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Hyung Rae Cho

Cinematographer

Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 25% in 30 days

What are Hyung Rae Cho's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
27%
Bonds
21%
Survival
19%
Ideas
13%
Self
8%
Power
7%
Society
5%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1

Full focus: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their full focus movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Thrilling
2
Melancholic
2
Contemplative
1
Bittersweet
1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Hyung Rae Cho's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Hyung Rae Cho'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

15 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • Good News(2025)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Night Fishing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Cinematographer

  • Troll Factory(2024)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Concrete Utopia(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Kill Boksoon(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Kingmaker(2022)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Tune in for Love(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Zombie for Sale(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Merciless(2017)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Fourth Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer

  • Glory Day(2015)

    Camera Operator

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • No Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer

  • Alice in Earnestland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Camera Operator

  • Granny's Got Talent(2015)

    Camera Operator

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • God's Eye View (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 15 titles from 2014 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Concrete Utopia (2023)

$30M worldwide

Highest rated

The Merciless (2017)

Midcredits 79th

Most popular right now

Concrete Utopia (2023)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Cinematography12 of 15: 12 only cinematography, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score76thOther crew3 of 15: 3 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2010s9 · crew2020s6 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; 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 that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Hyung Rae Cho's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 10; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 76th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · cinematographer

Troll Factory (2024)

60th percentile spread · 23% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

Tune in for Love (2019)

Midcredits 92nd · 78% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 76/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 48. 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 Hyung Rae Cho work with?

People who share at least 2 of Hyung Rae Cho's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Byun Sung-hyun shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors