Hong Kong Film Awards

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| current_awards = 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards

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| awarded_for = Achievements in filmmaking

| presenter = Hong Kong Film Awards Association Ltd

| location = Hong Kong

| reward = Hong Kong Film Award statuette

| year = 9 March 1982

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| website = {{URL|http://www.hkfaa.com/}}

| previous = 42nd

| main = 43rd

| next = 44th

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The Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA; {{zh|香港電影金像獎}}), founded in 1982, is an annual film awards ceremony in Hong Kong. The ceremonies typically take place in April, and have mostly been held at the Grand Theatre of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre since 1991.{{Cite web |last=Mok |first=Laramie |date=2017-04-09 |title=Six interesting facts about the Hong Kong Film Awards |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people-events/article/2085776/six-things-you-didnt-know-about-hong-kong-film-awards |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}} The awards recognise achievement in various aspects of filmmaking, such as directing, screenwriting, acting and cinematography. The awards are regarded as the Hong Kong equivalent of the Academy Awards.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-14 |title=Court drama A Guilty Conscience picks up top prize at Hong Kong Film Awards |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3258980/stars-bring-glitz-and-glamour-hong-kong-film-awards-goldfinger-widely-tipped-big-winner |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}

The HKFA, incorporated into Hong Kong Film Awards Association Ltd. since December 1993, are currently managed by a board of directors, which consists of representatives from thirteen professional film bodies in Hong Kong. Voting on eligible films for the HKFA is conducted January through March every year and is open to all registered voters, which include local film workers as well as critics, and a selected group of adjudicators.

General rules

The Hong Kong Film Awards are open to all Hong Kong films which are longer than an hour and commercially released in Hong Kong within the previous calendar year. A film qualifies as a Hong Kong film if it satisfies two of the three criteria, namely: the film director is a Hong Kong resident, at least one film company is registered in Hong Kong, and at least six persons of the production crew are Hong Kong residents. Since 2002, the HKFA also feature a Best Asian Film category, which accepts non-Hong Kong films which are commercially released in Hong Kong.

In January each year, a first round of election, open to all registered voters and a selected group of 100 professional adjudicators, is held to determine the five nominees for each award category. In the rare case where there is a tie between two nominees within the top five slots, six nominees will be allowed. Nominations are usually announced in February, after which a second round of election is held to determine the winner. Voting in the second round is open to a group of 50 professional adjudicators, Executive Committee members of the HKFA, as well as members of the thirteen professional film bodies. Each voting group holds a percentage of the ultimate score for each nominee, and each film body holds a higher share in the categories associated with it.

Board of directors

Categories

History

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|1982Father and Son{{lang|zh|父子情}}Allen Fong{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}
|1983Boat People{{lang|zh|投奔怒海}}Ann Hui{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}
|1984Ah Ying{{lang|zh|半邊人}}Allen Fong{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}
|1985Homecoming{{lang|zh|似水流年}}Ho Yim{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}} / {{flag|China}}
|1986Police Story{{lang|zh|警察故事}}Jackie Chan{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}
|1987A Better Tomorrow{{lang|zh|英雄本色}}John Woo{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}
|1988An Autumn's Tale{{lang|zh|秋天的童話}}Mabel Cheung{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}
|1989Rouge{{lang|zh|胭脂扣}}Stanley Kwan{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}
|1990Beyond the Sunset{{lang|zh|飛越黃昏}}Jacob Cheung{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}
|1991Days of Being Wild{{lang|zh|阿飛正傳}}Wong Kar-wai{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}
|1992To Be Number One{{lang|zh|跛豪}}Poon Man Kit{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}
|1993Cageman{{lang|zh|籠民}}Jacob Cheung{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}
|1994{{Lang|fr|C'est la vie, mon chéri}}{{lang|zh|新不了情}}Tung-Shing Yee{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}
|1995Chungking Express{{lang|zh|重慶森林}}Wong Kar-wai{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}
|1996Summer Snow{{lang|zh|女人四十}}Ann Hui{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}
|1997Comrades: Almost a Love Story{{lang|zh|甜蜜蜜}}Peter Chan{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}
|1998Made in Hong Kong{{lang|zh|香港製造}}Fruit Chan{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|1999Beast Cops{{lang|zh|野獸刑警}}Gordon Chan & Dante Lam{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|2000Ordinary Heroes{{lang|zh|千言萬語}}Ann Hui{{flag|Hong Kong}} / {{flag|China}}
|2001Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon{{lang|zh|臥虎藏龍}}Ang Lee{{flag|Taiwan}} / {{flag|Hong Kong}} /
{{flag|China}} / {{flag|United States}}
|2002Shaolin Soccer{{lang|zh|少林足球}}Stephen Chow{{flag|Hong Kong}} / {{flag|China}}
|2003Infernal Affairs{{lang|zh|無間道}}Wai-keung Lau & Alan Mak{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|2004Running on Karma{{lang|zh|大隻佬}}Johnnie To & Ka-Fai Wai{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|2005Kung Fu Hustle{{lang|zh|功夫}}Stephen Chow{{flag|Hong Kong}} / {{flag|China}}
|2006Election{{lang|zh|黑社會}}Johnnie To{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|2007After This Our Exile{{lang|zh|父子}}Patrick Tam{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|2008The Warlords{{lang|zh|投名狀}}Peter Chan & Raymond Yip{{flag|Hong Kong}} / {{flag|China}}
|2009Ip Man{{lang|zh|葉問}}Wilson Yip{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|2010Bodyguards and Assassins{{lang|zh|十月圍城}}Teddy Chan{{flag|China}} / {{flag|Hong Kong}}
|2011Gallants{{lang|zh|打擂台}}Clement Cheng & Derek Kwok{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|2012A Simple Life{{lang|zh|桃姐}}Ann Hui{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|2013Cold War{{lang|zh|寒戰}}Lok Man Leung & Kim-ching Luk{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|2014The Grandmaster{{lang|zh|一代宗師}}Wong Kar-wai{{flag|Hong Kong}} / {{flag|China}}
|2015The Golden Era{{lang|zh|黃金時代}}Ann Hui{{flag|Hong Kong}} / {{flag|China}}
|2016Ten Years{{lang|zh|十年}}Ng Ka-leung, Jevons Au, Chow Kwun-Wai, Fei-Pang Wong, Kwok Zune{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|2017Trivisa{{cite web|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2086084/young-talent-frame-hong-kong-film-awards|title=Mainland blocks Hong Kong Film Awards as Trivisa wins top prize|website=Scmp.com|date=9 April 2017 |access-date=2 July 2018}}{{lang|zh|樹大招風}}Frank Hui, Jevons Au, Vicky Wong{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|2018Our Time Will Come{{lang|zh|明月幾時有}}Ann Hui{{flag|Hong Kong}} / {{flag|China}}
|2019Project Gutenberg{{lang|zh|無雙}}Felix Chong{{flag|Hong Kong}} / {{flag|China}}
|2020Better Days{{cite web|title=Hong Kong Film Awards 2020 winners: Better Days takes eight prizes, including best picture, director, screenplay and actress|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3083153/hong-kong-film-awards-2020-better-days-wins-eight-prizes|website=South China Morning Post|date=6 May 2020 |access-date=6 May 2020}}{{lang|zh|少年的你}}Derek Tsang{{flag|Hong Kong}} / {{flag|China}}
|2022Raging Fire{{lang|zh|怒火}}Benny Chan{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|2023To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self{{lang|zh|給十九歳的我}}Mabel Cheung & William Kwok{{flag|Hong Kong}}
|2024A Guilty Conscience{{lang|zh|毒舌大狀}}Jack Ng{{flag|Hong Kong}}

