Cinematography: Christopher Doyle

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Christopher Doyle. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


In the Mood for Love

2000 · Movie · 95 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Wong Kar-Wai

Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Maggie Cheung · Rebecca Pan · Siu Ping-Lam

Synopsis In the Mood for Love (2000) is a poignant tale set in 1960s Hong Kong, where two neighbors, Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chan, discover their spouses are having an affair. As they grapple with betrayal, they form a deep, unspoken...

Max

7.8

37K votes

7.8

37K votes

That Day, on the Beach

1983 · Movie · 166 min. · Taiwan

Direction Edward Yang

Cast Sylvia Chang · Terry Hu · David Mao · Li Lie

Synopsis Two friends who haven’t seen each other for thirteen years reunite. One is a successful concert pianist just back from a European tour and the other has just started a new business.

7.6

156 votes

7.6

156 votes

Chungking Express

1994 · Movie · 103 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Wong Kar-Wai

Cast Brigitte Lin · Takeshi Kaneshiro · Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Faye Wong

Synopsis Chungking Express (1994) follows two melancholic love stories in Hong Kong. The first tale centers on a heartbroken cop obsessed with expired pineapple cans, who crosses paths with a mysterious woman in a blonde wig. The second story revolves around...

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7.6

12K votes

7.6

12K votes

Happy Together

1997 · Movie · 98 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Wong Kar-Wai

Cast Leslie Cheung · Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Gregory Dayton · Chang Chen

Synopsis Happy Together (1997) follows the turbulent relationship of Ho Po-wing and Lai Yiu-fai, a Hong Kong couple traveling in Argentina. Their passionate yet volatile bond cycles between love and despair as they navigate jealousy, separation, and longing. Amidst the vibrant...

Max

7.4

8K votes

7.4

8K votes

The Hand

2004 · Movie · 44 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Wong Kar-Wai

Cast Chang Chen · Gong Li · Tien Feng · Jianjun Zhou

Synopsis The Hand stars Gong Li as a 1960s high-end call girl in an impossible love affair with her tailor.

7.4

1K votes

7.4

1K votes

My Heart Is That Eternal Rose

1989 · Movie · 90 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Patrick Tam

Cast Kenny Bee · Joey Wong · Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Cheung Tat-Ming

Synopsis A young couple separates under pressure from vicious Triad gangsters--she becomes a mobster's unwilling moll, and he travels abroad to work as an assassin. But their love stays strong, and when the two are reunited, their rekindled emotions lead them...

7.4

45 votes

7.4

45 votes

Hero

2002 · Movie · 99 min. · China

Direction Zhang Yimou

Cast Jet Li · Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Maggie Cheung · Zhang Ziyi

Synopsis In Hero (2002), a nameless warrior arrives at the palace of the King of Qin, claiming to have defeated three deadly assassins who threatened the ruler's life. As he recounts his encounters with these formidable foes, the king begins to...

7.3

34K votes

7.3

34K votes

Fallen Angels

1995 · Movie · 92 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Wong Kar-Wai

Cast Leon Lai · Michelle Reis · Takeshi Kaneshiro · Charlie Yeung

Synopsis Wong Kar-wai's Fallen Angels is a sequel of sorts to the director's "Chungking Express". The narrative intercuts two story lines. The first follows a hitman who finds that the assassin's life has slowly lost its allure. Complicating his life is...

Max

7.1

5K votes

7.1

5K votes

2046

2004 · Movie · 120 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Wong Kar-Wai

Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Zhang Ziyi · Faye Wong · Gong Li

Synopsis 2046 (2004) is a mesmerizing tale of love, memory, and longing. Set in a futuristic yet nostalgic world, the story follows a writer who channels his romantic experiences and regrets into a science fiction novel titled "2046." Through his relationships...

