Shih-Ching Tsou

What are Shih-Ching Tsou's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Shih-Ching Tsou's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

• The Criterion Channel2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Take Out (2004) · director, writer, producer, editor
  • Starlet (2012) · producer
• Tubi2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Tangerine (2015) · actor, producer · free
  • Red Rocket (2021) · actor, producer · free
• HBO Max1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Take Out (2004) · director, writer, producer, editor
• Netflix1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Left-Handed Girl (2025) · director, writer, producer
• Pluto TV1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Tangerine (2015) · actor, producer · free
• The Roku Channel1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Tangerine (2015) · actor, producer · free

Subscription and free streaming for Shih-Ching Tsou's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

9 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

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  Left-Handed Girl(2025)

  Director · Producer · Screenplay

  Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films93^rd
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  Reflecting on “Take Out” (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

  Sound Recordist · as Self
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  Red Rocket(2021)

  Additional Casting · Continuity · Costume Supervisor · Key Set Costumer · Producer · as Ms. Phan

  Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films85^th
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  The Florida Project(2017)

  Producer · as Perfume Wholesaler

  Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films96^th
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  Tangerine(2015)

  Additional Camera · Continuity · Costume Design · Graphic Designer · Producer · as Mamasan

  Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films88^th
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  Starlet(2012)

  Costume Design · Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films83^rd
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  Take Out(2004)

  Director · Editor · Producer · Sound · Writer

  Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films86^th
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  Four Letter Words (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

  Additional Editing
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  Hi-Fi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

  Thanks

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles from 2000 to 2025.

Biggest box office

The Florida Project (2017)

$11M worldwide

Highest rated

The Florida Project (2017)

Midcredits 96^th

Awards

1 major award from 5 major nominations, 2009–2025.

1. 2025
   • Cannes award, won · Gan Foundation Award for Distribution
   • Cannes award, nominated
2. 2018
   • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Feature
3. 2016
   • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Feature
4. 2009
   • Independent Spirit Award, nominated

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Shih-Ching Tsou's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 87^th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

None of their 6 titles divides audiences: 5 are Crowd Pleasers.

15

• Universally Loved1
• Crowd Pleaser5

Most loved · actor, producer

The Florida Project (2017)

Midcredits 96^th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Shih-Ching Tsou's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films.

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Shih-Ching Tsou work with?

People who share at least 2 of Shih-Ching Tsou's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sean Baker shares the most, 6.