
Movies that feel likeChungking Express (1994)
If you loved Chungking Express, the closest films we have are Knocked Up (2007), Happy Together (1997) and In the Mood for Love (2000). All three share Chungking Express' contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is As Tears Go By (1988).
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If Chungking Express hit the spot, these will too

Contemplative and witty in the same breath

The same hand behind both of them: Wong Kar-Wai
The difference: Trades the wit of Chungking Express for an angle of its own

Both are Wong Kar-Wai's work, and they rhyme

The same preoccupation in both: joyful
The difference: 20 years apart, and the 2010s show

Romantic where it counts, tender underneath
The difference: Sits closer to crime than Chungking Express does

Playful drama in both cases

Comedy with a pulse of uplift, in both cases
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Romance built on stillness, twice over

Witty drama, and it commits to that

Both lean on play more than on comedy

Both lean on romance more than on romance

Drama with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases
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