Cantonese's Greatest Years, Ranked

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

  1. #1 1993 25 great titles Best: Flirting Scholar
  2. #2 1994 25 great titles Best: Chungking Express
  3. #3 1992 25 great titles Best: Hard Boiled
  4. #4 2004 25 great titles Best: Kill Bill: Vol. 2
  5. #5 1990 25 great titles Best: Bullet in the Head
  6. #6 1995 25 great titles Best: Fallen Angels
  7. #7 1991 25 great titles Best: Operation Condor
  8. #8 1998 25 great titles Best: Who Am I?
  9. #9 2010 25 great titles Best: Ip Man 2
  10. #10 1997 24 great titles Best: The Game
  11. #11 2009 25 great titles Best: John Rabe
  12. #12 2018 23 great titles Best: Deadpool 2
  13. #13 2013 24 great titles Best: A Touch of Sin
  14. #14 2014 23 great titles Best: Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn
  15. #15 2015 22 great titles Best: Assassination
  16. #16 1996 21 great titles Best: Comrades, Almost a Love Story
  17. #17 2002 21 great titles Best: Infernal Affairs
  18. #18 1989 20 great titles Best: The Killer
  19. #19 2006 20 great titles Best: The Departed
  20. #20 1988 20 great titles Best: Dragons Forever
  21. #21 2017 20 great titles Best: Cook Up a Storm
  22. #22 1987 19 great titles Best: A Chinese Ghost Story
  23. #23 2019 19 great titles Best: Ip Man 4: The Finale
  24. #24 2000 19 great titles Best: In the Mood for Love
  25. #25 2016 19 great titles Best: Trivisa
  26. #26 2011 19 great titles Best: Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
  27. #27 2023 17 great titles Best: John Wick: Chapter 4
  28. #28 2007 17 great titles Best: Lust, Caution
  29. #29 2012 17 great titles Best: A Simple Life
  30. #30 2001 16 great titles Best: Shaolin Soccer
  31. #31 1999 16 great titles Best: The Mission
  32. #32 2008 15 great titles Best: Ip Man
  33. #33 2003 15 great titles Best: Infernal Affairs II
  34. #34 1982 14 great titles Best: Blade Runner
  35. #35 1986 14 great titles Best: A Better Tomorrow
  36. #36 2022 13 great titles Best: Everything Everywhere All at Once
  37. #37 1984 13 great titles Best: Wheels on Meals
  38. #38 1983 13 great titles Best: Project A
  39. #39 2005 13 great titles Best: Election
  40. #40 1985 11 great titles Best: The Goonies