Trần Anh Hùng (born December 23, 1962; Đà Nẵng) is a French filmmaker of Vietnamese ancestry. Hùng was born in Mỹ Tho, South Vietnam. Following the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, he immigrated to France at age 12. He majored in philosophy at a university in France. By chance, he saw Robert Bresson's film A Man Escaped and decided to study film instead. He went on to study photography at the Louis Lumiere Academy, which trains cinematographers. Hùng has been at the forefront of a wave of acclaimed overseas Vietnamese cinema over the past two decades. His films have received international fame and acclaim, and his first three features were varied meditations on life in his home country Vietnam. Hùng's Oscar-nominated debut (for Best foreign film) was The Scent of Green Papaya (1993), which also won two top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. His follow-up Cyclo (1995, which featured Hong Kong movie star Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), won the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival. The Vertical Ray of the Sun, released in 2000, was the third film in his "Vietnam trilogy." After a sabbatical, Hùng returned with the noir psychological thriller I Come with the Rain (2009), which featured a star-studded international cast including Josh Hartnett and Elias Koteas. Hùng directed Norwegian Wood, an adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel of the same name, which released in Japan in December 2010. After Eternity in 2016, his return in a French production, The The Pot-au-Feu, is announced in February 2022, with Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel in the cast.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 23, 1962 (63)
- Đà Nẵng, Central Vietnam
- Director, writer and producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Tran Anh Hung's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 4
Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 3
A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 6 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
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 Tran Anh Hung's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Tran Anh Hung'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
14 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
The Taste of Things(2023)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Rom(2019)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Third Wife(2018)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Eternity(2016)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Bi, Don't Be Afraid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Norwegian Wood(2010)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
I Come with the Rain(2009)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
A Sight for Sore Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Cyclo(1995)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Stone of Expectation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
The Married Woman of Nam Xuong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles from 1989 to 2023.
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
5 major awards from 9 major nominations, 1993–2023.
- Cannes award, won
- Cannes award, nominated
- Venice award, nominated
- Cannes award, nominated
- Venice award, won ×2
- Cannes award, won · French Film
- Cannes award, won
- Cannes 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 Tran Anh Hung's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 9; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 83/100 and the pacing 31/100 in their films, across 8 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 Tran Anh Hung work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tran Anh Hung's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nu Yên-Khê Tran shares the most, 5.
Actors
- Nu Yên-Khê TranShared titles: Eternity (2016), I Come with the Rain (2009), The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000), Cyclo (1995), The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)See all 5 shared titles with Nu Yên-Khê Tran
- Chu HungShared titles: The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000), Cyclo (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Chu Hung
- Manh Cuong TranShared titles: The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000), Cyclo (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Manh Cuong Tran
- Quynh NhuShared titles: The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000), Cyclo (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Quynh Nhu
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Mario BattistelShared titles: The Taste of Things (2023), Eternity (2016), Norwegian Wood (2010), I Come with the Rain (2009), The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000)See all 5 shared titles with Mario Battistel
- Ping Bin LeeShared titles: Eternity (2016), Norwegian Wood (2010), The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000)See all 3 shared titles with Ping Bin Lee
- Tiêt Tôn-ThâtShared titles: The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000), Cyclo (1995), The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)See all 3 shared titles with Tiêt Tôn-Thât
- Benoît DelhommeShared titles: Cyclo (1995), The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Benoît Delhomme
Producers
- Christophe RossignonShared titles: Eternity (2016), The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000), Cyclo (1995), The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)See all 4 shared titles with Christophe Rossignon
- Adeline LecallierShared titles: Cyclo (1995), The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Adeline Lecallier
- Alain RoccaShared titles: Cyclo (1995), The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Alain Rocca