'' In the Mood for Love '' premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival on 20 May , where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or and Tony Leung was awarded Best Actor ( first Hong Kong actor to win this award at Cannes ) . It is frequently listed as one of the greatest films of all time and one of the major works of Asian cinema . In a 2016 survey by the BBC it was voted the second best film of the 21st century by 177 film critics from around the world
2000 Cannes Film Festival
2000 Cannes Film Festival
In the Mood for Love