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Tony Leung Chiu-wai has 23 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 9 rank in the Top 10%, led by In the Mood for Love.
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
Drama · Action

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Disney+ · Included

In the Mood for Love
2000 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Max · Included

Chungking Express
1994 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Max · Included

Hard Boiled
1992 · Movie · Actor
Top 4%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Infernal Affairs
2002 · Movie · Actor
Top 5%Max · Included

Bullet in the Head
1990 · Movie · Actor
Top 6%Prime Video · Included

Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.
Dir. Destin Daniel Cretton · With Simu Liu, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Awkwafina

In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.
Dir. Wong Kar-Wai · With Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Siu Ping-Lam

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.
Dir. Wong Kar-Wai · With Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu-wai

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.
Dir. John Woo · With Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.
Dir. Alan Mak Siu-Fai, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung · With Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

Three childhood friends from the slums of Hong Kong flee to war-time Saigon after accidentally murdering a gang leader, but their troubles only escalate.
Dir. John Woo · With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau, Waise Lee Chi-Hung

During World War II, a secret agent must seduce, then assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling in love with the man she is assigned to kill.
Dir. Ang Lee · With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tang Wei, Joan Chen

The battle of Red Cliff continues and the alliance between Xu and East Wu is fracturing. With Cao Cao's massive forces on their doorstep, will the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu survive?
Dir. John Woo · With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi

During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.
Dir. Zhang Yimou · With Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung

A couple travels from Hong Kong to Argentina to revive their relationship but experience turbulence when both men's lives drift in separate directions.
Dir. Wong Kar-Wai · With Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Chang Chen

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.
Dir. John Woo · With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people from 1947-1987.
Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien · With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Hsin Shu-Fen, Chan Chung-Yung

A power struggle between the Queen's treasonous lover and a princess occurs amid musical numbers, slapstick battles, and martial arts acrobatics.
Dir. Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai · With Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.
Dir. Wong Kar-Wai · With Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
Dir. Wong Kar-Wai · With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Gong Li, Faye Wong

Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.
Dir. Wong Kar-Wai · With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen

Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days in the desert, connecting expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to pay for it. Throughout five seasons in exile, Ouyang spins tales of his clients' unrequited loves and unusual acts of bravery.
Dir. Wong Kar-Wai · With Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Ka-fai

Triad gangster turned corrupt cop Lau Kin-ming goes to dangerous lengths to avoid detection.
Dir. Andrew Lau Wai-Keung, Alan Mak Siu-Fai · With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Andy Lau, Leon Lai Ming

100 years after the events of the first film, Buddhist Bai Yun and his disciple Fong journey through a small town to transport a golden idol of Buddha. However, local thieves thwart their journey, forcing them to take shelter at the ghostly Orchid Temple.
Dir. Tony Ching Siu-Tung · With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau, Joey Wong
The sequel to Monster Hunt. Set in a world where monsters and humans co-exist, the franchise tells the story of Wuba, a baby monster born to be king. Wuba becomes the central figure in stopping an all-out monster civil war.
Dir. Raman Hui Shing-Ngai · With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Bai Baihe, Jing Boran
Follows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a living for his two sisters and grandfather in the mean streets of the city lead to petty crime on behalf of a mysterious Madame from whom he rents his cyclo.
Dir. Trần Anh Hùng · With Le Van Loc, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Như Quỳnh

At the end of the 19th century, Shanghai is divided into several foreign concessions. In the British concession, a number of luxurious “flower houses” are reserved for the male elite of the city. Since Chinese dignitaries are not allowed to frequent brothels, these establishments are the only ones that these men can visit. They form a self-contained world, with its own rites, traditions and even its own language. The men don’t only visit the houses to frequent the courtesans but also to dine, smoke opium, play mahjong and relax. The women working there are known as the “flowers of Shanghai”.
Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien · With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Michiko Hada, Carina Lau

When Ah Bu, a girl from a small fishing town in Taiwan, finds a glass bottle with a romantic message, she travels to Hong Kong to find her prince charming. As it turns out, her prince charming, Albert, happens to be gay. But all is not lost when Ah Bu meets the dashing Chi Wu. Meanwhile, Ah Bu's boyfriend from Taiwan comes looking for her, as the action and romance follow Ah Bu back to Taiwan.
Dir. Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu · With Shu Qi, Jackie Chan, Emil Chau
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