In the Mood for Love

Wong Kar-wai's 2000 Hong Kong romance was shot over 15 months on 10,000 metres of film -- roughly a 100:1 shooting ratio -- to achieve its signature slow-motion languor. Selected for Cannes Competition, it won Best Director and is now ranked in the top 10 of virtually every major critics poll, widely cited as the most visually beautiful film of the past 25 years.