10.0
10.0
Follow the Star
1978
Screenplay
John Woo
Directing
Born:September 22, 1946(age 79)
Birthplace:Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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CommunityBiography
John Woo Yu-Sen SBS is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard Boiled and Red Cliff. His Hollywood films include Hard Target, Broken Arrow, Face/Off and Mission: Impossible 2. He also created the comic series Seven Brothers, published by Virgin Comics. Woo was described by Dave Kehr in The Observer in 2002 as "arguably the most influential director making movies today". Woo cites his three favorite films as David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï.
Filmography (100 movies)
9.2
9.2
Run Tiger Run
1985
Producer
8.7
8.7
The King of Wuxia Part 1
2022
as Self
8.5
8.5
Don't Cry, Nanking
1995
Producer
8.0
8.0
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009
as Self
8.0
8.0
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
2011
Producer
8.0
8.0
The Making of Stranglehold
2007
Producer
7.7
7.7
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
2012
Producer
7.6
7.6
The Killer
1989
Screenplay
7.6
7.6
Bullet in the Head
1990
Director
7.5
7.5
Hard Boiled
1992
Director
7.5
7.5
Mission: Improbable
2001
as John Woo
7.4
7.4
A Better Tomorrow
1986
Writer
7.3
7.3
Red Cliff II
2009
Screenplay
7.3
7.3
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
1993
as Self
7.3
7.3
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
7.3
7.3
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
2011
Producer
7.1
7.1
Red Cliff
2008
Producer
7.1
7.1
A Better Tomorrow II
1987
Writer
7.0
7.0
Face/Off
1997
Director
7.0
7.0
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
1979
Director
7.0
7.0
The Mandarin
1973
7.0
7.0
Sunset in Paris
1989
as Maggie's uncle
7.0
7.0
Task Force
1997
as Police Chief
7.0
7.0
Princess Chang-Ping
1976
Director
7.0
7.0
All the Invisible Children
2005
Director
7.0
7.0
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1996
Producer
7.0
7.0
Hello, Late Homecomers
1978
Director
6.9
6.9
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
1987
as Ling's Husband
6.9
6.9
Reign of Assassins
2010
Producer
6.8
6.8
Once a Thief
1991
Screenplay
6.8
6.8
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
2003
as Self
6.7
6.7
The Dragon Tamers
1975
Writer
6.7
6.7
The Young Dragons
1974
Writer
6.6
6.6
Just Heroes
1989
Director
6.5
6.5
Hostage
2002
Director
6.5
6.5
Hard Target
1993
Director
6.5
6.5
Appleseed: Ex Machina
2007
Producer
6.4
6.4
Heroes Shed No Tears
1984
Producer
6.4
6.4
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
1989
Producer
6.3
6.3
Windtalkers
2002
Producer
6.3
6.3
Itchy Fingers
1979
as Triad Boss on Lorry
6.3
6.3
Color Me Love
2010
Producer
6.3
6.3
The Killer
2024
Producer
6.2
6.2
The Replacement Killers
1998
Executive Producer
6.2
6.2
Paycheck
2003
Producer
6.2
6.2
The Private Eyes
1976
Producer
6.2
6.2
I Love Maria
1988
6.2
6.2
Silent Night
2023
Producer
6.1
6.1
Mission: Impossible II
2000
Director
6.1
6.1
Broken Arrow
1996
Director
6.0
6.0
A Better Tomorrow
2010
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
Starry Is the Night
1988
as Father Fan
6.0
6.0
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
2003
as Self
6.0
6.0
Ken San
2016
as Self
6.0
6.0
Money Crazy
1977
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
Hand of Death
1976
Screenplay
5.9
5.9
The Big Hit
1998
Executive Producer
5.8
5.8
Peace Hotel
1995
Executive Producer
5.7
5.7
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002
as Self - Interviewee
5.7
5.7
Manhunt
2017
Writer
5.6
5.6
The Crossing I
2014
Director
5.5
5.5
Bulletproof Monk
2003
Producer
5.5
5.5
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999
as Self
5.5
5.5
To Hell with the Devil
1982
Writer
5.4
5.4
Kurosawa's Way
2011
as Self
5.4
5.4
Cinema of Vengeance
1994
as Self (uncredited)
5.4
5.4
The Crossing II
2015
Director
5.3
5.3
Blood Brothers
2007
Producer
5.3
5.3
Blackjack
1998
Producer
5.2
5.2
The Robinsons: Lost in Space
2004
Director
5.0
5.0
Breaking the Waves
2014
Executive Producer
4.9
4.9
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
as Self
4.8
4.8
Plain Jane to the Rescue
1982
Screenplay
4.8
4.8
My Fair Gentleman
2009
Producer
4.7
4.7
Laughing Times
1980
Director
4.6
4.6
Once a Thief
1996
Director
4.5
4.5
Beginning of the Great Revival
2011
as Lin Sen
4.4
4.4
Accidentally
1968
Director
4.0
4.0
From Riches to Rags
1980
Writer
4.0
4.0
Dead Knot
1968
Producer
3.5
3.5
Red Skies
2002
Executive Producer
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
2008
Rebel from China
1990
as Kwong
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
2003
Happy Union 2
1985
Producer
The King of Wuxia Part 2
2022
as Self
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
2003
as Self
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
2007
as Self
Life in 24 Frames a Second
2021
as Self
Love, Lone Flower
1985
Producer
Crossings: John Woo
2004
as Self
The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
2003
as As himself
A Century of Light and Shadow
2005
as Self
Happy Union
1984
Producer
The Time You Need a Friend
1984
Director
X-Crucior
TBA
Director
The Idiot Assassin
1981
Producer
Ghost Bustin
1985
Producer
Super Citizen
1985
Producer
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