contract-killer for the Hong Kong triads. Swearing allegiance to each other, the two fight to take down the Triads boss, Johnny Wong. 

A Better Tomorrow is an action crime drama film which tells the story of a reforming ex-gangster who tries to reconnect with his estranged brother who is a cop. However, he soon finds that breaking ties to his gang are harder than he imagined.

Three close friends escape from Hong Kong to Vietnam after committing a murder, where they start a criminal life. Their lives turn upside down and their friendship is tested, when they eventually end up in a prison with American soldiers.        

After capturing his son's killer, terrorist Castor Troy, FBI Special Agent Sean Archer learns about a plot to destroy the entire Los Angeles and decides to assume Troy's identity via an expensive face transplant procedure to infiltrate his gang. Meanwhile Troy unexpectedly wakes up from coma and forcefully undergoes the same procedure to assume Archer's identity.

Red Cliff II is a historical action war drama film which is about a legendary battle between the forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei against the imperial forces led by Cao Cao. This legendary battle is known to have changed the course of China’s history.

A reformed gangster who now owns a restaurant, teams up with a policeman in order to take revenge against a mobster for the death of a young girl.

In order to unify the entire country, the emperor of the Han Dynasty allows his General to declare war against the rebellious southern provinces. His army advances and kills lots of civilians and soldiers alike. To resist the army, the warlords of the south form an alliance led by Viceroy Zhou, who rely upon different unique strategies to combat the overwhelming forces. 

When a disgruntled employee kidnaps the CEO of his company, and demands over 5 million as ransom, the FBI assigns the mysterious driver to tackle the situation. However, the man shoots himself when the cops try to subdue him, without revealing the location of the kidnapped woman, leaving it up to the driver to find the hostage before it is too late.

Princess Chang Ping is a romantic drama adventure musical film which tells the love story of Princess Changping, the last princess of the Ming Dynasty in China. Things get complicated when she falls for a scholar, as it was forbidden at her time. However, the two would rather die than not be with each other.

A Chinese martial arts student makes his way to Korea, in order to learn Taekwondo. However, problems arise when he faces against a vicious gang that is trying to take over all martial arts schools in the area.

A female assassin named Drizzle betrays her gang and hides the precious remains of a monk. However, she decides to mend her ways and start a new life, although she is having a hard time, as she is haunted by the past.

Once a Thief is an action crime comedy thriller film which tells the story of three best friends who form a group of high end art thieves. Their lives get complicated when a love-triangle forms between them.    

When an itinerant veteran goes missing his estranged daughter decides to go in search for him and hires a former Marine with exceptional martial arts skills as her bodyguard and guide. Very soon they discover that her father is the victim of a deadly game played by a group of rich, who find pleasure in hunting down the homeless. What will they do next? 

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Ethan Hunt returns on another mission to seize and destroy Chimera, a deadly virus, and its cure Bellerophon, both of which are in possession of rogue IMF agent Ambrose. He must infiltrate enemy stronghold with help from Nyah Hall, a skilled thief and former lover of Ambrose, before the latter sells the virus to an international terrorist group.

Reverse-engineer Michael Jennings is routinely hired to break-up rival company’s technology, after which he has his short-term memory erased. After completing a 3-year job with promises of millions, he is left without money and the authorities are chasing him for treason and murder. He has only limited time and few apparently unrelated items to solve the mystery of his erased 3 years.

Major Vic ‘Deak’ Deakins and Captain Riley Hale of the United States Air Force are given the task of flying a stealth bomber armed with two B83 nuclear bombs. Deak ejects Hale from the plane with the intention of selling the weapons to terrorists. Hale teams up with park ranger, Terry Carmichael, to stop Deak. 

This action thriller film tells the story of John Lee, a hitman, who is assigned to kill the son of a police officer. However, he is unable to complete the mission and therefore seeks aid from a forger to help him escape to China. Therefore, his boss, a drug lord, hires replacements to finish the task as well as to kill him.

Ducky is hired by Chen to transport the diamonds which he had stolen himself, from Uncle Pai Mary. However, things get complicated as Pai Mary want his diamonds back.

U.S. Marine corporal, Joesph F. Enders, is assigned to protect Navajo code talker Private, Ben Yahzee, but must kill him, if Yahzee is captured, to protect the code. As World War II progresses Enders and Yahzee develop a bond. Enders doesn’t want to kill him anymore but the war forces him to choose between duty and friendship.   

Josephine Siao is hired by a CEO to teach his father proper etiquette and manners, so that he can act like a ‘gentleman’, in public. Things get complicated as well as hilarious when her boyfriend enters the picture.

Melvin Smiley is a socially anxious hitman, who is known to be one of the best in his field. His loyalties are put to the test when he starts developing feelings for Keiko Nishi, a young woman whom he has kidnapped. He is also unaware of the fact that she is the goddaughter of a mob boss.

After purchasing a lottery ticket, Ying and Fatso become millionaires overnight. They start living a good life, but things turn ugly when a fortune teller and a doctor tells Ying that he is going to die from cancer. Not wanting to die a painful death, he decides to hire a hitman to kill him. However, after realizing that he is not going to die, he and Fatso now needs to stop not one, but three hitmen who are after his life.     

This comedy drama film revolves around a homeless man who comes across various articles of clothing which makes him resemble Charlie Chaplin.

A music composer named Ricky sells his soul to the devil to achieve stardom. A priest tries to make him realize that he has committed a big mistake.

Illustrious as Young Dragon, the master of kung fu style 13 Deadly Steps, rescues his girlfriend when she is kidnapped by an underworld don.

A Tibetan monk is informed by his master that he is going to be his successor. He is entrusted with guarding a scroll which contains knowledge that can make its reader not only powerful but also immune to any kind of injury. However, a German officer Strucker attacks their temple and kills his master, and the monk is forced to flee to protect the scroll.

A man falls for a girl and proceeds to tie her up with a rope to him, so that she is forced to follow him around. This starts to blur the line between love and obsession.

Beginning of a Great Revival is a historical drama film which takes us to a time in the 20th century, when China was in a state of political disunity. The film shows the events that eventually leads to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.