Hong Kong Chungking Express sits in the top 1% of Hong Kong films on this catalog — ranked #8 of 836 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
重慶森林
“What a difference a day makes.”
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.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #8 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (99th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.7 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Drama productions specifically: #3 of 311 (top 1%).
Audience Engagement
1,524 audience reviews — more than 98% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 96th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Chungking Express. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Jet Tone Production
Drama + Comedy in Hong Kong
71 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Chungking Express itself).
The 1993–1995 Hong Kong Window
Chungking Express tops the 71 Hong Kong films we index from this three-year window. Cards below list the runners-up in descending audience order.
The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Hong Kong, 215 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Chungking Express premiered alongside 25 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 25 other Hong Kong films in 1994.
The 400th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Chungking Express, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- drug smuggling · 5
- girlfriend · 4
- ex-girlfriend · 3
- snack bar · 2
- expiration date · 1
- cleaning · 1
- flight attendant · 6
- police · 105
- romance · 94
- hong kong · 73
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi, English, Japanese, Punjabi, Urdu |
| Production Companies | Jet Tone Production |
| Runtime | 1h 43m |
| Release Date | July 14, 1994 |
| IMDb | tt0109424 |