Few capture lovesickness like the master, Wong Kar-wai. In his 1994 two-sided coin of cops tormented by their tendency toward infatuation, director Wong takes viewers on a tour of Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong – where the Chungking Mansions the title refers to reside. Heads: Officer He Zhi Wu (Takeshi Kaneshiro) eats nearly expired pineapples while mourning a breakup, the melancholy of which leads him into the path of a be-wigged drug smuggler (Brigitte Lin). Tails: The one and only Tony Leung plays Cop 663, who post-breakup gets caught in a break-in-based romantic tangle with the unpredictable employee of the food stand he frequents (Faye Wong, playing a character by the same name). A visual feast as much as its characters actually feast throughout the runtime, you’ll leave this movie wanting to romanticize everything – even tinned fruit. – James Scott
