Cyclo (1995)

Follows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a living for his two sisters and grandfather in the mean streets of the city lead to petty crime on behalf of a mysterious Madame from whom he rents his cyclo.

Genres: Drama, Crime

What to watch after Cyclo

• The Scent of Green Papaya (1993) — Same subject: ho chi minh
• Bullet in the Head (1990) — Same subject: saigon
• Ashes of Time (1994) — Tony Leung Chiu-wai appears in both
• A Dirty Carnival (2006)
• Infernal Affairs III (2003) — Tony Leung Chiu-wai appears in both
• Kill Zone (2005)