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* ''Film/FinalJustice'' (co-starring Creator/DannyLee. First film which won an award for Stephen[[note]]Best Supporting Actor at the 25th Golden Horse Awards in 1988[[/note]].)

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* ''Film/FinalJustice'' ''Film/FinalJustice1988'' (co-starring Creator/DannyLee. First film which won an award for Stephen[[note]]Best Supporting Actor at the 25th Golden Horse Awards in 1988[[/note]].)
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* ''Final Justice'' (co-starring Creator/DannyLee. First film which won an award for Stephen[[note]]Best Supporting Actor at the 25th Golden Horse Awards in 1988[[/note]].)

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* ''Final Justice'' ''Film/FinalJustice'' (co-starring Creator/DannyLee. First film which won an award for Stephen[[note]]Best Supporting Actor at the 25th Golden Horse Awards in 1988[[/note]].)



* ''The Justice of Life'' (TVB TV series, co-starring Creator/AlexMan. Lee Lik Chi was one of the directors involved in the series.)
* ''The Final Combat'' (TVB TV series. A memetic quote from his character, "Let's sit down, have some tea and a bun, and talk slowly", is regarded as the TropeMaker of his ''mo lei tau'' style. This series was also his first collaboration with Ng Man-tat, and where he met Jacqueline Law, the only girlfriend he ever publicly admitted to dating. Lee Lik Chi was one of the directors involved in the series.)
* ''My Hero'' (widely considered his big break in showbiz. Known for a [=CMoF=] involving [[HollywoodToneDeaf really bad karaoke]] that gained memetic spread at the time)
* ''Dragon Fight'' (only film collaboration with Creator/JetLi)
* ''All for the Winner'' (originally a ''Film/GodOfGamblers''* parody, later gets [[CanonImmigrant promoted to canon]] when he appears in ''God of Gamblers III''*; Stephen had also appeared in ''God Of Gamblers II''*. ''Winner'' and ''Gamblers II'' were Sharla Cheung's first collaborations with Stephen.)
* ''Fist of Fury 1991'' (an AffectionateParody of Creator/BruceLee's ''Film/FistOfFury'', of course. There's even an ActingForTwo moment in an IntercontinuityCrossover with ''All for the Winner''. It had a sequel: ''Fist of Fury 1991 II''. Another one of the few films in the 1990s where Ng Man-tat ''didn't'' collaborate with Stephen[[note]]Man-tat had a cameo in the first film and was absent in the second one.[[/note]].)
* ''The Mad Monk'' (co-starring Creator/MaggieCheung and Creator/AnthonyWong. This film allegedly so offended Creator/DannyLee that he refused to speak to Stephen after its release.[[note]]The titular mad monk of the film was a historical character by the name of Lee Xu Yuen (Li Xiu Yuan in Hanyu Pinyin). In the movie, a vile curse was directed at Xu Yuen, and Danny took it as a slight by Stephen against him. Shing Fui On, a protege of Danny's, also had animosity towards Stephen because of this film.[[/note]])
* ''Fight Back to School'' ([[DieHardOnAnX Die Hard in a high school]]. It had two sequels: ''Fight Back to School II'' (Athena Chu's debut as a film actress) and ''Fight Back to School III''*)

