Hong Kong Synopsis
奇謀妙計五福星
Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Service), they are caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the counterfeit currency market.
Audience Engagement
155 audience reviews — more than 87% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 91th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Winners & Sinners. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Action + Adventure in Hong Kong
81 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Winners & Sinners itself).
The 1982–1984 Hong Kong Window
Winners & Sinners holds position #10 of 42 Hong Kong films in the 1982–1984 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Hong Kong, 151 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Winners & Sinners premiered alongside 13 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 13 other Hong Kong films in 1983.
The 184th 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 Winners & Sinners, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- counterfeit money · 2
- cleaning service · 1
- gang · 26
- chinese mafia · 7
- martial arts · 369
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #158 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (81st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #93 of 516 (top 18%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Paragon Films Ltd. |
| Runtime | 1h 48m |
| Release Date | July 7, 1983 |
| IMDb | tt0086605 |