# The best Tony Leung Chiu-wai movies

From Hou Hsiao-hsien's A City of Sadness to Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love and Infernal Affairs: the essential films of Tony Leung, the first Chinese-language actor to receive Venice's lifetime achievement Golden Lion.

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- Sep 7, 2024 · 鄭冠宇
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## Top 12

1. **In the Mood for Love (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Wong Kar-wai's tale of restrained love; best actor at Cannes for Leung.
2. **Infernal Affairs (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An undercover cop and a gang mole inside the police.
3. **A City of Sadness (1989)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hou Hsiao-hsien's story of the Lin family around the 228 Incident; Golden Lion in Venice.
4. **Happy Together (1997)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Wong Kar-wai's love story shot in Buenos Aires.
5. **2046 (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Wong Kar-wai continues the story of Chow Mo-wan.
6. **Chungking Express (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Wong Kar-wai's two city love stories; Leung plays Cop 663.
7. **Lust, Caution (2007)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ang Lee's film with Leung as Mr. Yee; Golden Lion in Venice.
8. **The Grandmaster (2013)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Wong Kar-wai's film with Leung as Wing Chun master Ip Man.
9. **Days of Being Wild (1990)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Early Wong Kar-wai, with Leung's famous brief appearance at the end.
10. **Ashes of Time (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Wong Kar-wai's martial arts film.
11. **Flowers of Shanghai (1998)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hou Hsiao-hsien's film set in late-Qing Shanghai flower houses.
12. **The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jeffrey Lau's absurd martial arts comedy, with Leung as Ouyang Feng.
13. **Where the Wind Blows (2023)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — With Aaron Kwok, a story of police corruption in old Hong Kong.

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