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Johnnie To

Hong Kong filmmaker (born 1955)

1.02body-of-work score · ranked #838 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
April 22, 1955 · Kowloon
Nationality
British Hong Kong
Work
film director, film producer, screenwriter, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Johnnie To
Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Vengeance

    2009 · France / Hong Kong, China · thriller, action, crime

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2010 #6

    0.361 citation
  2. 2
    Exiled放‧逐

    2006 · Hong Kong, China · action, thriller, crime

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2008 #8

    0.321 citation
  3. 3
    Drug War毒战

    2012 · China / Hong Kong, China · crime

    Film Comment year-end poll 2013 #43

    0.181 citation
  4. 4
    Throw Down柔道龍虎榜

    2004 · Hong Kong, China · action

    Criterion Collection spine #1092

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 57 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1980The Enigmatic Case
  • 1986Happy Ghost III
  • 1987Seven Years Itch
  • 1988The Big Heat
  • 1988The Eighth Happiness
  • 1989All About Ah-Long
  • 1990The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
  • 1990The Story Of My Son
  • 1991Casino Raiders II
  • 1991The Royal Scoundrel
  • 1992Justice, My Foot!
  • 1992Lucky Encounter
  • 1993Executioners
  • 1993The Bare-Footed Kid
  • 1993The Heroic Trio
  • 1993The Mad Monk
  • 1995Mou mei san taam
  • 1996A Moment of Romance 3
  • 1997Lifeline
  • 1998A Hero Never Dies
  • 1998The Longest Nite
  • 1999Running Out of Time
  • 1999The Mission
  • 1999Where a Good Man Goes
  • 2000Help!
  • 2000Needing You...
  • 2001Fulltime Killer
  • 2001Love on a Diet
  • 2001Running Out of Time 2
  • 2001Wu yen
  • 2002Fat Choi Spirit
  • 2002My Left Eye Sees Ghosts
  • 2003Love for All Seasons
  • 2003PTU
  • 2003Running on Karma
  • 2003Turn Left, Turn Right
  • 2004Breaking News
  • 2004Throw Down
  • 2004Yesterday Once More
  • 2005Election
  • 2006Election 2
  • 2006Exiled
  • 2007Mad Detective
  • 2007Triangle
  • 2008Linger
  • 2008Sparrow
  • 2009Vengeance
  • 2011Don't Go Breaking My Heart
  • 2011Life Without Principle
  • 2012Drug War
  • 2012Romancing in Thin Air
  • 2013Blind Detective
  • 2014Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2
  • 2015Office
  • 2016Three
  • 2019Chasing Dream
  • 2022Septet: The Story of Hong Kong