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* ''The Justice of Life'' ''Series/TheJusticeOfLife'' (TVB TV series, co-starring Creator/AlexMan. Lee Lik Chi was one of the directors involved in the series.)
* ''The Final Combat'' ''Series/TheFinalCombat'' (TVB TV series. A memetic quote from his character, "Let's sit down, have some tea and a bun, and talk slowly", is regarded as the TropeMaker of his ''mo lei tau'' style. This series was also his first collaboration with Ng Man-tat, and where he met Jacqueline Law, the only girlfriend he ever publicly admitted to dating. Lee Lik Chi was one of the directors involved in the series.)
* ''My Hero'' ''Film/MyHero'' (widely considered his big break in showbiz. Known for a [=CMoF=] involving [[HollywoodToneDeaf really bad karaoke]] that gained memetic spread at the time)
* ''Dragon Fight'' ''Final/DragonFight'' (only film collaboration with Creator/JetLi)
* ''All for the Winner'' ''Film/AllForTheWinner'' (originally a ''Film/GodOfGamblers''* parody, later gets [[CanonImmigrant promoted to canon]] when he appears in ''God of Gamblers III''*; Stephen had also appeared in ''God Of Gamblers II''*. ''Winner'' and ''Gamblers II'' were Sharla Cheung's first collaborations with Stephen.)
* ''Fist of Fury 1991'' ''Film/FistOfFury1991'' (an AffectionateParody of Creator/BruceLee's ''Film/FistOfFury'', of course. There's even an ActingForTwo moment in an IntercontinuityCrossover with ''All for the Winner''. It had a sequel: ''Fist of Fury 1991 II''. Another one of the few films in the 1990s where Ng Man-tat ''didn't'' collaborate with Stephen[[note]]Man-tat had a cameo in the first film and was absent in the second one.[[/note]].)
* ''The Mad Monk'' ''Film/TheMadMonk'' (co-starring Creator/MaggieCheung and Creator/AnthonyWong. This film allegedly so offended Creator/DannyLee that he refused to speak to Stephen after its release.[[note]]The titular mad monk of the film was a historical character by the name of Lee Xu Yuen (Li Xiu Yuan in Hanyu Pinyin). In the movie, a vile curse was directed at Xu Yuen, and Danny took it as a slight by Stephen against him. Shing Fui On, a protege of Danny's, also had animosity towards Stephen because of this film.[[/note]])
* ''Fight Back to School'' ''Film/FightBackToSchool'' ([[DieHardOnAnX Die Hard in a high school]]. It had two sequels: ''Fight Back to School II'' (Athena Chu's debut as a film actress) and ''Fight Back to School III''*)



* ''All's Well, Ends Well'' (co-starring Creator/LeslieCheung and Maggie Cheung) and ''All's Well, Ends Well '97'' (Leslie had a cameo for this film)

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* ''All's ''[[Film/AllsWellEndsWell All's Well, Ends Well'' Well]]'' (co-starring Creator/LeslieCheung and Maggie Cheung) and ''All's Well, Ends Well '97'' (Leslie had a cameo for this film)



* ''Justice, My Foot!'' (The first of many Qing Dynasty period films by Chow, this one sees him take the role of ancient lawyer Song Shijie, taking on his many crises of character in the court with the usual RuleOfFunny thrown in. Won him his first Best Leading Actor award[[note]]37th Asia Pacific Film Festival in 1992[[/note]])
* ''The Royal Tramp''* and ''Royal Tramp II''* (based off the classic literature ''Literature/TheDeerAndTheCauldron''. Master Creator/JinYong himself approved of Stephen playing the role of Wei Xiaobao ''and'' Creator/BrigitteLin herself agreed to appear in ''II'' due to Stephen; both thespians later praised each other's performance in the film, and the film remained their only on-screen collaboration.)

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* ''Justice, My Foot!'' ''Film/JusticeMyFoot!'' (The first of many Qing Dynasty period films by Chow, this one sees him take the role of ancient lawyer Song Shijie, taking on his many crises of character in the court with the usual RuleOfFunny thrown in. Won him his first Best Leading Actor award[[note]]37th Asia Pacific Film Festival in 1992[[/note]])
* ''The Royal Tramp''* ''Film/TheRoyalTramp''* and ''Royal Tramp II''* (based off the classic literature ''Literature/TheDeerAndTheCauldron''. Master Creator/JinYong himself approved of Stephen playing the role of Wei Xiaobao ''and'' Creator/BrigitteLin herself agreed to appear in ''II'' due to Stephen; both thespians later praised each other's performance in the film, and the film remained their only on-screen collaboration.)
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*''Film/{{Gorgeous}}'' (cameo role as a policeman. In return, Creator/JackieChan had a cameo in ''King of Comedy''; the two films were the only collaborations between the two.)
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*''Dragon Fight'' (only film collaboration with Creator/JetLi)
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* ''Film/KingOfComedy'' (last film he made in Hong Kong; his subsequent films were all mainland China productions. Also, Cecilia Cheung's first film. Stephen was co-director with Lee Lik-chi. A SpiritualSuccessor, ''New King of Comedy'', was released in 2019.)

