How to watch the Detective Dee Collection (Tsui Hark) films in order
There are 3 Detective Dee Collection (Tsui Hark) films, about 6.5 hours in total. The first was released in 2010, the latest in 2018. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
Three stories about Detective Dee directed by Tsui Hark.
- 1
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
18 Sep 2010 · 123 min
When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
- 2
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)
27 Sep 2013 · 134 min
Young Dee Renjie arrives in the empire's capital to join the Supreme Court as police judge of his region. He wants to become a prosecutor. Empress Wu, who is at the beginning of her reign, has commissioned the fierce detective Yuchi to investigate a sea monster that stalks the city at night and makes it unsafe.
- 3
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)
27 Jul 2018 · 132 min
Dee, the detective serving Chinese empress Wu Zetian, is called upon to investigate a series of strange events in Loyang, including the appearance of mysterious warriors wearing Chiyou ghost masks, foxes that speak human language and the pillar sculptures in the palace coming alive.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.