Ni Liao
Cinematographer and actor
- Cinematographer and actor
- 6 on MovieCove
What are Ni Liao's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 2 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous1
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 Ni Liao's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Ni Liao'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
6 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
A Cool Fish 2(2025)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
End Game(2021)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Love Will Tear Us Apart(2021)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Crazy Alien(2019)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Chongqing Hot Pot(2016)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Career shape
Across their 6 MovieCove titles from 2016 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Crazy Alien (2019)
Highest rated
Love Will Tear Us Apart (2021)
Most popular right now
Chongqing Hot Pot (2016)
Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles, shown from 5 scored.
How do Ni Liao's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 6 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the cinematography 65/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 55. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.
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.
Who does Ni Liao work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ni Liao's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Xiaozhi Rao shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Xiaozhi RaoShared titles: A Cool Fish 2 (2025), Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts (2025), End Game (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Xiaozhi Rao
Actors
- Chuxiao QuShared titles: Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts (2025), Love Will Tear Us Apart (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Chuxiao Qu
- Wan QianShared titles: Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts (2025), End Game (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Wan Qian
- Xiaolei HuangShared titles: Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts (2025), End Game (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Xiaolei Huang
- Yiqian GuoShared titles: A Cool Fish 2 (2025), Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Yiqian Guo
Producers
- Di LuShared titles: End Game (2021), Love Will Tear Us Apart (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Di Lu
- Kun TaoShared titles: Love Will Tear Us Apart (2021), Chongqing Hot Pot (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Kun Tao
- Kuo-Fu ChenShared titles: Love Will Tear Us Apart (2021), Chongqing Hot Pot (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Kuo-Fu Chen
- Xuan HuShared titles: Love Will Tear Us Apart (2021), Chongqing Hot Pot (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Xuan Hu