- January 1, 1979 (47)
- Beijing, China
- Director, producer, writer and actor
- 9 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Yang Lu's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 5
Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 2
Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 5
Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 1
A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous2
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 Yang Lu's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Yang Lu'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
19 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

A Writer's Odyssey 2(2025)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Mutations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

The Woman in the Storm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Pledge of Allegiance(2023)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Hengshan Hospital (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

A Writer's Odyssey(2021)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
End Game(2021)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
The Sacrifice(2020)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Summer Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

The Wandering Earth(2019)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Brotherhood of Blades 2(2017)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Princess Jieyou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Ex Fighter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Brotherhood of Blades(2014)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
My Spectacular Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Echoes of Encounter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Love Test (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

Unit #13 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 19 titles, 16 of them dated from 2010 to 2025.

Biggest box office
The Sacrifice (2020)

Highest rated
Brotherhood of Blades (2014)

Most popular right now
A Writer's Odyssey (2021)
Film career
- 2019Screen debut· The Wandering Earth
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 Yang Lu's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th4
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the atmosphere 69/100 and the pacing 44/100 in their films, across 6 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 Yang Lu work with?
People who share at least 2 of Yang Lu's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jiayin Lei shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Shu ChenShared titles: A Writer's Odyssey (2021), Brotherhood of Blades 2 (2017), Brotherhood of Blades (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Shu Chen

Actors
- Jiayin LeiShared titles: A Writer's Odyssey 2 (2025), A Writer's Odyssey (2021), End Game (2021), Brotherhood of Blades 2 (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Jiayin Lei

- Yi YangShared titles: The Wind Blows from Longxi (2022), A Writer's Odyssey (2021), Brotherhood of Blades 2 (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Yi Yang

- Chao DengShared titles: A Writer's Odyssey 2 (2025), The Sacrifice (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Chao Deng

- Zijian DongShared titles: A Writer's Odyssey 2 (2025), A Writer's Odyssey (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Zijian Dong

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Qiming HanShared titles: A Writer's Odyssey (2021), The Sacrifice (2020), Brotherhood of Blades 2 (2017), Brotherhood of Blades (2014)See all 4 shared titles with Qiming Han
- Liyun ZhuShared titles: A Writer's Odyssey (2021), Brotherhood of Blades 2 (2017), Brotherhood of Blades (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Liyun Zhu

- Kenji KawaiShared titles: The Wind Blows from Longxi (2022), Brotherhood of Blades 2 (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Kenji Kawai

- Yiran TuShared titles: Brotherhood of Blades 2 (2017), Brotherhood of Blades (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Yiran Tu
Producers
- Ning ZhangShared titles: The Wind Blows from Longxi (2022), A Writer's Odyssey (2021), The Sacrifice (2020), Brotherhood of Blades 2 (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Ning Zhang

- Frant GwoShared titles: A Writer's Odyssey (2021), End Game (2021), The Sacrifice (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Frant Gwo

- Hongwei WangShared titles: A Writer's Odyssey 2 (2025), A Writer's Odyssey (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Hongwei Wang

- Di LuShared titles: A Writer's Odyssey (2021), End Game (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Di Lu
