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Hong Won-chan

Hong Won-chan

Writer and director · Born January 1, 1979 (47) · Jinhae, South Gyeongsang, South Korea

Cannes award nominee

Born
January 1, 1979 (47)
From
Jinhae, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
Works as
Writer and director
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 59% in 30 days

What are Hong Won-chan's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 5

Grounded 4 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 6

Steady 1 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

A split, not a type: Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 4

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 4

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 5

A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Dread
4
Thrilling
3
Melancholic
2
Hopeful
2
Other
2

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous4

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 Hong Won-chan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Subscription and free streaming for Hong Won-chan'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, 7 with a MovieCove page.

  • 12.12: The Day(2023)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Deliver Us from Evil(2020)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Office(2015)

    Director · Adaptation

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • Confession of Murder(2012)

    Adaptation

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • The Yellow Sea(2010)

    Adaptation

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • The Scam(2009)

    Adaptation

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • The Chaser(2008)

    Adaptation

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Born Guilty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Ray (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Creator

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles, 7 of them dated from 2008 to 2023.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing3 of 9: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting7 of 9: 5 only writing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score82ndOther crew1 of 9: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s3 · crew2020s2 · 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.

Awards

Nominated for a Cannes award in 2015.

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 Hong Won-chan's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 82nd percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 7 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed1

Reviewers score the dialogue 55/100 and the plot and story 53/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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 Hong Won-chan's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 96 · severeMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 45 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 72 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 42 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 88 · severeMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Hong Won-chan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Hong Won-chan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sun-Min Kim shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers