🎬John Woo

John Woo Yu-Sen SBS (born September 22, 1946) is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard Boiled and Red Cliff. His Hollywood films include Hard Target, Broken Arrow, Face/Off and Mission: Impossible 2. He also created the comic series Seven Brothers, published by Virgin Comics. Woo was described by Dave Kehr in The Observer in 2002 as "arguably the most influential director making movies today". Woo cites his three favorite films as David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	The Killer (2024)	Director / Writer		7
2	Silent Night (2023)	Director / Writer		6.7
3	Manhunt (2017)	Director / Writer		6.7
4	The Crossing II (2015)	Director / Writer	-	-
5	The Crossing I (2014)	Director / Writer	-	-
6	Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)	Lin Sen		6
7	Kurosawa's Way (2011)	Self	-	-
8	A Better Tomorrow (2010)	Director / Writer		7
9	Reign of Assassins (2010)	Director / Writer		6.2
10	The Founding of a Republic (2009)	Liu Wenhui	-	-
11	Red Cliff II (2009)	Director / Writer		7.5
12	How Bruce Lee Changed the World (2009)	Self	-	-
13	Red Cliff (2008)	Director / Writer		7.4
14	All the Invisible Children (2006)	Director / Writer		10
15	Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu (2003)	Self	-	-
16	Paycheck (2003)	Director / Writer		6.1
17	Hostage (2002)	Director / Writer		4
18	Windtalkers (2002)	Director / Writer		6.3
19	Mission: Impossible II (2000)	Director / Writer		6.3
20	Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998)	Self		5
21	Face/Off (1997) Oscars 1998	Director / Writer		7.2
22	Once a Thief (1996)	Director / Writer	-	-
23	Broken Arrow (1996)	Director / Writer		6.2
24	Hard Target (1993)	Director / Writer		5.5
25	Twin Dragons (1992)	Priest		5
26	Hard Boiled (1992)	Director / Writer		7.8
27	The Banquet (1991)	Man on Stairs		5
28	Once a Thief (1991)	Director / Writer		7
29	Bullet in the Head (1990)	Director / Writer		7.7
30	The Killer (1989)	Director / Writer		8
31	Just Heroes (1989)	Director / Writer	-	-
32	I Love Maria (1988)	-	-	-
33	A Better Tomorrow II (1987)	Director / Writer		7
34	A Better Tomorrow (1986)	Director / Writer		6.9
35	Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979)	Director / Writer		6
36	Hand of Death (1976)	Director / Writer	-	-
37	Blood Brothers (1973)	Director / Writer		6
38	The Boxer from Shantung (1972)	Director / Writer		6