Turn Left, Turn Right
2003 1h 36m movie Film Hong Kong

Turn Left, Turn Right

向左走.向右走

Turn Left, Turn Right is a Hong Kong–Singapore co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.

Synopsis

向左走.向右走

An aspiring violinist and a professional translator live parallel lives and appear to be perfect for each other, but somehow fate seems to keep them apart. Living in different units of the same apartment building, they never meet, because when they leave, one turns left, and one turns right.

Hong Kong × Singapore Co-Production

Hong Kong (lead)Singapore

Other Hong Kong×Singapore titles

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Romance + Drama in Hong Kong

90 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Romance and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Turn Left, Turn Right itself).

The 2002–2004 Hong Kong Window

Among 50 Hong Kong films we catalog from this window, Turn Left, Turn Right places #5 — near the top of its class.

  1. War and Beauty
    #1

    War and Beauty

    ★ 9.3 · 2004
  2. Infernal Affairs
    #2

    Infernal Affairs

    ★ 7.8 · 2002
  3. The Hand
    #3

    The Hand

    ★ 7.3 · 2004
  4. Infernal Affairs II
    #4

    Infernal Affairs II

    ★ 7.2 · 2003
  5. Turn Left, Turn Right
    #5

    Turn Left, Turn Right

    ★ 7.2 · 2003
  6. Hollywood Hong Kong
    #6

    Hollywood Hong Kong

    ★ 7.1 · 2002
  7. Lost in Time
    #7

    Lost in Time

    ★ 7.0 · 2003
  8. PTU
    #8

    PTU

    ★ 6.9 · 2003

The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Hong Kong, 146 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Turn Left, Turn Right premiered alongside 16 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 16 other Hong Kong films in 2003.

The 551st Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).

Audience Engagement

29
Reviews
55th
Review-volume percentile
27th
Popularity percentile

29 audience reviews — more than 55% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Review volume (55th percentile) outruns trending popularity (27th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Reception Benchmarks

7.2
TMDB Rating
29
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #94 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (89th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.9 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Romance productions specifically: #14 of 134 (top 10%).

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
All Production CountriesHong Kong, Singapore
Original LanguageCantonese
Spoken LanguagesCantonese, German, Polish, English, Mandarin
Production CompaniesMilkyway Image
Runtime1h 36m
Release DateAugust 11, 2003
IMDbtt0367174