7.1

24K votes

7.1

24K votes

Days of Being Wild

1990 · Movie · 95 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Wong Kar-Wai

Cast Leslie Cheung · Andy Lau · Maggie Cheung · Carina Lau

Synopsis DAYS OF BEING WILD is the story of York (Leslie Cheung), a lady's man who finds girlfriends very quickly and then terminates the relationship without warning. Needless to say, this is devastating to the women involved. The woman he meets...

Max

7.0

3K votes

7.0

3K votes

Ocean Heaven

2010 · Movie · 102 min. · China

Direction Xue Xiaolu

Cast Jet Li · Zhang Wen · Gwei Lun-Mei · Yuanyuan Zhu

Synopsis Explores the subject of parental love and autism in kids.

7.0

211 votes

7.0

211 votes

Rabbit-Proof Fence

2002 · Movie · 94 min. · Australia

Direction Phillip Noyce

Cast Everlyn Sampi · Tianna Sansbury · Laura Monaghan · Kenneth Branagh

Synopsis The true story of three aboriginal girls who were forcibly taken from their homes in 1931 to be trained as domestic servants as part of an official Australian government policy. They made a daring escape and embarked on an epic...

6.9

2K votes

6.9

2K votes

Paranoid Park

2007 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Gus Van Sant

Cast Gabe Nevins · Taylor Momsen · Jake Miller · Daniel Liu

Synopsis In Paranoid Park (2007), a introverted teenage skateboarder named Alex becomes entangled in a tragic accident after visiting a gritty local skate park. Struggling with guilt and confusion, he navigates the aftermath while his life unravels around him. Through fragmented...

6.8

7K votes

6.8

7K votes

Last Life in the Universe

2003 · Movie · 104 min. · Thailand

Direction Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Cast Tadanobu Asano · Sinitta Boonyasak · Chermarn Boonyasak · Yutaka Matsushige

Synopsis A mysterious, obsessive-compulsive, suicidal Japanese man living in Bangkok, Thailand, is thrown together with a Thai woman through a tragic chain of events. The woman is everything he is not. He is a neat freak who keeps his dishes washed...

6.8

1K votes

6.8

1K votes

Endless Poetry

2016 · Movie · 130 min. · Chile

Direction Alejandro Jodorowsky

Cast Adan Jodorowsky · Brontis Jodorowsky · Pamela Flores · Jeremias Herskovits

Synopsis Through Alejandro Jodorowsky's autobiographical lens, Endless Poetry narrates the years of the Chilean artist's youth during which he liberated himself from all of his former limitations, from his family, and was introduced into the foremost bohemian artistic circle of 1940s...

6.6

540 votes

6.6

540 votes

6.5

247 votes

The Quiet American

2002 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Phillip Noyce

Cast Michael Caine · Brendan Fraser · Do Thi Hai Yen · Rade Serbedzija

Synopsis American Aid worker Alden Pyle arrives in Saigon in the fall of 1952, at the height of the Vietnamese fight for independence from French colonial rule. Filled with zeal for his mission to help the people of Vietnam through his...

6.4

8K votes

6.4

8K votes

Three... Extremes

2004 · Movie · 128 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Fruit Chan · Park Chan-wook · Takashi Miike

Cast Bai Ling · Pauline Lau · Tony Leung Ka-Fai · Meme Tian

Synopsis A beautiful female novelist, still guilt-ridden over the childhood death of her twin sister, receives a mysterious invitation to meet at the site of her sister’s demise… more… A retired actress longing to retain her beauty seeks the rejuvenating effects...

6.4

4K votes

6.4

4K votes

Direction Kwan Pun-Leung

Cast Chang Chen · Leslie Cheung · Shirley Kwan · Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

Synopsis A making of documentary for Happy Together. Includes interviews, on-set footage, cut scenes and footage of crew members revisiting the locations where Happy Together was filmed.

6.4

46 votes

6.4

46 votes

Dumplings

2004 · Movie · 91 min. · Hong Kong

6.3

1K votes

6.3

1K votes