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Chungking Express
1994
· Movie
· 102 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #303
- IMDb #446
- Google retired #1149
- Rotten Tomatoes #438
- Metacritic #647
- Letterboxd #145
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1153
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #244
- Metacritic Critics #831
- Metacritic Audience #532
- Criticker #147
- Douban #112
- Kinopoisk #632
- AlloCiné #728
- Trakt #358
Every rating
72–93
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 93.
See the most agreed on films →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.
Details
- Director
- Wong Kar-Wai
- Writer
- Wong Kar-Wai
- Studio
- Jet Tone Production
- Released
- 14 July 1994
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Language
- Cantonese, Mandarin
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $160.0K
- Box office
- $1.0M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 12 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (14) →
Awards & nominations
See all 17 →5 wins from 17 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1997 | Best Foreign Language Film | N/a | Nominee |
| Hong Kong Film Awards 1995 | Best Picture | Chungking Express | Winner |
| Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards 1995 | Film of Merit | Chungking Express | Winner |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards 1995 | Best Foreign Language Film | Chungking Express | Nominee |
| Chicago International Film Festival 1994 | Best Feature | Wong Kar-wai | Nominee |
| Golden Horse Awards 1994 | Best Cinematography | Christopher Doyle, Wai Keung Lau | Nominee |
| Golden Horse Awards 1994 | Best Art Direction | William Chang | Nominee |
| Golden Horse Awards 1994 | Best Original Film Score | Frankie Chan | Nominee |
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17 awards — Chungking Express
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Stockholm International Film Festival
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Faye Wong | Winner |
| FIPRESCI Prize | Wong Kar-Wai | Winner |
| Bronze Horse: Best Film | Wong Kar-Wai | Nominee |
Golden Horse Awards
8 nominations, 1 won
| Best Leading Actor | Tony Leung Chiu-Wai | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | William Chang | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Christopher Doyle, Wai Keung Lau | Nominee |
| Best Director | Wong Kar-Wai | Nominee |
| Best Feature Film | Chungking Express | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | William Chang, Kit-Wai Kai, Chi-Leung Kwong | Nominee |
| Best Leading Actress | Faye Wong | Nominee |
| Best Original Film Score | Frankie Chan | Nominee |
Hong Kong Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Picture | Chungking Express | Winner |
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film of Merit | Chungking Express | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | N/a | Nominee |
Chicago International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Best Feature | Wong Kar-wai | Nominee |
Locarno Film Festival
1 nomination
| Golden Leopard | Wong Kar-Wai | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Chungking Express | Nominee |