Records

=Mosts=

  • Most wins for a film: The Grandmaster — won 12 awards in 2014, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Costume & Make Up Design, Best Action Choreography, Best Sound Design and Best Original Film Score.{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist33.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}}
  • Most wins for Best Director: Ann Hui — awarded 6 times in 1983,{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist02.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}} 1996,{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist15.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 15th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}} 2009,{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist28.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 28th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}} 2012,{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist31.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 31st Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}} 2015{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist34.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 34th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}} and 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist37.html|title=Nomination and Awardees List of The 37th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}}
  • Most wins for Best Actor: Tony Leung Chiu Wai — awarded 6 times in 1995,{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist14.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 14th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}} 1998,{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist17.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 17th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}} 2001,{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist20.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 20th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}} 2003,{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist22.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 22nd Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}} 2005,{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist24.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 24th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}} and 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist42.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}}
  • Most wins for Best Actress: Maggie Cheung — awarded 5 times in 1990,{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist09.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 9th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}} 1993,{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist12.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 12th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}} 1997,{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist16.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 16th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}} 1998 and 2001.
  • Most wins for Best Supporting Actor: Five actors with 2 times each.
  • Tony Leung Chiu Wai{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist07.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 7th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}}
  • Paul Chun{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist06.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 6th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist13.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 13th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}}
  • Anthony Wong Chau Sang{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist25.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 25th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}}
  • Liu Kai-Chi
  • Eric Tsang{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist36.html|title=Nomination and Awardees List of The 36th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}}
  • Most wins for Best Supporting Actress: Elaine Jin — awarded 4 times in 1987, 1988, 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist35.html|title=Nomination and Awardees List of The 35th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}} and 2017.
  • Most nominations for a film:
  • Bodyguards and Assassins — received 18 nominations in 2010 and won 8 including Best Film.{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist29.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 29th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}}
  • The Last Dance — received 18 nominations in 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist43.html|title=Nomination and Awardees list of The 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}}
  • Most nominations for Best Director: Johnnie To — nominated 18 times between his first nomination in 1990 and his latest in 2017.
  • Most nominations for Best Actor: Lau Ching-wan — nominated 17 times between his first nomination in 1994 and his latest in 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist41.html|title=Nomination List of The 41st Hong Kong Film Awards|website=Hong Kong Film Awards|access-date=21 April 2023}}
  • Most nominations for Best Actress: Sylvia Chang — nominated 12 times between her first nomination in 1983 and her latest in 2023.
  • Most nominations without win: Chin Ka-lok — nominated 14 times between his first nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1996 and his latest for Best Action Choreography in 2024, and not a single win.
  • Most consecutive wins in the same category:
  • Arthur Wong, awarded Best Cinematography in 1998, 1999{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist18.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 18th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}} and 2000.{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist19.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 19th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}}
  • Kinson Tsang, awarded Best Sound Design in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
  • Wu Lilu, awarded Best Costume Make Up Design in 2020,{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist39.html|title=Nomination and Awardees list of The 39th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards|access-date=11 June 2022|date=6 May 2020}} 2022{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist40.html|title=Nomination and Awardees list of The 40th Hong Kong Film Awards|date=18 July 2022|website=Hong Kong Film Awards|access-date=17 April 2023}} and 2023.

=Firsts=

  • First winner: Kara Hui — awarded Best Actress in the 1st Hong Kong Film Awards, making her the first recipient of the Hong Kong Film Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist01.html|title=List of Awardees of The 1st Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}}
  • First non-Hong Kong resident winner: Song Hongrong — born in Mainland China, awarded Best Art Direction in 1984.{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist03.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 3rd Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}}
  • First non-Hong Kong resident winner for Best Actor: Jet Li — born in Mainland China, awarded Best Actor in 2008 for his role in film The Warlords.{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist27.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 27th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}}
  • First non-Hong Kong resident winner for Best Actress: Siqin Gaowa — born in Mainland China, awarded Best Actress in 1985 for her role in film Homecoming.{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist04.html|title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 4th Hong Kong Film Awards|language=Chinese|publisher=Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards}}

=Special=

Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures

To celebrate a century of Chinese cinema, the Hong Kong Film Awards unveiled a list of Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures (which in fact includes 103 films) during the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony on 27 March 2005.{{Cite news|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-12/22/content_402387.htm|title=Hong Kong Film Awards to celebrate Chinese cinema|newspaper=China Daily|date=12 December 2004|access-date= 22 April 2007}} The list, selected by a panel of 101 filmmakers, critics and scholars, includes 24 films from Mainland China (11 from pre-1949 and 13 from post-1949), 61 from Hong Kong, 16 from Taiwan, and 2 co-productions.{{cite web |url=http://www.hkfaa.com/news/100films.html |title=The Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures |publisher=Hong Kong Film Award |language=zh |access-date=2 October 2013 |archive-date=22 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022211054/http://www.hkfaa.com/news/100films.html |url-status=dead }}

