An entire generation of classics from this golden age of action cinema is finally being restored and rereleased in the U.S.

From martial arts essentials like Kung Fu Hustle to slow-burn romances such as In the Mood for Love, these are some of the best Hong Kong movies.

The mid-1980s were a strange time for martial arts movies, both in the U.S. and abroad. The broadly termed “kung fu” genre had run amok with wild abandon in Hong Kong cinema in the 1960s and ...