Best romantic Cantonese movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
12 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.8. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. In the Mood for Love (2000)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 39m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 8.0 (1.9L votes)
Slow-burnVisually stunningTwisty
In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.
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2. Chungking Express (1994)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 42m · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 7.9 (1.1L votes)
Slow-burnTwistyVisually stunning
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.
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3. Happy Together (1997)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 36m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.6 (39.1K votes)
Slow-burnMatureVisually stunning
A couple travels from Hong Kong to Argentina to revive their relationship but experience turbulence when both men's lives drift in separate directions.
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4. Fallen Angels (1995)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 38m · Action, Romance · IMDb 7.5 (61.7K votes)
TwistyMatureVisually stunningSlow-burn
An indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.
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5. A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 39m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 7.8 (9.7K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningFast-pacedFunny
This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive women and super-powered villains to save the dying Pak Jing-Jing.
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6. A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (1995)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 28m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 7.5 (9.7K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningFast-pacedFunny
When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.
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7. Love in a Puff (2010)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 44m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 7.1 (3.1K votes)
FunnyLow-stakesSlow-burnHeartwarming
When the Hong Kong government enacts a ban on smoking cigarettes indoors, hard-core smokers are driven outside and a budding romance develops between two co-workers.
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8. Shanghai Blues (1984)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 43m · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 7.0 (1.3K votes)
FunnyHeartwarmingLow-stakes
In 1937 Shanghai, a soldier and a young woman have an awkward meet-cute in darkness under a bridge as they seek refuge during a bomb raid. Ten years later, the soldier, now a burgeoning songwriter and tuba player in a marching band, is back in town desperately searching for his would-be soulmate. As fate would have it,
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9. Break Up 100 (2014)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 45m · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 5.8 (324 votes)
FunnyLight-heartedLow-stakes
Sam and Barbara have been together for eight years, but the key to their relationship is breaking up. Each time Barbara threatens to leave, Sam would give in and beg her to come back, giving her an increasing upper hand. After their 99th breakup, the couple finally decides to stick through with their relationship and n
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10. All's Well, Ends Well (2012)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 58m · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 5.0 (400 votes)
FunnyHeartwarmingLight-heartedLow-stakes
Romantic comedy following four couples who meet through a dating website. Four men go on a heroic mission to help four women and wind up experiencing a series of mishaps.
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11. All's Well, End's Well 2009 (2009)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 35m · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 4.9 (553 votes)
FunnyLight-heartedHeartwarmingLow-stakes
Kei's eldest sister Sandra is a hot-tempered magazine editor and her temperament has left her single all this while. One of the family rules is that none of the siblings could get married before their eldest sister. Kei seeks help from the famous Casanova, Koo Chai, to pretend to court his eldest sister and lure her in
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12. Gorgeous (1999)
Movie · Cantonese · 2h 1m · Adventure, Action · IMDb 6.0 (13.5K votes)
Visually stunningFunnyFast-paced
When Ah Bu, a girl from a small fishing town in Taiwan, finds a glass bottle with a romantic message, she travels to Hong Kong to find her prince charming. As it turns out, her prince charming, Albert, happens to be gay. But all is not lost when Ah Bu meets the dashing Chi Wu. Meanwhile, Ah Bu's boyfriend from Taiwan c
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