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! style="background-color: #eedd82; color:black;"| Year

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! style="background-color: #eedd82; color:black;"|Language

! style="background-color: #eedd82; color:black;"| Director(s)

1

| Spring in a Small Town

| 1948

| China

| Mandarin

| Fei Mu

2

| A Better Tomorrow

| 1986

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| John Woo

3

| Days of Being Wild

| 1990

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese (+)

| Wong Kar-wai

4

| Yellow Earth

| 1984

| China

| Mandarin

| Chen Kaige

5

| City of Sadness

| 1989

| Taiwan

| Taiwanese (+)

| Hou Hsiao-hsien

6

| Long Arm of the Law

| 1984

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Johnny Mak

7

| Dragon Gate Inn

| 1967

| Taiwan

| Mandarin

| King Hu

8

| Boat People

| 1982

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese (+)

| Ann Hui

9

| A Touch of Zen

| 1971

| Taiwan

| Mandarin

| King Hu

10

| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

| 2000

| China/Hong Kong/Taiwan/United States

| Mandarin

| Ang Lee

11

| Street Angel

| 1937

| China

| Mandarin

| Yuan Muzhi

12

| A Brighter Summer Day

| 1991

| Taiwan

| Mandarin (+)

| Edward Yang

13

| The Private Eyes

| 1976

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Michael Hui

14

| The Mission

| 1999

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Johnnie To

15

| One-Armed Swordsman

| 1967

| Hong Kong

| Mandarin

| Chang Cheh

16

| Fist of Fury

| 1972

| Hong Kong

| Mandarin / English

| Lo Wei

17

| In the Heat of the Sun

| 1994

| China

| Mandarin

| Jiang Wen

18

| In the Face of Demolition

| 1953

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Lee Tit

19

| A Chinese Odyssey

| 1995

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese / Mandarin

| Jeffery Lau

20

| The Arch

| 1970

| Hong Kong

| Mandarin

| Tang Shu Shuen

21

| Rouge

| 1987

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Stanley Kwan

22

| Chungking Express

| 1994

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese (+)

| Wong Kar-wai

23

| Homecoming

| 1984

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese / Mandarin

| Yim Ho

24

| The Time to Live and the Time to Die

| 1985

| Taiwan

| Mandarin / Taiwanese

| Hou Hsiao-hsien

25

| Red Sorghum

| 1987

| China

| Mandarin

| Zhang Yimou

26

| Father and Son

| 1981

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Allen Fong

27

| The Spring River Flows East

| 1947

| China

| Mandarin

| Cai Chusheng, Zheng Junli

28

| Comrades: Almost a Love Story

| 1996

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Peter Chan

29

| The Goddess

| 1934

| China

| (Silent)

| Wu Yonggang

30

| The Big Road

| 1934

| China

| (Silent)

| Sun Yu

31

| The Secret

| 1979

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Ann Hui

32

| Infernal Affairs

| 2002

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Andrew Lau, Alan Mak

33

| Drunken Master

| 1978

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Yuen Woo-Ping

34

| The Butterfly Murders

| 1979

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Tsui Hark

35

| Ashes of Time

| 1994

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Wong Kar-wai

36

| Made in Hong Kong

| 1997

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Fruit Chan

37

| Sorrows of the Forbidden City

| 1948

| China

| Mandarin

| Zhu Shilin

38

| The Love Eterne

| 1963

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese / Mandarin

| Li Han-Hsiang

39

| Story of a Discharged Prisoner

| 1967

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Patrick Lung Kong

40

| Zu Warriors

| 1983

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Tsui Hark

41

| Terrorizers

| 1986

| Taiwan

| Mandarin / Taiwanese

| Edward Yang

42

| The Killer

| 1989

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| John Woo

43

| Once Upon a Time in China

| 1991

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese / English

| Tsui Hark

44

| Center Stage

| 1992

| Hong Kong

| Mandarin (+)

