In the Mood for Love

2000 Wong Kar-Wai 1h 39m ★ 8.1
Drama Romance
In the Mood for Love

Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.

Cast

Maggie Cheung Maggie Cheung Su Li-zhen
Tony Leung Chiu-wai Tony Leung Chiu-wai Chow Mo-wan
Siu Ping-Lam Siu Ping-Lam Ah Ping
Rebecca Pan Rebecca Pan Mrs. Suen
Kelly Lai Chen Kelly Lai Chen Mr. Ho
Joe Cheung Tung-Cho Joe Cheung Tung-Cho Man Living in Mr. Koo's Apartment
Chan Man-Lei Mr. Koo
Koo Kam-Wah Mrs. Koo

Vibes

Emotional Chill Visually Stunning Deeply Moving Critic Favorite

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with In the Mood for Love

5 Centimeters per Second
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Love that never arrives. Two films about people who spend their lives in the almost, the nearly, the not quite. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Portrait of a Lady on Fire 2019
Desire restrained by circumstance. Two films about people who want each other more than anything and cannot have each other. Rashomon
Rashomon 1950
Perspective as the subject. Two Asian masterpieces about the impossibility of knowing what really happened. Chungking Express
Chungking Express 1994
Wong Kar-wai double bill. Two films about the beautiful loneliness of city life and the connections that almost happen.