Hong Kong's Greatest Years, Ranked

When was the golden age of Hong Kong? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best Hong Kong titles — a year rises when it delivered many strongly-rated entries, not just a lone classic. Data from 3eyedraven's catalog.

  1. #1 1994 25 great titles Best: Chungking Express
  2. #2 2019 25 great titles Best: Better Days
  3. #3 1993 25 great titles Best: Farewell My Concubine
  4. #4 2010 25 great titles Best: Let the Bullets Fly
  5. #5 1990 25 great titles Best: Bullet in the Head
  6. #6 2017 25 great titles Best: The Shack
  7. #7 1991 25 great titles Best: Raise the Red Lantern
  8. #8 1992 25 great titles Best: Hard Boiled
  9. #9 2018 25 great titles Best: Meteor Garden
  10. #10 2004 25 great titles Best: Kung Fu Hustle
  11. #11 2011 25 great titles Best: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
  12. #12 2016 25 great titles Best: Another Miss Oh
  13. #13 2007 25 great titles Best: Secret
  14. #14 2009 25 great titles Best: Mulan: Rise of a Warrior
  15. #15 2008 25 great titles Best: Ip Man
  16. #16 2015 25 great titles Best: The Revenant
  17. #17 1989 24 great titles Best: The Killer
  18. #18 1995 24 great titles Best: Fallen Angels
  19. #19 2012 25 great titles Best: A Simple Life
  20. #20 2013 25 great titles Best: Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
  21. #21 2014 25 great titles Best: Once Upon a Time in Shanghai
  22. #22 1998 24 great titles Best: The Red Violin
  23. #23 1997 23 great titles Best: Happy Together
  24. #24 1996 23 great titles Best: Comrades, Almost a Love Story
  25. #25 1988 23 great titles Best: Dragons Forever
  26. #26 2006 22 great titles Best: The Departed
  27. #27 2003 22 great titles Best: Infernal Affairs II
  28. #28 1987 21 great titles Best: A Chinese Ghost Story
  29. #29 2002 21 great titles Best: Infernal Affairs
  30. #30 1978 20 great titles Best: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
  31. #31 2021 19 great titles Best: The Mitchells vs. the Machines
  32. #32 2001 18 great titles Best: Shaolin Soccer
  33. #33 2000 18 great titles Best: In the Mood for Love
  34. #34 2023 17 great titles Best: Blossoms Shanghai
  35. #35 1982 17 great titles Best: Blade Runner
  36. #36 1984 17 great titles Best: Bruce Lee, the Legend
  37. #37 2005 17 great titles Best: Election
  38. #38 1979 16 great titles Best: Dance of the Drunk Mantis
  39. #39 1986 16 great titles Best: A Better Tomorrow
  40. #40 1980 16 great titles Best: Shōgun