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* ''Film/KingOfComedy'' (last film he made in Hong Kong; his subsequent films were all mainland China productions. Also, Also Cecilia Cheung's first film. Stephen was co-director with Lee Lik-chi. A SpiritualSuccessor, ''New King of Comedy'', was released in 2019.)
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* ''Film/FlirtingScholar'' (One of the few films in the 1990s where Ng Man-tat ''didn't'' collaborate with Stephen. directed by Lee Lik Chi) %%(AffectionateParody of the classic romance of Tang Bohu and Qiuxiang. Known for testing the waters for epic duels by pitting martial arts legends Cheng Peipei and Gordon Liu against each other.)%%

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* ''Film/FlirtingScholar'' (One of the few films in the 1990s where Ng Man-tat ''didn't'' collaborate with Stephen. directed Directed by Lee Lik Chi) %%(AffectionateParody of the classic romance of Tang Bohu and Qiuxiang. Known for testing the waters for epic duels by pitting martial arts legends Cheng Peipei and Gordon Liu against each other.)%%



* ''Film/ForbiddenCityCop'' (SpiritualSuccessor to ''From Beijing'' above)

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* ''Film/ForbiddenCityCop'' (SpiritualSuccessor to ''From Beijing'' above)above. While not the director, Lee Lik-chi had a cameo as the court official with extremely thick nose hair.)
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* ''The Justice of Life'' (TVB series, co-starring Creator/AlexMan. Lee Lik Chi was one of the directors involved in the series.)

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* ''The Justice of Life'' (TVB TV series, co-starring Creator/AlexMan. Lee Lik Chi was one of the directors involved in the series.)
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* ''Film/FlirtingScholar'' (One of the few films in the 1990s where Ng Man-tat ''didn't'' collaborate with Stephen.) %%(AffectionateParody of the classic romance of Tang Bohu and Qiuxiang. Known for testing the waters for epic duels by pitting martial arts legends Cheng Peipei and Gordon Liu against each other.)%%

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* ''Film/FlirtingScholar'' (One of the few films in the 1990s where Ng Man-tat ''didn't'' collaborate with Stephen.) directed by Lee Lik Chi) %%(AffectionateParody of the classic romance of Tang Bohu and Qiuxiang. Known for testing the waters for epic duels by pitting martial arts legends Cheng Peipei and Gordon Liu against each other.)%%



* ''Film/FromBeijingWithLove'' (an AffectionateParody of ''Film/JamesBond''; Stephen was co-director with Lee Lik-chi, who had a cameo as the death-row prisoner who was executed by a bazooka)

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* ''Film/FromBeijingWithLove'' (an AffectionateParody of ''Film/JamesBond''; Stephen was co-director with Lee Lik-chi, who had a cameo as the death-row prisoner who was executed by a bazooka)bazooka.)



* ''Film/GodOfCookery'' (Stephen was co-director with Lee Lik-chi. who had a cameo as the death-row prisoner who was executed by a bazooka)
* ''Film/KingOfComedy'' (last film he made in Hong Kong; his subsequent films were all mainland China productions. Also, Cecilia Cheung's first film. A SpiritualSuccessor, ''New King of Comedy'', was released in 2019.)

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* ''Film/GodOfCookery'' (Stephen was co-director with Lee Lik-chi. who had a cameo as the death-row prisoner who was executed by a bazooka)\n)
* ''Film/KingOfComedy'' (last film he made in Hong Kong; his subsequent films were all mainland China productions. Also, Cecilia Cheung's first film. Stephen was co-director with Lee Lik-chi. A SpiritualSuccessor, ''New King of Comedy'', was released in 2019.)
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His [[Film/JourneyToTheWestConqueringTheDemons take]] on ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' has him changing things up a bit by sticking to the directorship. Before he became a full time director, he collaborated frequently with Wong Jing[[note]]Films where Wong Jing is the director are denoted by an "*" below[[/note]].

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His [[Film/JourneyToTheWestConqueringTheDemons take]] on ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' has him changing things up a bit by sticking to the directorship. Before he became a full time director, he collaborated frequently with Wong Jing[[note]]Films where Wong Jing is the director are denoted by an "*" below[[/note]].
below[[/note]] and Lee Lik Chi.



