As Tears Go By
1988 · Wong Kar-wai
His neon-noir debut, Triads, longing and slow-motion cool.
Find it on Amazon →Days of Being Wild
1990 · Wong Kar-wai
A 1960s heartbreaker adrift, the birth of his aching style.
Find it on Amazon →Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-wai
Two lovelorn cops and 'California Dreamin', pure kinetic romance.
Find it on Amazon →Fallen Angels
1995 · Wong Kar-wai
Hong Kong nightlife as smeared neon delirium, its wild cousin.
Find it on Amazon →Happy Together
1997 · Wong Kar-wai
A couple combusting in Buenos Aires, restless, tender, devastating.
Find it on Amazon →In the Mood for Love
2000 · Wong Kar-wai
Two neighbors ache toward a love unspoken, sublime restraint and silk.
Find it on Amazon →2046
2004 · Wong Kar-wai
A sci-fi-tinged coda on memory and loss, sumptuous and sad.
Find it on Amazon →The Grandmaster
2013 · Wong Kar-wai
Ip Man as elegiac martial-arts ballet, every raindrop choreographed.
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