- Films
- 35
- Avg rating
- 6.35
- Peak run
- 1993’13
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes
Herman by the numbers
Average
6.35
10 rated films
Vote weighted
6.38
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.43
rating spread
Career
34y
1993 to 2026
Total votes
82.8K
across every film
Best
7.0
The Legend Is Born: Ip Man
Worst
6.1
Ip Man: The Final Fight
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 | We're Nothing at All | · | 239 |
| 2025 |  A Gilded Game | · | 402 |
| 2024 | Customs Frontline | · | 669 |
| 2024 | Crisis Negotiators | · | 911 |
| 2023 | Moscow Mission | · | 908 |
| 2023 | Death Notice: A Serial Killer Leaving Notes | · | 402 |
| 2023 | The White Storm 3: Heaven or Hell | · | 718 |
| 2020 | Chak dan juen ga 2 | 6.5 | 3,376 |
| 2019 | The White Storm 2: Drug Lords | 6.1 | 1,733 |
| 2019 | The New King of Comedy | 6.1 | 2,103 |
| 2019 | A Home with a View | · | 377 |
| 2018 | The Leakers | · | 517 |
| 2017 | Always Be with You | · | 511 |
| 2017 | 77 Heartbreaks | · | 545 |
| 2017 | The Sleep Curse | 5.5 | 1,097 |
| 2017 |  Shock Wave | 6.3 | 4,451 |
| 2016 | The Mobfathers | · | 513 |
| 2015 | An Inspector Calls | · | 462 |
| 2014 | The Second Coming | · | 405 |
| 2014 | Sara | · | 732 |
Better together?
Herman Yau's regulars
- Jan-Hung MakComposer · 24 films · 6.25 avg
- Kwong-Hung Joe ChanCinematographer · 21 films · 6.25 avg
- Erica LiWriter · 12 films · 6.25 avg▼−0.05
- Anthony Chau-Sang WongDirector and actor · 10 films · 6.30 avg▼−0.10
- Man-Yin NgaiCinematographer · 9 films
- Francis NgDirector and actor · 8 films
- Louis KooDirector and actor · 8 films · 6.10 avg▼−0.24
- Eric LeeWriter · 6 films · 6.28 avg●−0.04
- Hing Wa SiuCinematographer · 5 films
- Andy LauDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.30 avg●−0.04
- Puccini YuCinematographer · 4 films · 6.55 avg
- Philip KeungDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.30 avg▼−0.10
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Herman Yau and Jan-Hung Mak movies · Herman Yau and Kwong-Hung Joe Chan movies · Herman Yau and Erica Li movies · Herman Yau and Anthony Chau-Sang Wong movies
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