✦ hong kong: all watched
completed + unfinished (where noted); ordered alphabetically.
✦ all watched: china | ► hong kong ◄ | japan | philippines | south korea | taiwan | thailand
also see ~ more of my custom lists
cw: for warnings on anything you may find disturbing or offensive (depictions of queerphobias, discrimination, shaming, violence, abuse, or other triggering content), please check tags* on the title's page, user reviews, and/or Does the Dog Die (although not all titles are there). [*click "Vote or add tags" to see all - but this will include spoilers.]
pee.ess. i add personal notes to my lists because i use them for my own reference and it's unlikely that anyone else is reading. if you are here and you are not me, please overlook this clutter if it's of no use to you.
{204/3; 940/8; aft14; atc12; aot6}
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1. 2046
Hong Kong Movie - 2004
♡
♦ written and directed by Wong Kar Wai
♦ part 3 of informal trilogy (each can be viewed as stand-alone) – part 1: Days of Being Wild (ptw) | part 2: In the Mood for Love (also on this list).
► dramacool | amazon (rent or buy) ◄
✦ completed
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![All for the Winner]()
3. All for the Winner
Hong Kong Movie - 1990
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![All the Crows in the World]()
4. All the Crows in the World
Hong Kong Movie - 2021
short film with gay character. [14m]
# comedy # youth # drama # friendship # gay (very brief) # nc # sc # sw
► mubi ◄ > youtube (RAW) <
✦ completed
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![Ashes of Time Redux]()
5. Ashes of Time Redux
Hong Kong Movie - 2008
♦ recut and restored version of the original 1994 version.
► mubi | amazon (rent or buy) ◄
✦ completed
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6. Chungking Express
Hong Kong Movie - 1994
❤ top hong konger film pick! ❤
♦ written and directed by Wong Kar Wai
► max | kanopy (w/library card) | amazon (rent or buy) ◄
✦ completed
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7. Happy Together
Hong Kong Movie - 1997
♡ hong konger film pick! ♡
BL* drama feature film about a highly dysfunctional relationship. plenty of unique cinematography, experimental editing, raw/complex emotion, and layers of symbolism to analyze (some of which relate to Hong Kong's political situation at this very specific time in history - right before the handover of Hong Kong). *note: this is queer cinema, not a "typical" BL.
♦ written and directed by Wong Kar Wai
► max | kanopy (w/library card) ◄
✦ completed
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![In the Mood for Love]()
8. In the Mood for Love
Hong Kong Movie - 2000
♡
♦ written and directed by Wong Kar Wai
♦ part 2 of an informal trilogy (each can be viewed as stand-alone) – part 1: Days of Being Wild (ptw) | part 3: 2046 (also on this list).
► max | kanopy (w/library card) | amazon (rent or buy) ◄
✦ completed
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![Kung Fu Hustle]()
9. Kung Fu Hustle
Hong Kong Movie - 2004
♡
♦ written by Stephen Chow (Chow Sing Chi) & Tsang Kan Cheong | directed by Stephen Chow (Chow Sing Chi)
► dramacool | amazon (prime sub, rent, or buy) ◄
✦ completed
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![My Colleague at BL Shop Might be the Meant-to-be]()
11. My Colleague at BL Shop Might be the Meant-to-be
Hong Kong Drama - 2023, 3 episodes
very short advertisement series that only hints at BL. [23m]
► youtube (playlist) ◄ -playlist includes extras so check titles-
✦ completed
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12. No Distance Left to Run
Hong Kong Movie - 2022
❤ top hong konger short film pick! ❤
GL short film about about a pop star celebrity and her long-term girlfriend. [15m]
◘ Lillian Wong & Ziya Chiang as Lillian x Jackie.
• features a song by one of the FLs: Avalanche by J1M3 & Lillian Wong (also on spotify).
► youtube ◄
✦ completed
{personal notes: loved! ffffffff, it tells so much in 15 minutes but i want more, gah!}
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13. Ossan's Love
Hong Kong Drama - 2021, 15 episodes
[lit. trans. = "uncle's love"; original japanese = "old man's love"]
# gay romance # comedy # office ♦ 45m x 15eps = 11h+
♦ sixth title in the franchise (the only non-japanese). a hong kong series remake of the first series (second in franchise). storyline and beats are extremely close to the japanese series but relationships between support characters are given much more screen time.
► dramacool ◄
◘ dropped (but finished) | watched ep01; quickly skimmed remaining eps
▼ exception? | marked D – change to C?
{additional notes on my BL + gay list.}
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![Shaolin Soccer]()
14. Shaolin Soccer
Hong Kong Movie - 2001
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15. The Police Box
Hong Kong Movie - 2006
