Movies - Index Of Jackie Chan

Feature summary

Provide an indexed, searchable, and filterable catalogue of Jackie Chan films with details (title, year, role, director, runtime, genres, synopsis, poster, availability links). Support sorting, full-text search, filters, pagination, and optional offline cache.

4. International Rise & Classic Era (1981–1988)

| Year | Title | Chinese Title | Director | Notes | |------|-------|---------------|----------|-------| | 1981 | The Cannonball Run | 炮弹飞车 | Hal Needham | US ensemble | | 1982 | Dragon Lord | 龙少爷 | Jackie Chan | | | 1983 | Project A | A计划 | Jackie Chan | With Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao | | 1984 | Wheels on Meals | 快餐车 | Sammo Hung | | | 1984 | The Cannonball Run II | 炮弹飞车2 | Hal Needham | | | 1985 | My Lucky Stars | 福星高照 | Sammo Hung | | | 1985 | Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars | 夏日福星 | Sammo Hung | | | 1985 | Heart of Dragon | 龙的心 | Sammo Hung | Drama/action | | 1985 | Police Story | 警察故事 | Jackie Chan | Landmark action | | 1986 | The Protector | 威龙猛探 | James Glickenhaus | US film | | 1987 | Armour of God | 龙兄虎弟 | Jackie Chan | Serious injury | | 1988 | Police Story 2 | 警察故事续集 | Jackie Chan | | | 1988 | Dragons Forever | 飞龙猛将 | Sammo Hung | "Three Brothers" last | index of jackie chan movies

Backend

  • Source canonical data from TheMovieDB (TMDB) + IMDb + verified filmographies; normalize and deduplicate.
  • Store in relational DB (Postgres) or document DB (Mongo). Index fields: title (text), year, genres, director, cast names, tmdbId/imdbId.
  • Full-text search: PostgreSQL tsvector or Elasticsearch/Opensearch for fuzzy/weighted search.
  • API endpoints (REST or GraphQL):
    • GET /movies?query=&year=&genre=&director=&sort=&page=&per_page=
    • GET /movies/id
    • GET /movies/id/related
    • GET /people/name/filmography
    • POST /movies/sync (admin)
  • Caching: CDN for posters and 1–24h response caching for list endpoints.

The "Hollywood Crossover" Era (1998–2010)

The $20 Million Smile

Jackie finally got his Hollywood payday. The fights were slower (to accommodate ratings), but the charm was dialed up to 11. Source canonical data from TheMovieDB (TMDB) + IMDb

  • Rush Hour (1998) – "Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?" Perfect chemistry with Chris Tucker.
  • Shanghai Noon (2000) – Wild West meets kung fu. Underrated comedy.
  • Rush Hour 2 (2001) – Better than the first. The massage parlor fight is a masterclass in prop fighting.
  • New Police Story (2004) – A dramatic reboot. Jackie plays a broken, alcoholic cop. Very dark, very good.
  • The Myth (2005) – A weird, epic time-travel fantasy. Not great, but visually stunning.
  • Rush Hour 3 (2007) – Goofy but fun. Roman Polanski as a French cop? Weird.

2. Stuntman & Minor Roles (1971–1975)

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |------|-------|------|-------| | 1971 | The Big Boss | Extra | Stuntman (uncredited) | | 1972 | Fist of Fury | Japanese thug | Stunt double | | 1972 | The Way of the Dragon | Thug | Minor role | | 1973 | Enter the Dragon | Guard | Minor role (uncredited) | | 1973 | Police Woman | Thug | Uncredited | | 1974 | The Golden Lotus | Minor role | Uncredited | | 1975 | All in the Family | Thug | Minor role | GET /movies