Best Hong Kong animation movies
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch animation films from Hong Kong, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
McDull: The Pork of Music (2012)
McDull: The Pork of Music (2012)
McDull: The Pork of Music is virtually a musical, describing how the kindergarten, now destitute in HK's depressed economy, forms a student chorus to raise operating funds. The choir, of course, becomes wildly famous, and, guided by shady manager Big M (Ronald Cheng), reaches the apotheosis of HK culture: on stage with superstar Andy Lau.
Screen Shaver (2018)
Screen Shaver (2018)
The Screen Shaver starts shaving every inch of his hairy body, but saves the stache.
Toxic Relationships (2018)
Toxic Relationships (2018)
“Human race will just surrender to fear by betraying our true feeling.” – Taizo Kato. The value and happiness of people should not be built on others. If you try to find someone to complete your life, your self-value will become dependent on others and will feel incomplete when you lose this person.
Meshed (2023)
Meshed (2023)
Meshed plays with layers of concrete textures, exposing meshes of geometric transformation. Composed of photographic stop motion sequences captured at West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong, this film focuses on the surfaces of architectural buildings. Through this intimate account, the work fundamentally questions the underpinnings of our physical world.
McDull, Kung Fu Kindergarten (2009)
McDull, Kung Fu Kindergarten (2009)
As the 18th descendant of an extremely insignificant philosopher and inventor from ancient China, McDull is fortunate that he does not have a lot to live up to. However, his mother has higher aspirations for him and decides to send him to a martial arts school in China. Overweight and slow on his feet, McDull is the last of his classmates to run away when the headmaster needs to choose someone to represent the school in an international children's martial arts competition.
Sky Force (2012)
Sky Force (2012)
The small plane Tinny dreams of becoming a hero, but in a friendly team of inveterate planes he does not get recognition. One day, despite the captain Ben's ban, he sets off to save people from fire, but his life gets in danger, and the captain saves him at the cost of his own life. Out of misery, guilt and fear to take off Tinny leaves the team and starts working at mine. But suddenly the raging fire makes him recollect past times and he rushes to the aid of his friends without fear.
Divisional Articulations (2017)
Divisional Articulations (2017)
Repetition and distortion drive this audiovisual collaboration between composer Lux Prima and visual artist Max Hattler, where fuzzy analogue music and geometric digital animation collide in an electronic feedback loop, spawning arrays of divisional articulations in time and space.
Elephant in Castle (2021)
Elephant in Castle (2021)
“Elephant in Castle” is created within the context of two strange years, 2019 and 2020. The work expresses a constant change within Florence’s inner world, to express the emotional, aesthetic, and tactile responses that she has to Hong Kong, the city where she grew up. The film is both a reflection on the political and social changes in the city and an attempt to understand the relationship between city, place and the individual.
Beauty & the Beasts (2021)
Beauty & the Beasts (2021)
That night, a lady met a lovely beast, a gigantic slimy cheesy one.
Park Voyage (2023)
Park Voyage (2023)
This is a set of pre-show animations commissioned by M+ Museum. Inspired by Shek Kip Mei Park, Shatin's cycling track and M+ Museum, this work captures Hong Kong's unique cityscape.
Little Thinks (2019)
Little Thinks (2019)
We can see things differently when we see things from different angles.
Dear, Can I Give You a Hand? (2018)
Dear, Can I Give You a Hand? (2018)
Dear, Can I Give You a Hand? explores the erotic obsessions and existential panic of a senior citizen with a deadpan narration as touching as it is disturbing.
Master Q 2001 (2001)
Master Q 2001 (2001)
"Master Q" is a popular comic book series character in Hong Kong. Each comic book is usually made up of many different situational stories, with 8 frmaes making up a story in 1 page. In short, it is like the newspaper comics that you see in America but in a book form. The movie is about how Master Q and his 2 friends Mr. Chung and Potato are out looking for jobs but accidentally cause an traffic accident for Mandy (Cecilia Cheung) and Fred (Nicholas Tse). As a result, both have lost their memories and due to circumstances, they have become enemies... but then, true love will eventually reunite (with a lot of help from Master Q and Potato).
Finding Uranus (2019)
Finding Uranus (2019)
A young "incel" man embarks on a futuristic jerk-off session.
The Bread (2021)
The Bread (2021)
A newly-baked bun in a bakery tries to avoid getting eaten.
Slow Sex (2013)
Slow Sex (2013)
baby lets take it slow. enjoy a 24hrs sex.
An Emo Nose (2015)
An Emo Nose (2015)
I have lost my interest in any kind of social activities after my nose left me.
Phoenix Robot Phoenix-King (1984)
Old Master Q: Water Margin (1982)
Old Master Q: Water Margin (1982)
The second Old Master Q film has him and friends go back in time to the days of the classic Chinese novel, "Water Margin".
Rolling Stone (1995)
Rolling Stone (1995)
Prehistoric men compete in a downhill race.
Dragon's Delusion : Preface (2020)
Dragon's Delusion : Preface (2020)
After wiping out the other six states and unifying the ancient China, the ambitious Emperor Qin developed the secret technology to immortality at the expense of these states, by combining humans and machines to extend all lifespans to infinity
Foul Ball (1996)
Foul Ball (1996)
Borrowing its title from a campaign raising awareness for the use of forced child labor in football stitching in Sialkot, Pakistan during mid-to-late 1990s, Toe Yuen's short is a social statement protesting the exploitation imposed by sports brands.
Wonder Of Frontier (1983)
Wonder Of Frontier (1983)
Dr. Samson, inventor of the Hyper Travelling system, has disappeared along with his invention during an experiment on the planet Leo, and it looks like the work of the Zoic Empire. The Earth Defence Force sends Superior Falcon 7 to rescue the scientist and save the Universe from certain catastrophe. There is no silver lining in the race, only the winner survives.
Shan T Old Master Q (1983)
Shan T Old Master Q (1983)
In their third animated adventure, Old Master Q meets an extraterrestrial at a theme park.
Lift in the Moment (2018)
Lift in the Moment (2018)
It’s confronting to step into the unknown. Reassurance or validation is sought from anywhere we can find it; at least for that bit confidence to move forward. Building on experiences, exploring new environments, adapting to the unfamiliar, all becomes part and parcel of progress. But what if it all gets too much? Finding yourself and fitting in, compromise and keeping up? Sometimes you just need to pull yourself out of it, appreciate the people around you, and enjoy every moment. Because life should be more uplifting.