Followed by
Ying hung boon sik II (1987)
Ying hung boon sik III jik yeung ji gor (1989)
Another Better Tomorrow (2010)
Remake of
Ying xiong ben se (1967)
- Remake with heightened melodrama and action.
Remade as
Aatish: Feel the Fire (1994)
- remake
A Better Tomorrow (2009)
References
Mean Streets (1973)
Star Wars (1977)
Referenced in
Die xue jie tou (1990)
- In Yinghung boon sik Mark Gor (Chow Yun-fat) says: "I said something wrong, then there were guns pointing at my head, and ordered me to drink a whole bottle of whisky. I was so scared and Ho drank it all." The exact same thing happens in this film.
The Creeps (1997)
- Mentioned by David.
The Replacement Killers (1998)
- When Chow Yun Fat goes to kill Wei and his henchman, he arrives behind a door that opens in in slow motion before he shoots everyone around and then tries to shoot Wei in his car. This type of scene happens in a restruaunt in A Better Tomorrow when Chow Yun Fat appears in the scene behind a door that opens in slow motion and he proceeds to shoot everyone in the room.
Bangkok Dangerous (1999)
FLCL (2000) (V)
- Takun is watching a movie and we hear dialogue similar to that at the end of A Better Tomorrow. Then they ask why there are so many white doves around (a John Woo trademark).
Kaubôi bibappu: Tengoku no tobira (2001)
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)
Nel cuore della notte (2002)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
- The Crazy 88s room in the House of Blue Leaves and The Bride coming there to get revenge.
Sepet (2004)
- The female lead refers to this film when she raves about John Woo, her favorite director.
Man yan (2004)
- A customer orders the DVD from a street vendor.
"Jeopardy!: (#22.65)" (2005)
- referenced in clue in "Entertaining Johns" category
Il solitario (2008)
- Reference the film in the car park sequence
Featured in
Ying hung boon sik II (1987)
- flashback to the first movie
Poppitz (2002)
- Shown on TV in the bungalow
Spoofed in
Gui xin niang (1987)
- chow yun fat enters a building with fake guns and a duster coat spoofing his role as mark gor.
Cheng chong chui lui chai (1987)
- many references to the film throughout the movie. including having many of the characters from the film in the movie.
Yi dan qun ying (1989)
Sat sau ji wong (1998)
- Jet Li dresses up like the character Mark Gor from A Better Tomorrow as a joke.
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