when i saw this film, i felt as though it was the first time seeing a film in my life

She carries that thermos like a Chanel purse......I've never seen so much sexual tension buying soup

The first time I watched this film, I was holding my breath the entire time. I felt like by simply breathing, I was invading the characters' personal space. I was a voyeur. The film was too personal and too intimate, but at the same time it was also distant. Truly one of the best contemporary films I've ever seen. A work of art!

Very few women have ever looked more beautiful in a film than Maggie. Those dresses are perfection and her movement is so sexy but subtle. The glance

This film is a Masterpiece. And Tony Leung can rock a damn suit.

Who knew the simple act of picking up dinner could completely crush ones soul

He remembers those vanished years. As though looking through a dusty window pane, the past is something he could see, but not touch. And everything he sees is blurred and indistinct.

I studied film production at uni and we had to analyse this movie. It remains to this day one of the most beautiful films I’ve ever seen. The lighting, the shots, the music... it’s a masterpiece

I love all of Wong Kar-wai’s films but In the Mood for Love has to be his magnum opus. Sure people can argue it’s more conventional and less creative/stylistic than his other films. However, I just think everything from the composition, to the framing, to the lighting, to the cinematography in general in this film is masterfully done. It’s so mature and just so... perfect.

I can’t even describe how beautiful this scene is. I was literally having a hard time breathing watching it

Music is 10/10. Photography is 10/10. The story is 10/10. Acting is 10/10. This will stand inexorably and perennially among centuries. A good way to start a millennium. True genius, art. Cinema is real like this.

Most Sensuous, Seductive and Sophisticated Scene ever filmed! That score! That cheongsam! Maggie Cheung! her coiffure! sighhh!!! Best Picture of 2000!!

A slow, intoxicating lava lamp, floating beautifully.

Wong Kar Wai uses freaking 2 minutes 25 seconds to portray an affair. Many movies can't even tell a story straight with 2 hours!

Perhaps the most sensual and romantic film you will ever see!

How is this not the most beautiful scene ever made? -marvel

This song automatically plays in mind everytime I glance at a girl passing by & eye contact happens

Su exits frame, the camera lingers there. Then Chow comes in from the same side. By not showing us, their brief meeting turns into the most important part of the scene. Masterpiece

this movie wreaks havoc with our minds...not knowing which scene is roleplay and which is not. One can watch it both ways...and see two films in one. brilliant. The audience falls in love with both lead characters. And feels the pain. I wish I can get a print of any shot...just to hang on my wall...and each day be reminded of what love is.

20 years later, I saw a few weeks ago this movie,for the first time. Im almost 40. Never late to fall in love! And this movie,this music... In love for ever! Masterpiece!

If you're into pure cinema, then this is the movie to watch. I love scenes like this where it seems like nothing is happening, but so much is happening.

This scene is breathtaking in many ways, the tension, the possibilities of an eye glance, everything is captured perfectly

This scene was made in Bangkok, not in Hong Kong. Wong kar wai knew exactly what he wanted. So great that it's colourful, not black and white. Classics are usually b&w. He gave us a modern classic.

The way he puts the whole wonton in his mouth making it obviously full and difficult to chew reminds me of my binge eating when I go through depressive episodes.

it's raining heavily where I live and I suddenly remembered this masterpiece, let's just say my day could not have ended better and that I have ascended

the greatest film of all time.

One of the most beautiful and yet sad films of all-time. It's in my top 20 films.

when you look at it, you can saw nothing is really happening. but when you go through it, there's so much happening in this scene!

I just watched this last night. This was my second time so I I looked for these moments, at the saturated color, the small movements. This is such a beautiful film. It still made my heart ache.

Frame by Frame, you could take photo at any point in time and put it on your wall. This is a master piece!!

One of my favorite films. So tragic. Heart ripping to the core.

Ending broke my heart

this scene is so ordinary and mundane, and yet, with the music, the camera work, the friction-it’s so freakin’ mesmerizing! i can’t get enough! 😩💖

It is a restless moment. She has kept her head lowered... to give him a chance to come closer. But he could not, for lack of courage. She turns and walks away.

This is, at least I think, an important scene in the film. The slow-motion testifies that something beautiful and unforgettable is about to happen with these two. Just pure magic ❤️

Everytime I watch this film, new perspective arises. It’s like a painting in action

10, 20, 30 years from now this will be hailed as the most beautiful scene ever.

Good to know I'm not the only one liking this corridor sequence. This was so beautiful, even the first time i was watching this movie, i couldn't stop myself from rewinding on this scene.

The details in this movie, the colors, the contrast, the music the dialogue… everything was so carefully done ❤

Gorgeous movie, the cinematography is absolutely stunning

one of my favorite moments and pieces of music. a true masterpiece indeed.

This sequence is pure cinema. It haunts me.

This movie is a precious work of art. Thanks to the director and his crew for giving us such sublime beauty.

