Both are occult dramas and involve mysterious supernatural beings entering into the mortal world. Occult, mystery, and supernatural.

Tony Leung and Andy Lau reunion. The Goldfinger is directed Felix Chong, who was the screenwriter for Infernal Affairs. Both are also crime mystery films.

Arthouse films made by two of the most acclaimed Korean directors, Park Chan Wook and Lee Chang Dong. Both films stun viewers with their ambiguity, subtle elements, and unresolved mysteries.

Firefighter movies. Racing against time to save survivors. Intense and emotional. One is a nuclear power plant, the other is an office building.

Directed by the same director, Dante Lam. Both are based on real-life events of chinese operatives rescuing chinese nationals in danger overseas. One taking place in Thailand and one in Yemen.

Both take place during the Japanese Colonial era and involve the questioning of suspects for anti-Japanese motives - espionage films. One takes place in a mansion house and the other takes place in an isolated hotel. In both films, the Japanese are trying to hunt down a mole called "Phantom". These similarities are because both films are adapted from Mai Jia's 2007 novel, The Message.

Both are about school teachers plotting to take revenge for being wronged, and with a student involved.

Directed by the same director, Kong Sheng. Both dramas involve the development and reform of a town/county.