* ''The Justice of Life'' (TVB series, co-starring Creator/AlexMan)
* ''The Final Combat'' (TVB TV series. A memetic quote from his character, "Let's sit down, have some tea and a bun, and talk slowly", is regarded as the TropeMaker of his ''mo lei tau'' style. This series was also his first collaboration with Ng Man-tat, and where he met Jacqueline Law, the only girlfriend he ever publicly admitted to dating.)

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* ''The Justice of Life'' (TVB series, co-starring Creator/AlexMan)
Creator/AlexMan. Lee Lik Chi was one of the directors involved in the series.)
* ''The Final Combat'' (TVB TV series. A memetic quote from his character, "Let's sit down, have some tea and a bun, and talk slowly", is regarded as the TropeMaker of his ''mo lei tau'' style. This series was also his first collaboration with Ng Man-tat, and where he met Jacqueline Law, the only girlfriend he ever publicly admitted to dating. Lee Lik Chi was one of the directors involved in the series.)



* ''Fight Back to School'' ([[DieHardOnAnX Die Hard in a high school]]. It had two sequels: ''Fight Back to School II'' (Athena Chu's debut as a film actress) and '''Fight Back to School III'''*)

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* ''Fight Back to School'' ([[DieHardOnAnX Die Hard in a high school]]. It had two sequels: ''Fight Back to School II'' (Athena Chu's debut as a film actress) and '''Fight ''Fight Back to School III'''*)III''*)



* ''Film/LoveOnDelivery''

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* ''Film/LoveOnDelivery''''Film/LoveOnDelivery'' (directed by Lee Lik Chi)



* ''Film/FromBeijingWithLove'' (an AffectionateParody of ''Film/JamesBond'')

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* ''Film/FromBeijingWithLove'' (an AffectionateParody of ''Film/JamesBond'')''Film/JamesBond''; Stephen was co-director with Lee Lik-chi, who had a cameo as the death-row prisoner who was executed by a bazooka)



* ''Film/GodOfCookery''

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* ''Film/GodOfCookery''''Film/GodOfCookery'' (Stephen was co-director with Lee Lik-chi. who had a cameo as the death-row prisoner who was executed by a bazooka)
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His [[Film/JourneyToTheWestConqueringTheDemons take]] on ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' has him changing things up a bit by sticking to the directorship.

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His [[Film/JourneyToTheWestConqueringTheDemons take]] on ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' has him changing things up a bit by sticking to the directorship.
directorship. Before he became a full time director, he collaborated frequently with Wong Jing[[note]]Films where Wong Jing is the director are denoted by an "*" below[[/note]].



* ''All for the Winner'' (originally a ''Film/GodOfGamblers'' parody, later gets [[CanonImmigrant promoted to canon]] when he appears in ''God of Gamblers III''; Stephen had also appeared in ''God Of Gamblers II''. ''Winner'' and ''Gamblers II'' were Sharla Cheung's first collaborations with Stephen.)

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* ''All for the Winner'' (originally a ''Film/GodOfGamblers'' ''Film/GodOfGamblers''* parody, later gets [[CanonImmigrant promoted to canon]] when he appears in ''God of Gamblers III''; III''*; Stephen had also appeared in ''God Of Gamblers II''.II''*. ''Winner'' and ''Gamblers II'' were Sharla Cheung's first collaborations with Stephen.)



* ''Fight Back to School'' ([[DieHardOnAnX Die Hard in a high school]]; ''Fight Back to School II'' was Athena Chu's debut as a film actress)

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* ''Fight Back to School'' ([[DieHardOnAnX Die Hard in a high school]]; school]]. It had two sequels: ''Fight Back to School II'' was Athena (Athena Chu's debut as a film actress)actress) and '''Fight Back to School III'''*)



* ''Film/TrickyBrains''

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* ''Film/TrickyBrains''''Film/TrickyBrains''*



* ''The Royal Tramp'' and ''Royal Tramp II'' (based off the classic literature ''Literature/TheDeerAndTheCauldron''. Master Creator/JinYong himself approved of Stephen playing the role of Wei Xiaobao ''and'' Creator/BrigitteLin herself agreed to appear in ''II'' due to Stephen; both thespians later praised each other's performance in the film, and the film remained their only on-screen collaboration.)