Such a microcosmic scene... passing glances in a brief subsection of the corridor of life. I just saw this movie and my mind is already spinning with ideas!

One of the greatest and most magisterially crafted sequences in the history of cinema.

I am watching this movie at least once a year for the past 22 years. A lot of things happend in my life and every new year it hits me in a new way. All time masterpiece🙌🥂

One of those scenes where I cant explain or give any reason why I love it, I JUST FUCKING LOVE IT

The surronding ( HK's average people's street food scene and the alleyway), the color pallet, the lighting, the slow motion, the music, everything is perfectly crafted. Gives me chill. This is the film we have to annaylse as the film student in Uni.

Tony Leung chiu Wai...what acting. Never knew one could chew dim sums so meaningfully. Maestro

I love that movie: it's music, it's settings, it's characters and those beautiful dresses. The plot is wonderful. What a masterpiece. 👏👏

One of my favourite films and now my life is going like this...

The high neckline of the cheong sam (spelling?) makes the line of the dress so elegant. And she gives them life.

Definitely one of my favorites.

This is by far the best movie scene every made! Amazing, I must have watched this a thousand times!

This is a peice of moving fine art. Not many movies are like this. It makes modern cinema seem like a kindergarten play next to this.

This is one of few instances when a film is stripped down from anything but what a film basically can be: a visual, auditory experience. It is slowly paced (in slow motion too) but it never meanders or bores us - it is slowly creating tension.

1:11 I got made anxious that she touched the wall. Corona prevention is alive in my mind

How in the hell was this beaten by Gladiator

This is so beautiful the glances and the decency in thier faces. They look so beautiful Wong kar wai is a Genius.

The best slowmotion in cinema history yes or sure?

This is still one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen

Love, love, love this movie. Going to love, love, love it even more in Blu-ray.

This is probably one of the best films in my life. I was thinking about this film just today, and then appeared in the recommendations! Also this scene is one of the best in this film (the last scene at the temple is incredibly beautiful and moving).

Dark, Gloomy, very reasonable story, average people, and solving problem with oddly average too.. thats MASTERPIECE DUDE.. everything in this movie are just Ripping my veins

The music in this scene alone gives me goosebumps

Every second of that scene is an amazing frame photo cinematography! And that music!

So many years later I still remember this scene.. It is so powerfull in its beauty.

THIS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC VIDEO WAS TAKEN SO PERFECT RELATED TO THE TITLE.... DAMN ITS SO BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL..... GREAT ONE....

Won Kar Wai hat's off man. I've seen my fair share of cinema, but this tops it all by a huge margin.

one of the best sequences in cinema. Period.

The way they both were curious after seeing the handbag and tie and then they walk away being puzzled.... Damn they really went to detail and acted outstandingly...❤️

The way she touched that wall upon ascending. I hope to be that wall one day.

The color grading alone is iconic!

The music just made it magical

For me, In the mood for Love and Happy Together are two of the most esthetic movies ever directed. Actually they are more pieces of art than movies.

I can watch this 100 times with enjoyment.

Yumejis theme really is quite the masterpiece

The way she shows almost no skin and is one of the most seductive beautiful women I've seen on film. It's the way she carries herself...

That still at 0:31 is especially beautiful. It could be a painting.

I love this bit It's like emblematic of every sort of minor interaction you've had with someone who ended up becoming significant to you like in school have you ever walked past someone exchanged like a sentence and then a year later you're hopelessly in love with them and then a year after that when you see them it makes you want to cry and maggie cheung is crazyyy fucking leng (and so is tony leung 😳)

Favorita entre mis favoritas!! Amo la musicalización, fotografía, vestuario, ambientación, maquillaje, argumentos y diálogos de esta obra de arte. In The Mood for Love. Hong Kong, 2000

See? no plastic bag for take away! what a futuristic past

I remember playing this scene on repeat while watching this movie.

My top 3 movie, is just perfection 👌🏼

This scene gets better and better everytime I watch it.

so beautiful

But... who dresses that nice just to get some rice?

Just re-watched this film for the first time in years. Still packs a punch, even though I remembered the plot fairly accurately. "Little Tony" Leung and Maggie Cheung are perfectly paired here. Wong Kar-wai rules...

A beautiful and romantic movie. Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung are amazing actors!

Every time i am having wanton mee, it takes me back to this scene.

How and why would anyone ever give a thumbs down to this? What is here not to like? I mean - you don't have to like it, but to DISLIKE it? We do live in a crazy world indeed.

In the mood for ❤️🔥 This was the very first time I watched this scene and I really liked it. I have heard about this Chinese movie. It's counted among the top 25 greatest movies of the 21st century.

One of the best movie i had ever seen

_feelings can creep in, just like that_

This is the most beautiful stand alone scene I have ever seen

A movie to think about. A movie to realise something . A movie to feel something. A movie to get an different experience.

Love this movie. Beautiful filmed...

One of best film about love. Simple narrative ringing deep inside.

It is perfect and seamless as a pearl.

My fav movie of all times.