Nanfu Wang

What are Nanfu Wang's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Morality.

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 Nanfu Wang's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (3).

• HBO Max3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • In the Same Breath (2021) · actor, director, producer, editor
  • Night Is Not Eternal (2024) · actor, director, writer, producer, editor
  • Mind Over Murder (2022) · director, producer
• Prime Video1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • One Child Nation (2019) · actor, director, producer, cinematographer, editor
• The Roku Channel1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • I Am Another You (2017) · director, producer, cinematographer, editor · free
• Tubi1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Liquor Store Dreams (2022) · producer · free

Subscription and free streaming for Nanfu Wang'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

8 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.

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  Night Is Not Eternal(2024)

  Director · Additional Editor · Producer · Writer · as Self

  Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films61^st
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  Mind Over Murder(2022)

  Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows60^th
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  Liquor Store Dreams(2022)

  Consulting Producer

  Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films87^th
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  In the Same Breath(2021)

  Director · Editor · Producer · as Narrator

  Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films93^rd
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  One Child Nation(2019)

  Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer · as Self

  Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films93^rd
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  Out of Many, One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

  Director
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  I Am Another You(2017)

  Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

  Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films88^th
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  Hooligan Sparrow(2016)

  Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer · Writer

  Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films88^th

Career shape

A full career of 8 titles from 2016 to 2024.

Biggest box office

One Child Nation (2019)

$272K worldwide

Highest rated

In the Same Breath (2021)

Midcredits 93^rd

Most popular right now

Mind Over Murder (2022)

Awards

2 major awards from 9 major nominations, 2016–2023.

1. 2023
   • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
2. 2022
   • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures
   • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Documentary
3. 2020
   • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
   • +2 other major bodies · 2 nominations

     • Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
     • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
4. 2019
   • Sundance award, won · Documentary
5. 2017
   • Independent Spirit Award, won
6. 2016
   • Sundance award, nominated · World Cinema - Documentary

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 Nanfu Wang's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 88^th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

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• Divisive1
• Crowd Pleaser6

Most divisive · actor, director, writer, producer, editor

Night Is Not Eternal (2024)

93^rd percentile spread · 37% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, director, producer, editor

In the Same Breath (2021)

Midcredits 93^rd · 82% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 76/100 and the pacing 60/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

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 Nanfu Wang work with?

People who share at least 2 of Nanfu Wang's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Shade shares the most, 5.