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    • Kung Fu Hustle. Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu. 241 votes. Set in 1940s Shanghai, this action-comedy film revolves around a wannabe gangster who becomes a kung fu prodigy to protect the residents of a tenement from a ruthless gang.
    • Shaolin Soccer. Stephen Chow, Wei Zhao, Yin Tse. 194 votes. This movie combines the worlds of ancient Chinese martial arts and modern soccer, as a former Shaolin monk forms a soccer team with his brothers to promote kung fu.
    • Flirting Scholar. Gong Li, Stephen Chow, Chia Hui Liu. 77 votes. An adaptation of a famous Chinese novel, the film follows a wealthy scholar who disguises himself as a poor man to win the heart of a beautiful, talented maid.
    • A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box. Stephen Chow, Karen Mok, Athena Chu. 78 votes. This fantasy film adapts the famous novel "Journey to the West," and features a hodgepodge of time-traveling antics, comedy, romance, and adventure.
  1. Votes: 8,406. This epic pair of films is both hilarious and affecting with a performance from Stephen Chow as the Joker (not the Joker you may be thinking of) and the Monkey King (BTW I'm counting both parts as one movie). 5. King of Comedy (1999) 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance.

    • Shaolin Soccer (少林足球) 2001. Kicking off this list (pun intended) is the household name of Shaolin Soccer. The sports comedy is widely regarded as one of the most successful Hong Kong films of all time, having propelled the Hong Kong comedy-flick industry to international fame.
    • Tricky Brains (整蠱專家) 1991. This comedic flick directed by Wong Jing is a riotous ride. We imagine this must be what it’s like journeying into the mind of a mischievous 10-year-old boy, because some of the trickery, pranks, and puns pulled off in Tricky Brains is exactly what makes a young lad roll around with laughter.
    • Fight Back to School (逃學威龍) 1991. Whether you are a boomer, a millennial, or a Gen X member, this 90s classic ‘mo lei tau’ (nonsensical) comedy is definitely one that we’ve all seen.
    • Kung Fu Hustle (功夫) 2004. With all its hidden wires, trick camera angles, trampolines, and special effects, Kung Fu Hustle is easily the most technically impressive film on the list.
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  3. May 18, 2021 · Chow plays an undercover cop who plays a high school student to investigate whether some students are being recruited by the triads. Throughout the film, he has to overcome his fear of being in school, deal with an older, bumbling detective who plays the custodian (Ng Man Tat) and fight the temptation to fall in love with his guidance counselor ...

  4. Best Stephen Chow Movies. A Monkey King is reincarnated in the un human form as Joker, a highwayman oblivious to his original identity and the fact that 500 years earlier, he and his master, the Longevity Monk, were punished and made to stay human.

  5. 93 min | Action, Comedy. After the total defeat of Cheung Wai in a boxing match with Lau Ching, his brother Cheung Wan To and his gang are out to seek revenge against Ching, but are saved by a masked caper. Directors: Rico Chu, Corey Yuen | Stars: Stephen Chow, Josephine Siao, Kenny Bee, Sharla Cheung. Votes: 737.

  6. Jan 29, 2023 · Hong Kong filmmaker Stephen Chow burst onto the American film scene in 2001, directing and starring in the smash-hit sports comedy Shaolin Soccer.But his acting career began way back in 1988 ...