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On islands and a peninsula in the South China Sea, Hong Kong is a harbor city of ferries and market streets. British control from 1842 to 1997 built a separate legal and film system, so its stories lean toward crime, romance and exile shaped by that in-between status. In the Mood for Love and Chungking Express carry that restless harbor mood. Open Hong Kong on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.

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10 famous stories set in Hong Kong

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-05). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 49 books, 882 movies, 1 TV show and 43 games set in Hong Kong.

Godzilla vs. Kong

Godzilla vs. Kong

Legendary Pictures
movie

In a time when monsters walk the Earth humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for…

Setting: Hong KongTime Period: 2021
In the Mood for Love

In the Mood for Love

Block 2 Pictures-Orly Films-Jet Tone Films-Paradis Films-Fortissimo Films
movie

Two neighbors become intimate after discovering that their spouses are having an affair with one another.

Setting: Hong KongTime Period: 1960s
Chungking Express

Chungking Express

Jet Tone Production
movie

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.

Setting: Hong KongTime Period: 1990s
Rush Hour

Rush Hour

Roger Birnbaum Productions-New Line Cinema-Caravan Pictures
movie

When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch…

Setting: Hong Kong, China; Los Angeles, USATime Period: 1998
Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction

di Bonaventura Pictures-Tom DeSanto/Don Murphy Production-Ian Bryce Productions-Paramount
movie

As humanity picks up the pieces following the conclusion of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Autobots and Decepticons have all but vanished from the face of the planet. However a group of powerful ingenious businessman…

Setting: Hong Kong; Texas, USA; Chicago, USATime Period: 2010s
Infernal Affairs

Infernal Affairs

Media Asia Films
movie

Chan Wing Yan a young police officer has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming a young mafia member infiltrates the police force. Years later their older counterparts Chen Wing Yan and…

Setting: Hong KongTime Period: 2000s
Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider

SQUARE ENIX-GK Films-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Warner Bros. Pictures
movie

Lara Croft the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.

Setting: Hong Kong; London, EnglandTime Period: Contemporary Adventure
Enter the Dragon

Enter the Dragon

Concord Productions Inc.-Warner Bros. Pictures-Orange Sky Golden Harvest
movie

A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.

Setting: Hong KongTime Period: 1970s
Rush Hour 2

Rush Hour 2

New Line Cinema
movie

It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible…

Setting: Hong Kong; Las Vegas, USATime Period: 2000s
Contagion

Contagion

Participant-Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ-Double Feature Films-Regency Enterprises-Warner Bros. Pictures
movie

As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.

Setting: Hong Kong, China; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Geneva, Switzerland; Chicago, Illinois, USA; London, England; Tokyo, JapanTime Period: 2010s

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