THEME EXPLORATION

Hong Kong setting

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In the Mood for Love
In the Mood for Love
2000 · Wong Kar-wai
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Poussières d’amour
Poussières d’amour
1996 · Werner Schroeter
Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs
2002 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai & Andrew Lau & Alan Mak & Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled
1992 · John Woo
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
2008 · Phyllida Lloyd
Quattro Hong Kong 2
Quattro Hong Kong 2
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
8 femmes
8 femmes
2002 · François Ozon
A House Divided
A House Divided
1931 · William Wyler
An Alligator Named Daisy
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955 · J. Lee Thompson
Antoine et Antoinette
Antoine et Antoinette
1947 · Jacques Becker
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films like 'In the Mood for Love' and 'Chungking Express' are quintessential meditations on Hong Kong's urban landscape, neon-lit streets, and fleeting human connections.

 Bille Woodruff Hong Kong

Pioneer of Hong Kong action cinema whose films like 'Hard Boiled' and 'The Killer' showcase the city's gritty underbelly and define the aesthetic of Hong Kong's golden age of filmmaking.