# The best Maggie Cheung movies

From As Tears Go By and Center Stage to Comrades: Almost a Love Story and In the Mood for Love: the most recommended films of five-time Hong Kong Film Award winner Maggie Cheung, per Harper's Bazaar Hong Kong, Maigoo's ranking and Wikipedia.

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## Top 12

1. **In the Mood for Love (2000)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Wong Kar-wai: cheongsams, staircases and Chow Mo-wan; best actress at both the Golden Horse and the Hong Kong Film Awards.
2. **Center Stage (1992)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Stanley Kwan: as silent-film star Ruan Lingyu, she became the first Chinese actress to win at Berlin.
3. **Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Peter Chan: with Leon Lai as two mainlanders trying to make it in Hong Kong.
4. **Clean (2004)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Olivier Assayas: a mother getting clean and starting over; best actress at Cannes.
5. **New Dragon Gate Inn (1992)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — The Tsui Hark-produced wuxia classic, with her unforgettable innkeeper Jade.
6. **Green Snake (1993)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Tsui Hark: Green Snake to Joey Wong's White Snake.
7. **As Tears Go By (1988)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Wong Kar-wai's first film, a street romance with Andy Lau.
8. **Ashes of Time (1994)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Wong Kar-wai's martial-arts film, as Ouyang Feng's sister-in-law.
9. **Hero (2002)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Zhang Yimou: as Flying Snow, reunited with Tony Leung.
10. **All's Well, Ends Well (1992)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — A Lunar New Year comedy classic, alongside Stephen Chow and Leslie Cheung.
11. **Full Moon in New York (1989)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Stanley Kwan: three Chinese women in New York; Golden Horse best actress.
12. **The Soong Sisters (1997)** (-3 · ▲0 ▼3) — Mabel Cheung: playing Soong Ai-ling, eldest of the three Soong sisters.

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