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* ''The Royal Tramp'' Tramp''* and ''Royal Tramp II'' II''* (based off the classic literature ''Literature/TheDeerAndTheCauldron''. Master Creator/JinYong himself approved of Stephen playing the role of Wei Xiaobao ''and'' Creator/BrigitteLin herself agreed to appear in ''II'' due to Stephen; both thespians later praised each other's performance in the film, and the film remained their only on-screen collaboration.)



* ''Film/HailTheJudge'' (Looking like a FollowTheLeader of the resurgence of interest in the historical judge Justice Bao thanks to a Chinese LongRunner TV series, this is actually a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Justice My Foot'')

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* ''Film/HailTheJudge'' ''Film/HailTheJudge''* (Looking like a FollowTheLeader of the resurgence of interest in the historical judge Justice Bao thanks to a Chinese LongRunner TV series, this is actually a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Justice My Foot'')



* ''Film/SixtyMillionDollarMan''

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* ''Film/SixtyMillionDollarMan''''Film/SixtyMillionDollarMan'' (Wong Jing was the film's producer)
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* ''Justice My Foot'' (The first of many Qing Dynasty period films by Chow, this one sees him take the role of ancient lawyer Song Shijie, taking on his many crises of character in the court with the usual RuleOfFunny thrown in. Won him his first Best Leading Actor award[[note]]37th Asia Pacific Film Festival in 1992[[/note]])

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* ''Justice ''Justice, My Foot'' Foot!'' (The first of many Qing Dynasty period films by Chow, this one sees him take the role of ancient lawyer Song Shijie, taking on his many crises of character in the court with the usual RuleOfFunny thrown in. Won him his first Best Leading Actor award[[note]]37th Asia Pacific Film Festival in 1992[[/note]])
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* WagTheDirector: Once he had established himself, Stephen did this in almost every movie he appeared in. The credits may list someone else as director, but make no mistake: Stephen would firmly stamp his style all over the movie.

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* WagTheDirector: Once he had established himself, Stephen did this in almost every movie he appeared in. The credits may list someone else as director, but make no mistake: Stephen would firmly stamp his style all over the movie. To cite one example, ''The Mad Monk'' director Creator/JohnnieTo was largely sidelined during filming, so much so that he never worked with Stephen again on another film.
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*''The Justice of Life'' (TVB series, co-starring Creator/AlexMan)
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* ''The Mad Monk'' (co-starring Creator/MaggieCheung and Creator/AnthonyWong. This film allegedly so offended Creator/DannyLee that he refused to speak to Stephen after its release.[[note]]The titular mad monk of the film was a historical character by the name of Lee Xu Yuen (Li Xiu Yuan in Hanyu Pinyin). In the movie, a vile curse was directed at Xu Yuen, and Danny took it as a slight by Stephen against him.[[/note]])

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* ''The Mad Monk'' (co-starring Creator/MaggieCheung and Creator/AnthonyWong. This film allegedly so offended Creator/DannyLee that he refused to speak to Stephen after its release.[[note]]The titular mad monk of the film was a historical character by the name of Lee Xu Yuen (Li Xiu Yuan in Hanyu Pinyin). In the movie, a vile curse was directed at Xu Yuen, and Danny took it as a slight by Stephen against him. Shing Fui On, a protege of Danny's, also had animosity towards Stephen because of this film.[[/note]])
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* ''The Final Combat'' (a memetic quote from his character, "Let's sit down, have some tea and a bun, and talk slowly", is regarded as the TropeMaker of his ''mo lei tau'' style)

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* ''The Final Combat'' (a (TVB TV series. A memetic quote from his character, "Let's sit down, have some tea and a bun, and talk slowly", is regarded as the TropeMaker of his ''mo lei tau'' style)style. This series was also his first collaboration with Ng Man-tat, and where he met Jacqueline Law, the only girlfriend he ever publicly admitted to dating.)
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* ''All's Well, Ends Well'' (co-starring Creator/LeslieCheung and Maggie Cheung) and ''All's Well, Ends Well'97'' (Leslie had a cameo for this film)

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* ''All's Well, Ends Well'' (co-starring Creator/LeslieCheung and Maggie Cheung) and ''All's Well, Ends Well'97'' Well '97'' (Leslie had a cameo for this film)
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*''All's Well, Ends Well'' (co-starring Creator/LeslieCheung and Maggie Cheung) and ''All's Well, Ends Well'97'' (Leslie had a cameo for this film)

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