Hong Kong Greta is a Hong Kong–South Korea co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
“Everyone needs a friend.”
A young woman returns a lonely widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers the widow might not be all that she seems.
Audience Engagement
1,203 audience reviews — more than 97% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 94th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Hong Kong × South Korea Co-Production
Other Hong Kong×South Korea titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Greta. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Mystery + Thriller in Hong Kong
18 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Mystery and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Greta itself).
The 2017–2019 Hong Kong Window
Greta holds position #8 of 34 Hong Kong films in the 2017–2019 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Hong Kong, 166 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Greta premiered alongside 10 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 10 other Hong Kong films in 2018.
The 799th 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 Greta, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- stalker · 5
- basement · 3
- finger · 1
- roofie · 1
- older woman younger woman relationship · 1
- new york city · 23
- dog · 23
- france · 19
- paris · 14
- psychopath · 13
- evil · 8
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #269 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (68th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Mystery productions specifically: #7 of 28 (top 25%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, Ireland, South Korea, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Lawrence Bender Productions, Little Wave Productions, Metropolitan Films International, Showbox |
| Runtime | 1h 38m |
| Release Date | September 6, 2018 |
| IMDb | tt2639336 |
| Official Site | focusfeatures.com |