Today, January 23, marks anniversaries of the post-War crime movie by the British director Robert Hamer, the star-studded 1998 legal thriller THE GINGERBREAD MAN and a lesser-known Johnnie To flick released two decades ago

Released 70 years ago:

The Long Memory

1953, UK

Directed by Robert Hamer

Stars: John Mills, John McCallum, Elizabeth Sellars, Eva Bergh, Geoffrey Keen, John Slater

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Released 25 years ago:

The Gingerbread Man

1998, USA

Directed by Robert Altman

Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr., Daryl Hannah, Robert Duvall, Tom Berenger, Famke Janssen, Clyde Hayes, Mae Whitman

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Released 20 years ago:

Baak nin ho hap [Love for All Seasons]

2003, Hong Kong

Directed by Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai

Stars: Sammi Cheng, Louis Ko, Li Bingbing, Lam Suet, Belinda Hamnett, Emotion Cheung, Ha Yu, Fung Lee