Year
Event
First HK film production
Burning of Red Temple
First Cantonese talkie
Ruan Lingyu suicide
Japanese invade Shanghai
Bruce Lee born
Japanese occupy HK
First Cantonese color film
True Story of Wong Fei-hung
Chinese Civil War ends
Jackie Chan born
Shaw Brothers set up in HK
The Orphan
Sammo joins Opera School
English
sub-titles on films
Come Drink with Me
One Armed Swordsman
Touch of Zen
Golden Harvest formed
Chinese Boxer
The Arch
The Big Boss
Angela Mao
Death of Bruce Lee
John Woo's debut
Games Gamblers Play
Black Magic
Five Masters of Death
36th Chamber of Shaolin
Five Deadly Venoms
Snake in the Eagles Shadow
Sammo's - Iron-Fisted Monk
The Butterfly Murders
The Club
Cinema City formed
My Young Auntie
The Story of Woo Viet
Encounters Spooky Kind
Zu Warriors
Shaolin Temple
Lucky Star series begins
Project A
The Long Arm of the Law
Yes Madam
Mr. Vampire
Police Story
Peking Opera Blues
A Better Tomorrow
Rouge
A Chinese Ghost Story
Millionaire Express
City on Fire
Angels
Dragons Forever
In the Line of Duty III
God of Gamblers
The Killer
Once Upon a Time in China
All for the Winner
To Be Number One
Sex and Zen
Swordsman II
Police Story III
Naked Killer
UFO formed
Heroic Trio
The Untold Story
Chungking Express
The Blade
Milkyway Films
HK reverts to China
Happy Together - Cannes
Storm Riders
Golden Harvest to close
Cannes
Film Festival