Hong Kong Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a Hong Kong–Macao co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
“The mystery. The life. The love. The legend.”
This film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhood of rigorous martial arts training, Lee realizes his dream of opening his own kung-fu school in America. Before long, he is discovered by a Hollywood producer and begins a meteoric rise to fame and an all too short reign as one the most charismatic action heroes in cinema history.
Audience Engagement
658 audience reviews — more than 95% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 92th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Hong Kong × Macao Co-Production
Other Hong Kong×Macao titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Drama + History in Hong Kong
15 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Drama and History genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story itself).
The 1992–1994 Hong Kong Window
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story holds position #14 of 78 Hong Kong films in the 1992–1994 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
1993 was the decade’s peak output year for Hong Kong — 30 titles released, including Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. Bars below show how the 1990s stacked up year by year (215 total).
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 0m runtime, production spent $117K per minute on screen and earned $529K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 29 other Hong Kong films in 1993.
The 367th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- life and death · 5
- hollywood · 2
- training · 11
- martial arts · 369
- kung fu · 121
- biography · 75
- hong kong · 73
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #152 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (82nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Drama productions specifically: #82 of 311 (top 26%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, Macao, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, English |
| Production Companies | Raffaella De Laurentiis Productions, Universal Pictures |
| Runtime | 2h 0m |
| Release Date | May 7, 1993 |
| IMDb | tt0106770 |