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In the Mood for Love
2000
· Movie
· 98 min
A
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #121
- IMDb #329
- Google retired #724
- Rotten Tomatoes #242
- Metacritic #183
- Letterboxd #65
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #751
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #155
- Metacritic Critics #295
- Metacritic Audience #182
- Criticker #89
- Douban #115
- Kinopoisk #422
- AlloCiné #379
- Trakt #187
Every rating
74–94
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 74, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 94.
See the most agreed on films →In 1960s Hong Kong, a man and a woman move into neighboring apartments on the same day. They suspect their spouses are having an affair with each other. They begin spending time together to understand how the affair started, and in the process, form a deep, restrained connection of their own.
Details
- Director
- Wong Kar-Wai
- Writers
- Liu Yichang, Wong Kar-Wai
- Released
- 29 September 2000
- Country
- Hong Kong, France
- Language
- Cantonese, Shanghainese, French, Spanish
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $15.9M
- Awards
- 26 wins, 20 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (13) →
Awards & nominations
See all 46 →3 major awards won · 26 wins from 46 nominations across 20 ceremonies
| César Awards 2001 | Best Foreign Film | In The Mood for Love | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2000 | Technical Grand Prize | Christopher Doyle, Lee Ping-bing, William Chang | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2000 | Best Actor | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2000 | Palme d'Or | Wong Kar-Wai | Nominee |
| Argentine Film Critics Association 2002 | Best Foreign Language Film | In The Mood for Love | Winner |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2002 | Best Foreign Language Film | In The Mood for Love | Nominee |
| National Society of Film Critics 2002 | Best Foreign Language Film | In The Mood for Love | Winner |
| National Society of Film Critics 2002 | Best Cinematography | Christopher Doyle, Lee Pin-bing | Winner |
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Cannes Film Festival
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Winner |
| Technical Grand Prize | Christopher Doyle, Lee Ping-bing, William Chang | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Wong Kar-Wai | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | In The Mood for Love | Winner |
Hong Kong Film Awards
12 nominations, 5 won
| Best Actor | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Winner |
| Best Actress | Maggie Cheung | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | William Chang | Winner |
| Best Costume and Make-up Design | William Chang | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | William Chang | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Christopher Doyle, Lee Pin-bing | Nominee |
| Best Director | Wong Kar-wai | Nominee |
| Best New Performer | Siu Ping-lam | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Michael Galasso | Nominee |
| Best Picture | In The Mood for Love | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Wong Kar-wai | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Poon Dick-wah | Nominee |
Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
9 nominations, 3 won
| Best Cinematography | Christopher Doyle, Lee Ping-bing | Winner |
| Best Leading Actress | Maggie Cheung | Winner |
| Best Makeup & Costume Design | William Chang | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | William Chang | Nominee |
| Best Director | Wong Kar-wai | Nominee |
| Best Feature Film | In The Mood for Love | Nominee |
| Best Leading Actor | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Nominee |
| Best Original Film Score | Michael Galasso | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Wong Kar-wai | Nominee |
Asia-Pacific Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | Christopher Doyle, Lee Pin-bing | Winner |
| Best Editing | William Chang | Winner |
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Wong Kar-wai | Winner |
| Film of Merit | In The Mood for Love | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | Christopher Doyle, Lee Pin-bing | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film | In The Mood for Love | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | Christopher Doyle, Lee Pin-bing | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film | In The Mood for Love | Winner |
Argentine Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | In The Mood for Love | Winner |
Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prix | In The Mood for Love | Winner |
British Independent Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | In The Mood for Love | Winner |
Durban International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Lead Performance | Maggie Cheung | Winner |
German Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | In The Mood for Love | Winner |
Montréal Festival of New Cinema
1 nomination, 1 won
| Feature Film Award | Wong Kar-Wai | Winner |
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | In The Mood for Love | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Christopher Doyle, Ping Bin Lee | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Film | Wong Kar-Wai | Nominee |
Australian Film Institute
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | In The Mood for Love | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film Not in the English Language | In The Mood for Love | Nominee |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | In The Mood for Love | Nominee |
London Critics Circle Film Awards
1 nomination
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | In The Mood for Love | Nominee |