Wong Kar-Wai

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Wong Kar-Wai

Directing 68 July 17, 1958

Shanghai, China

Wong Kar-wai (王家衛, born July 17, 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is internationally celebrated for his atmospheric, highly stylized cinema cente…

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In the Mood for Love

In the Mood for Love

8.1 2000 Movie
Chungking Express

Chungking Express

8.0 1994 Movie
Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels

7.7 1995 Movie
2046

2046

7.2 2004 Movie
The Grandmaster

The Grandmaster

6.6 2013 Movie
My Blueberry Nights

My Blueberry Nights

6.4 2007 Movie
Happy Together

Happy Together

7.6 1997 Movie
Days of Being Wild

Days of Being Wild

7.3 1990 Movie
Ennio

Ennio

8.3 2022 Movie
Ashes of Time

Ashes of Time

7.1 1994 Movie
As Tears Go By

As Tears Go By

7.0 1988 Movie
Eros

Eros

5.7 2004 Movie

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Wong Kar-wai (王家衛, born July 17, 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is internationally celebrated for his atmospheric, highly stylized cinema centered on themes of longing, romance, memory, and temporal transience. His major film and television credits include As Tears Go By (1988), Days of Being Wild (1990), Chungking Express (1994), Fallen Angels (1995), Happy Together (1997), In the Mood for Love (2000), 2046 (2004), The Grandmaster (2013), and the television series Blossoms Shanghai (2023).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Sons of the Neon Night

    Movie Thanks

  2. 2025
    In the Mood for Love 2001

    Movie Director

  3. 2024
    Hao Jiu Bu Jian

    Movie Director

  4. 2023
    Blossoms Shanghai

    TV show Producer

  5. 2022
    Ennio

    Movie Self

  6. 2022
    One for the Road

    Movie Producer

  7. 2021
    The Hand

    Movie Writer

  8. 2021
    One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart

    Movie Writer

  9. 2019
    Jinpa

    Movie Producer

  10. 2018
    Europe Raiders

    Movie Producer

  11. 2017
    In the Mood for Melville

    Movie Self

  12. 2016
    See You Tomorrow

    Movie Producer

  13. 2016
    Xuan Zang

    Movie Art Direction

  14. 2016
    The First Monday in May

    Movie Self

  15. 2013
    The Grandmaster

    Movie Director

  16. 2012
    The Road to "The Grandmaster"

    Movie

More credits
  1. 2012
    Touch of the Light

    Movie Executive Producer

  2. 2012
    A Special Day

    Movie Self

  3. 2012
    Square

    TV show Self

  4. 2009
    Let the Wind Carry Me

    Movie Self

  5. 2008
    Miao Miao

    Movie Executive Producer

  6. 2008
    Ashes of Time Redux

    Movie 导演

  7. 2007
    My Blueberry Nights

    Movie Producer

  8. 2007
    To Each His Own Cinema

    Movie Director

  9. 2007
    In the Mood for Doyle

    Movie Himself

  10. 2004
    Eros

    Movie Writer

  11. 2004
    2046

    Movie Screenplay

  12. 2003
    Sound of Colors

    Movie Producer

  13. 2003
    Hong Kong Stories

    Movie Self

  14. 2002
    Chinese Odyssey 2002

    Movie Producer

  15. 2001
    @ in the mood for love

    Movie Self

  16. 2001
    The Follow

    Movie Director

  17. 2001
    Cinema Lesson

    Movie Self

  18. 2001
    The Hire

    TV show Director

  19. 2001
    Age of Bloom

    Movie Director

  20. 2000
    In the Mood for Love

    Movie Producer

  21. 1999
    Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together'

    Movie Self

  22. 1998
    Motorola

    Movie Screenplay

  23. 1997
    First Love: The Litter on the Breeze

    Movie Producer

  24. 1997
    Happy Together

    Movie Producer