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Johnnie To

Director · 77 credits · 50 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Mission (1999)

Frequent collaborators: Wai Ka-Fai, Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam Ling-Tung, Louis Koo

Best Johnnie To movies by genre

Directed movies (68 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Mission

    1999 · ★ 7.5 (181 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    1

  2. Election

    2005 · ★ 7.2 (300 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    2

  3. Exiled

    2006 · ★ 7.2 (266 votes)

    Action, Crime, Thriller

    3

  4. Running Out of Time

    1999 · ★ 7.3 (172 votes)

    Drama, Action, Thriller

    4

  5. Election 2

    2006 · ★ 7.4 (205 votes)

    Drama, Crime, Thriller

    5

  6. Drug War

    2012 · ★ 6.9 (311 votes)

    Action, Drama, Crime

    6

  7. Mad Detective

    2007 · ★ 7.1 (224 votes)

    Action, Crime, Thriller

    7

  8. PTU

    2003 · ★ 7.0 (175 votes)

    Crime, Thriller

    8

  9. Turn Left, Turn Right

    2003 · ★ 7.2 (34 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    9

  10. Vengeance

    2009 · ★ 6.6 (210 votes)

    Action, Crime, Thriller

    10

  11. All About Ah-Long

    1989 · ★ 7.3 (56 votes)

    Drama

    11

  12. Breaking News

    2004 · ★ 6.9 (170 votes)

    Action, Crime, Thriller

    12

  13. Justice, My Foot!

    1992 · ★ 6.7 (119 votes)

    Comedy, Action, Crime

    13

  14. Throw Down

    2004 · ★ 6.8 (119 votes)

    Drama, Action

    14

  15. The Heroic Trio

    1993 · ★ 6.7 (103 votes)

    Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

    15

  16. Triangle

    2007 · ★ 6.5 (63 votes)

    Thriller, Crime

    16

  17. A Hero Never Dies

    1998 · ★ 6.9 (60 votes)

    Action, Crime, Thriller

    17

  18. Running on Karma

    2003 · ★ 6.5 (100 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    18

  19. Fulltime Killer

    2001 · ★ 6.8 (161 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    19

  20. Life Without Principle

    2011 · ★ 6.7 (90 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    20

  21. Lifeline

    1997 · ★ 7.2 (24 votes)

    Action, Thriller

    21

  22. Happy Ghost III

    1986 · ★ 6.9 (28 votes)

    Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

    22

  23. Fat Choi Spirit

    2002 · ★ 6.4 (44 votes)

    Comedy

    23

  24. Blind Detective

    2013 · ★ 6.2 (138 votes)

    Action, Crime, Comedy

    24

  25. Needing You...

    2000 · ★ 6.3 (36 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Romance

    25

  26. Don't Go Breaking My Heart

    2011 · ★ 6.4 (62 votes)

    Romance, Comedy

    26

  27. Septet: The Story of Hong Kong

    2022 · ★ 6.9 (13 votes)

    Action, Drama, History

    27

  28. Seven Years Itch

    1987 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    28

  29. The Big Heat

    1988 · ★ 6.3 (28 votes)

    Action, Thriller, Crime

    29

  30. Love for All Seasons

    2003 · ★ 6.7 (14 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.