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John Woo

Director · 83 credits · 38 in highly-rated films

Best known for Hard Boiled (1992)

Frequent collaborators: Tsui Hark, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Chow Yun-Fat, Ti Lung, Tom Cruise

Best John Woo movies by genre

Directed movies (45 total, ranked by score)

  1. Hard Boiled

    1992 · ★ 7.5 (973 votes)

    Action, Thriller, Crime

    1

  2. The Killer

    1989 · ★ 7.6 (923 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    2

  3. Face/Off

    1997 · ★ 7.1 (6,028 votes)

    Action, Crime, Science Fiction

    3

  4. A Better Tomorrow

    1986 · ★ 7.4 (632 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    4

  5. Bullet in the Head

    1990 · ★ 7.6 (326 votes)

    Action, Crime, Thriller

    5

  6. Red Cliff

    2008 · ★ 7.1 (884 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, History

    6

  7. Red Cliff II

    2009 · ★ 7.3 (502 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Drama

    7

  8. A Better Tomorrow II

    1987 · ★ 7.1 (325 votes)

    Action, Crime, Thriller

    8

  9. Mission: Impossible II

    2000 · ★ 6.1 (7,749 votes)

    Adventure, Action, Thriller

    9

  10. Hard Target

    1993 · ★ 6.5 (1,377 votes)

    Action, Thriller, Crime

    10

  11. Once a Thief

    1991 · ★ 6.8 (184 votes)

    Action, Comedy, Thriller

    11

  12. Windtalkers

    2002 · ★ 6.4 (1,454 votes)

    War, Action

    12

  13. Reign of Assassins

    2010 · ★ 6.9 (288 votes)

    Action, Adventure

    13

  14. Broken Arrow

    1996 · ★ 6.1 (1,712 votes)

    Action, Thriller

    14

  15. The Killer

    2024 · ★ 6.3 (607 votes)

    Action, Thriller, Crime

    15

  16. All the Invisible Children

    2006 · ★ 7.0 (77 votes)

    Drama

    16

  17. Last Hurrah for Chivalry

    1979 · ★ 7.1 (53 votes)

    Action, Drama

    17

  18. Paycheck

    2003 · ★ 6.2 (2,060 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Mystery

    18

  19. Hand of Death

    1976 · ★ 6.7 (95 votes)

    Action, Drama

    19

  20. Silent Night

    2023 · ★ 6.1 (979 votes)

    Action, Thriller, Crime

    20

  21. Hostage

    2002 · ★ 6.6 (95 votes)

    Action, Crime, Thriller

    21

  22. Heroes Shed No Tears

    1984 · ★ 6.5 (80 votes)

    Action, War, Drama

    22

  23. Just Heroes

    1989 · ★ 6.6 (28 votes)

    Action, Crime

    23

  24. Princess Chang-Ping

    1976 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    24

  25. Follow the Star

    1978 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Action, Comedy

    25

  26. Plain Jane to the Rescue

    1982 · ★ 5.8 (5 votes)

    Comedy

    26

  27. To Hell with the Devil

    1982 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)

    Fantasy, Horror, Comedy

    27

  28. Money Crazy

    1977 · ★ 6.3 (11 votes)

    Comedy

    28

  29. The Young Dragons

    1974 · ★ 6.7 (3 votes)

    Action

    29

  30. Hello, Late Homecomers

    1978 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 28, 2026.