Chungking Express (1994) movie poster

Chungking Express (1994)

重慶森林
"If my memory of her has an expiration date, let it be 10,000 years..."
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👍 94%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 84%
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Director
Wong Kar-Wai
Runtime
1h 43m
Country
Hong Kong
Language
Chinese
TMDB Rating
8.0/10 (2,131 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
78

Cast

Brigitte Lin as Woman in Blonde Wig · 80% avg
Takeshi Kaneshiro as He Zhiwu / Cop 223 · 85% avg
Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Cop 663 · 82% avg
Faye Wong as Faye
Valerie Chow as Air Hostess
Piggy Chan Kam-Chuen as Owner of Eatery
Kwan Lee-Na as May
Leung San as K Store Clerk

Is Chungking Express good?

Yes. 94% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 84%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#19 / 3335 · Drama
Rank in its year
#3 / 84 · 1994
Rank among its director's films
#1 / 8 · Wong Kar-Wai
On ThumbScore's lists
The Best Comedy Movies on HBO Max (#1) · 100 Best Romantic Comedies Ranked by Audience Score (#1) · The Best Romance Movies on HBO Max (#2) · Top 250 Movies of All Time (#26)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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Director Wong Kar-Wai ('Chungking Express', 'In the Mood for Love') Confirms 4K Restorations of All His Films Will Arrive in 2020
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