For fans of Ho Meng-Hua: what to watch, read & play next

Mystical family curses and a cult out for blood make this a dark, propulsive mix of horror and folk magic.

Two orphans raised by monks take opposite paths — a classical kung fu story about loyalty, identity, and discipline.

A Hong Kong detective investigation spirals into Thai black magic, blending crime thriller with visceral supernatural horror.

A monk, the Monkey King's staff, and a mysterious girl collide in a wild fantasy-comedy rooted in classic Chinese mythology.

A loose retelling of the Monkey King legend played for comic invention, complete with a kid Piggy and a deadly fart weapon.

Shaolin disciples on the run from Qing soldiers showcase classical empty-hand martial arts and anti-government resistance.

Five survivors of the burning Shaolin temple unite to fight back — brotherhood under dynastic oppression at its most elemental.

A rogue martial-arts master hunts forbidden manuals; a Wu Tang student is the last line of defence against his greed.

A Song-dynasty monk wanders Lin'an City dispensing wisdom and mischief — spiritual irreverence with genuine warmth.

An orphan raised by a mysterious kung fu master seeks vengeance in a strange, mythologised China.

Historic kung fu legend Hung Hei-gun defends the Shaolin Monastery in a Qing-dynasty action drama starring Donnie Yen.

1930s Shanghai torn between foreign powers and criminal factions — hard-hitting martial arts drama with political stakes.

Pre-liberation Sichuan under a local warlord's thumb — a grounded historical drama about ordinary lives under oppression.

Two martial arts dynasties clash at the birth of the Republic — a sweeping story of honour, secrecy, and rival schools.

A carpenter posing as the Monkey King's reincarnation goes on a chivalrous journey — playful wuxia with mythic undertones.

A slaughtered family, a stolen child, and a revenge arc spanning generations — brooding dynastic wuxia at its most intense.

Gravity-defying martial arts fantasy set in post-apocalyptic Asia, directly inspired by Hong Kong cinema's visual grammar.

A Shaolin warrior seeks vengeance, guided by Sun Tzu's philosophy — beat-em-up action rooted in Chinese martial tradition.

The original side-scrolling beat-em-up that brought martial arts action into the arcade in 1984.

A kung fu monk and three warrior disciples quest to protect sacred relics — classic temple-guardians mythology in game form.

A 1956 Tokyo murder mystery with an ex-cop turned private detective — dark, methodical crime investigation.

A fighting game based on the life of Bruce Lee — martial arts legend made interactive.

Journey to the West mythology reimagined as an action RPG — the Monkey King myth rendered in breathtaking scale.

Twin brothers trained in a shared martial art take on a gang in a post-apocalyptic city — pure kinetic genre energy.

A larger-than-life Englishman carves a trade empire in 19th-century China — grand historical adventure on an epic scale.

An impossible murder with supernatural undertones in a locked-room mystery — eerie atmosphere mixing the rational and uncanny.

A survivor of the Cultural Revolution recounts imprisonment and interrogation — a searingly real portrait of power and endurance.

A spiritual lama quests from Tibet to India to recover stolen jade — epic adventure steeped in Eastern mysticism.

A sweeping romance set against the China trade — adventure, cultural collision, and passion on a historical canvas.

Two young illusionists con Boston's elite in a 1919 gangster club — outsiders using forbidden gifts to survive a hostile world.

Three Chinese-Canadian children navigate Vancouver's Chinatown in the 1940s — family, loss, and cultural identity rendered with warmth.

Peasants in 1980s rural China are crushed by a garlic-market collapse — raw, earthy storytelling about ordinary lives under pressure.