| Stanley Kwan

45

| The Story of Qiu Ju

| 1992

| China

| Mandarin

| Zhang Yimou

46

| This Life of Mine

| 1950

| China

| Mandarin

| Shi Hui

47

| Kingdom and the Beauty

| 1959

| Hong Kong

| Mandarin

| Li Han Hsiang

48

| The Winter

| 1969

| Taiwan

| Mandarin

| Li Han Hsiang

49

| An Autumn's Tale

| 1987

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese (+)

| Mabel Cheung

50

| A Chinese Ghost Story

| 1987

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Ching Siu-Tung

51

| The Purple Hairpin

| 1959

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Lee Tit

52

| The Orphan

| 1960

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Lee Sun-Fung

53

| Two Stage Sisters

| 1965

| China

| Mandarin

| Xie Jin

54

| City on Fire

| 1987

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese / Mandarin

| Ringo Lam

55

| Farewell My Concubine

| 1993

| Hong Kong/China

| Mandarin

| Chen Kaige

56

| Yi Yi

| 2000

| Taiwan

| Mandarin / Taiwanese

| Edward Yang

57

| Cold Nights

| 1955

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Lee Sun-fung

58

| At Dawn

| 1967

| Taiwan

|

| Sung Tsun-Shou

59

| Raining in the Mountain

| 1979

| Taiwan

| Mandarin

| King Hu

60

| Police Story

| 1985

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Jackie Chan

61

| {{Lang|fr|C'est la vie, mon chéri}}

| 1993

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Derek Yee

62

| The Wedding Banquet

| 1993

| Taiwan

| Mandarin / English

| Ang Lee

63

| Platform

| 2000

| China

| Mandarin

| Jia Zhangke

64

| The Wild, Wild Rose

| 1960

| Hong Kong

| Mandarin

| Wang Tian-Lin

65

| The Great Devotion

| 1960

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Chor Yuen

66

| My Intimate Partner

| 1960

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Kim Chun

67

| Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind

| 1980

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Tsui Hark

68

| Ah Ying / Ban Bian Ren

| 1983

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese / Mandarin / English

| Allen Fong

69

| Durian Durian

| 2000

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese / Mandarin

| Fruit Chan

70

| Little Toys

| 1933

| China

| (Silent)

| Sun Yu

71

| Ai le zhongnian

| 1949

| China

| Mandarin

| Sang Hu

72

| The House of 72 Tenants

| 1973

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Chor Yuen

73

| Nomad

| 1982

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Patrick Tam

74

| Dust in the Wind

| 1986

| Taiwan

|

| Hou Hsiao-hsien

75

| 92 Legendary La Rose Noire

| 1992

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Jeffrey Lau

76

| Shaolin Soccer

| 2001

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Stephen Chow

77

| Song at Midnight

| 1937

| China

| Mandarin

| Ma-Xu Weibang

78

| China Behind

| 1974

| Hong Kong

|

| Tang Shu Shuen

79

| The Spooky Bunch

| 1980

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Ann Hui

80

| Taipei Story

| 1985

| Taiwan

| Mandarin

| Edward Yang

81

| The Blue Kite

| 1993

| China

| Mandarin

| Tian Zhuangzhuang

82

| Long Live the Missus!

| 1948

| China

| Mandarin

| Sang Hu

83

| Mambo Girl

| 1957

| Hong Kong

| Mandarin

| Yi Wen

84

| Feast of a Rich Family

| 1959

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Lee Sun-Fung, Lee Tit, Ng Wui, Lo Ji-Hung

