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Wong Kar-wai

Chinese-born Hong Kong filmmaker (born 1958)

11.22body-of-work score · ranked #69 of 2631 directors · 8 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
July 17, 1958 · Shanghai
Nationality
British Hong Kong
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer
Movement
Hong Kong Second Wave, Hong Kong New Wave
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Wong Kar-wai
derivative work: Tabercil (talk) Wong Kar-wai at 2008 TIFF.jpg: lukeisback.com · CC BY 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    In the Mood for Love花樣年華Must-See #20

    2000 · Hong Kong, China / France / Thailand · romance, drama

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #5 · Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #2 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #9

    5.1311 citations
  2. 2
    Chungking Express重慶森林Must-See #418

    1994 · Hong Kong, China · comedy, drama, romance

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #88 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1994 #2 · TIME All-TIME 100

    1.928 citations
  3. 3
    Happy Together春光乍洩

    1997 · Hong Kong, China · drama, romance

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #225 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1997 #6 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1997 #9

    1.476 citations
  4. 4
    2046

    2004 · Hong Kong, China / China / France · romance, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2005 #2 · Sarris's annual top 10 2005 #1 · Hoberman's annual top 10 2005 #7

    1.303 citations
  5. 5
    Fallen Angels墮落天使

    1995 · Hong Kong, China · drama, romance, crime

    Hoberman's annual top 10 1998 #2 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1999 #null · Sarris's annual top 10 1998 #null

    0.603 citations
  6. 6
    Ashes of Time東邪西毒

    1994 · Hong Kong, China · action

    Film Comment year-end poll 2008 #28 · Sarris's annual top 10 1996 #9 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.473 citations
  7. 7
    The Grandmaster一代宗師

    2013 · China / Hong Kong, China · biography, drama, action

    Film Comment year-end poll 2013 #20

    0.231 citation
  8. 8
    Days of Being Wild阿飛正傳

    1990 · Hong Kong, China · drama, romance, crime

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 17 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.