Leslie Cheung · 1990s

5 Leslie Cheung movies from the 1990s on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 1 S-Tier pick including Farewell My Concubine.

Decade

All 7 1980s 2 1990s 5

Year

All 5 1990 1 1991 1 1992 0 1993 2 1994 0 1995 0 1996 0 1997 1 1998 0 1999 0

Farewell My Concubine(1993)

7.9/10

dir. Chen Kaige

S-Tier

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Chen Kaige's Chinese epic. Won the Palme d'Or. Criterion's Asian cinema releases are strong.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

Once a Thief(1991)

6.7/10

dir. John Woo

A-Tier

Three orphans grow up to become art thieves under the tutelage of a crime boss. Romance complicates matters when the trio are double-crossed.

Days of Being Wild(1990)

7.4/10

dir. Wong Kar-Wai

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.

Happy Together(1997)

7.7/10

dir. Wong Kar-Wai

A couple travels from Hong Kong to Argentina to revive their relationship but experience turbulence when both men's lives drift in separate directions.

The Bride with White Hair(1993)

6.8/10

dir. Ronny Yu

The sensitive swordsman Cho Yi-Hang is tired of his life. He is the unwilling successor to the Wu-Tang clan throne and the unsure commander of the clan's forces in a war against foreign tribes and an evil cult. One day, he meets the beautiful Lien, a killer for the evil cult who is equally unsatisfied with her situation, but their love angers both the Wu-Tang clan and the evil cult.