85

| Execution in Autumn

| 1972

| Taiwan

| Mandarin

| Lee Hsing

86

| Hibiscus Town

| 1986

| China

| Mandarin

| Xie Jin

87

| God of Gamblers

| 1989

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Wong Jing

88

| As Tears Go By

| 1988

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese / Mandarin

| Wong Kar-wai

89

| Happy Together

| 1997

| Hong Kong

| Mandarin / Cantonese / Spanish

| Wong Kar-wai

90

| In the Mood for Love

| 2000

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese / Shanghainese

| Wong Kar-wai

91

| Myriad of Lights

| 1948

| China

| Mandarin

| Shen Fu

92

| Festival Moon

| 1953

| Hong Kong

| Mandarin

| Zhu Shilin

93

| Parents' Hearts

| 1955

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Kim Chun

94

| Lin Zexu

| 1959

| China

| Mandarin

| Zheng Junli, Cen Fan

95

| Dream of the Red Chamber

| 1962

| China

| Mandarin

| Cen Fan

96

| Digital Master

| 1983

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Kirk Wong

97

| Shanghai Blues

| 1984

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Tsui Hark

98

| The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter

| 1984

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Lau Kar-Leung

99

| The Black Cannon Incident

| 1985

| China

| Mandarin

| Huang Jianxin

100

| Rebels of the Neon God

| 1992

| Taiwan

| Mandarin / Taiwanese

| Tsai Ming-liang

101

| The Puppetmaster

| 1993

| Taiwan

| Mandarin / Taiwanese / Japanese

| Hou Hsiao-hsien

102

| Summer Snow

| 1995

| Hong Kong

| Cantonese

| Ann Hui

103

| Not One Less

| 1998

| China

| Mandarin

| Zhang Yimou

Presenters

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19821Eric Ng and Zhan Xiaoping
19832Eric Tsang and Josephine Siao
19843Chung King-fai
19854Winnie Yu
19865Winnie Yu
19876Carol Cheng and Chung King-fai
19887Lydia Shum and Paul Chung
19898Lydia Shum, Eric Tsang and Philip Chan
19909Philip Chan and John Sham
199110Anita Mui and Philip Chan
199211Philip Chan and Lawrence Cheng
199312Lydia Shum and John Sham
199413Lydia Shum and John Sham
199514John Sham and Meg Lam
199615Sandra Ng, Dayo Wong and Veronica Yip
199716Lydia Shum and Nancy Sit
199817Carol Cheng and Cheung Tat Ming
199918Carol Cheng, Cheung Tat Ming, Vincent Kok, Chin Ka Lok and Jerry Lamb
200019Eric Tsang, Sandra Ng and Vincent Kok
200120Carol Cheng, Eric Tsang, Gigi Leung and Eric Ng
200221Eric Tsang, Cecilia Yip, Cheung Tat Ming and Jacqueline Pang
200322Eric Tsang, John Sham, Athena Chu and Anna Yau Hoi Man
200423Dayo Wong, Candice Yu, Athena Chu, Josie Ho, Bowie Tsang, Cherrie Ying and Ada Choi
200524Carol Cheng and Lawrence Cheng
200625Eric Tsang, Teresa Mo and Chapman To
200726Nick Cheung, Bowie Tsang and Lam Chi-chung
200827Carol Cheng, Sandra Ng and Sammi Cheng
200928Eric Tsang, Sandra Ng, Teresa Mo, Vincent Kok, Kay Tse, Denise Ho, Chin Ka Lok, Fan Siu Wong, Wong Cho Lam, Lam Chi Chung, Tin Kai-man and Michelle Loo
201029Lawrence Cheng
201130Lawrence Cheng, Teresa Mo and Vincent Kok
201231Eric Tsang, Gordon Lam, Bowie Tsang, Ronald Cheng and Angelababy
201332Eric Tsang, Gordon Lam, Ronald Cheng and Jerry Lamb
201433Teresa Mo, Gordon Lam and Ronald Cheng
201534Jordan Chan, Gordon Lam and Miriam Yeung
201635Lau Ching Wan
201736Ronald Cheng
201837Charlene Choi and Louis Cheung
201938Hedwig Tam, Neo Yau, Venus Wong, Babyjohn Choi, Angela Yuen, Lam Yiu Sing, Kaki Sham, To Siu Kiu, Kevin Chu, Shirley Chan, Himmy Wong, Jennifer Yu, Cecilia So, Kochun Tse, Rachel Leung, Yatho Wong, Koyi Mak, Ling Man-lung, Zeno Koo, Hanna Chan, Ashina Kwok, Siuyea Lo, Larine Tang, Kyle Li, Carmen Tong, Ng Siu Hin, Kelvin Chan, Gladys Li, Enson Lau, Fish Liew, Tony Wu and Rose Chan
202039None{{Refn|group=note|The winners were announced by Derek Yee, the then-chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards Association.}}
202240Kearen Pang

See also

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