Middle Eastern folktale collection One Thousand and One Nights has been greatly treasured by Western storytellers who are fascinated by the fantastic world within. The exoticism conveyed in Western film adaptations greatly appealed to Cantonese opera and film writer Ma Si-tsang, who adapted The Thief of Bagdad (1924) into Cantonese opera The Prince of Thieves, set in an ancient empire influenced by both East and West. In 1958, director Luk Bong adapted the play into a film, turning the thief of the original film into a Robin Hood-esque hero who poses as a prince to compete for the princess' hand in marriage. Packed with a thrilling treasure hunt and a damsel-in-distress rescue as well as eye-catching special effects, Prince of Thieves is 100% a romantic swashbuckler.
For Love Alone
1986
3.4/10
Daisy Miller
1974
6/10
The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom
2014
6.3/10
Phantom of the Opera
1943
6.2/10
The Phantom of the Opera
1998
4.661/10
Beauty Raised from the Dead
1956
0/10
Wuthering Heights
1958
0/10
A Lovely Girl's Lovely Dreams
1958
0/10
Anna Karenina
1935
6.6/10
Maleficent
2014
7.09/10
The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part One
1964
0/10
Happy Wedding
1959
0/10
Seven Days… Seven Nights
1960
6.183/10
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
2011
8.4/10
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013
7.072/10
Ghost of the Mirror
1974
7/10
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1966
6/10
Almareia
10/10
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
2025
0/10
Macário
2024
10/10
