Looking to enjoy the latest movies showing in Hong Kong movie theaters? From smaller, locally produced films to blockbuster hits, we’ve got you covered with the best movies now showing in cinemas. Discover what’s next on your weekend viewing list as we highlight new movies and upcoming releases. In general, movie tickets are more affordable in the morning and on weekdays. This comprehensive guide is updated monthly, ensuring you’re always in the know about the movies showing in Hong Kong.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
The epic battle continues! Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of “Godzilla vs. Kong” with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own. “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” delves further into the histories of these Titans and their origins, as well as the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.
| Language | Release Date | Genre | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | March 28 | Adventure | 115 mins | IIA |
Kung Fu Panda 4
This spring, for the first time in almost a decade, comedy icon Jack Black returns to his role as Po, the world’s most unlikely kung fu master, with a hilarious, butt-kicking new chapter in DreamWorks Animation’s beloved action-comedy franchise: Kung Fu Panda 4. After three death-defying adventures defeating world-class villains with his unmatched courage and mad martial arts skills, Po, the Dragon Warrior (Golden Globe nominee Jack Black), is called upon by destiny to … give it a rest already. More specifically, he’s tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace…
| Language | Release Date | Genre | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | March 28 | Animation | 95 mins | I |
WE 12
In the world, which is ordinary yet a little bit extraordinary, there is an underground organization called the “The League of Kaito”. Their members silently guard the social order and peace. Within the organization, there are 12 geniuses, each with their own unique skills. One day, they received instructions from Boss, to gather at headquarters to complete an important case that will affect the entire world. The biggest challenge is that the 12 of them have been separated for years, each busy with their own affairs. Thus, they lack mutual understanding. Facing the important case that Boss highly values, the 12 of them have to work together again after being apart for so long. They not only need to rekindle their team spirit but also face the top enemy of all Kaitou, security manager Johnny, who is trying to stop them, making the mission even more difficult. MIRROR, the Hong Kong idol group, presents their first idol-style comedy “WE 12”. Expect the unexpected.
| Language | Release Date | Genre | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantonese | March 28 | Drama | 96 mins | IIA |
18×2 Beyond Youthful Days
Jimmy goes back to his parents’ house for the first time in a long time and finds a postcard from Ami. Ami, a backpacker from Japan, showed up at the his work place 18 years ago. Jimmy’s memories of his first love come back to him, and he sets off on his first solo trip to Japan to face the past and look at the present. As he rides a train listening to the songs they heard together, he heads for her hometown. Will Jimmy be able to reunite with Ami?
| Language | Release Date | Genre | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandarin, Japanese | April 4 | Drama | 124 mins | I |
Civil War
From filmmaker Alex Garland comes a journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.
| Language | Release Date | Genre | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | April 11 | Drama, War | 109 mins | IIB |
Exhuma
In Los Angeles, the renowned shaman Hwa-rim and her protégé Bong-gil are commissioned with a hefty sum to meet the enigmatic descendants of a household afflicted by a peculiar illness. Sensing the ominous aura surrounding the ancestral grave, Hwa-rimurges for its relocation. The best geomancer in the business, Sang-duk, and mortician Young-geun, lured by the scent of money, join the team. The mysterious grave, situated in an unapproachable sacred ground, holds dark secrets. Though Sang-duksenses an ominous presence and initially rejects the proposal, Hwa-rim’s persuasion ultimately initiates the exhumation, leading to a journey where the team must confront both supernatural forces and their own fears.
| Language | Release Date | Genre | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korean | April 11 | Mystery | 132 mins | IIB |
Fly Me To The Moon
Perhaps all our likings come later in life. All our affections come from a piece of childhood memory.’ Yuen moves to Hong Kong with her mother from Hunan at the age of 8 to reunite with her father. Everything in the city is dazzling and new to her. However, the family face poverty and a cultural barrier. Worse still, the father has a drug habit and has a difficult relationship with the family. This certainly is not the dream home Yuen has been looking forward to. All she wants is that her younger sister could reunite with them as soon as possible. Out of fear, the sisters try to appease to their father in their younger years. As soon as they reach adolescence, they start to resist and escape from him. However, even after they grow up and move away from him, Yuen realizes all the people she loves and treasures resemble her father in her childhood memories.
| Language | Release Date | Genre | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandarin, Cantonese | April 11 | Drama | 112 mins | IIB |
Abigail
Children can be such monsters. After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.
| Language | Release Date | Genre | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | April 18 | Horror | TBC | III |
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is the incredible untold true story of the first-ever special forces organization formed during WWII by UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a small group of military officials including author Ian Fleming. The top-secret combat unit, composed of a motley crew of rogues and mavericks, goes on a daring mission against the Nazis using entirely unconventional and utterly “ungentlemanly” fighting techniques. Ultimately their audacious approach changed the course of the war and laid the foundation for the British SAS and modern Black Ops warfare. Directed and co-written by Guy Ritchie, based on a script by Arash Amel and Tamasy & Johnson.
| Language | Release Date | Genre | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | April 18 | Drama | 120 mins | IIB |
April Come She Will
Shun Fujishiro (Takeru Satoh) is a psychiatrist and is engaged to Yayoi Sakamoto (Masami Nagasawa). One day in April, he receives a letter from his first love Haru Iyoda (Nana Mori). They dated 10 years ago. Suddenly, his fiancé Yayoi Sakamoto disappears.
| Language | Release Date | Genre | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | April 25 | Romance | 108 mins | TBC |
The Fall Guy
He’s a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right?
| Language | Release Date | Genre | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | April 25 | Action | 127 mins | IIA |
Challengers
From visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, “Challengers” stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy-turned-coach and a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court. Married to a champion on a losing streak (Mike Faist), Tashi’s strategy for her husband’s redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against the washed-up Patrick (Josh O’Connor)—his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend. As their pasts and presents collide, and tensions run high, Tashi must ask herself, what will it cost to win?
| Language | Release Date | Genre | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | May 1 | Drama | TBC | TBC |
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
Set in the eighties inside the dangerous and enigmatic Kowloon Walled City, which was a de jure Chinese enclave within British colonial Hong Kong, “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In” follows troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun as he accidentally enters the Walled City, discovers the order amidst its chaos, and learns important life lessons along the way. In the Walled City, he becomes close friends with Shin, Twelfth Master and AV. Under the leadership of Tornado, they resist against the invasion of villain Mr. Big in a series of fierce battles. Together, they vow to protect the safe haven that is Kowloon Walled City.
| Language | Release Date | Genre | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantonese | May 1 | Action | 125 mins | TBC |
The Roundup: Punishment
While investigating a drug-trafficking app, “Monster Cop” Ma Seok-do and his team discover a connection between the app’s developer, who was murdered in the Philippines, and an illegal online gambling organisation. Meanwhile, in the Philippines, Baek Chang-gi is controlling the Korean online illegal gambling market and spreading terror with kidnap, assault and murder. His partner, the IT genius Chang Dong-cheol, is planning an even larger scheme in Korea itself. To put an end to the escalating threat, Detective Ma expands his operation by proposing an unexpected alliance… The fourth instalment in the Roundup series.
| Language | Release Date | Genre | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korean | May 1 | Action | TBC | TBC |
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