Timur Bekmambetov is a Kazakh-Russian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter best known for directing Night Watch and Wanted, as well as pioneering the modern screenlife format. Through films including Unfriended, Searching, Profile, and Missing, Bekmambetov helped establish screenlife storytelling as a major evolution of found footage and digital-era horror. His work popularized films told entirely through computer screens, video calls, and mobile devices, influencing a new generation of internet-native thriller and horror filmmaking.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 25, 1961 (65)
- Guryev, Kazakh SSR, USSR [now Atyrau, Kazakhstan]
- Producer, director and writer
- 34 on MovieCove · 87 credits in all
What are Timur Bekmambetov's films like?
Across their 33 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
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 3 · Wry 0 · Earnest 30
A split, not a type: Light 13 · Serious 6 · Dark 14
Grounded 9 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 10
A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 9 · Intense 19
Steady 12 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 4
Straight-faced 19 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 3
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 7
A split, not a type: Casual 10 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 14
Easy watch 12 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 8
Resolved 22 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy13
- Bittersweet10
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous6
- Cyclical1
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 Timur Bekmambetov's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 34 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).
- Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010) · producer · free
- Persian Lessons (2020) · producer · free
- Spacewalker (2017) · producer · free
- 9 (2009) · producer · free
- I Am Dragon (2015) · producer · free
- The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice (2016) · producer · free
- Kikoriki: Team Invincible (2011) · producer · free
- The Snow Queen 4: Mirrorlands (2018) · producer · free
- The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King (2014) · producer · free
- Ben-Hur (2016) · director · free
- #FBF (2023) · producer · free
- The Darkest Hour (2011) · producer · free
- Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010) · producer
- Spacewalker (2017) · producer
- I Am Dragon (2015) · producer
- The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice (2016) · producer
- The Snow Queen 4: Mirrorlands (2018) · producer
- Mercy (2026) · director, producer
- The Snow Queen (2012) · producer
- Apollo 18 (2011) · producer
- War of the Worlds (2025) · producer
- Curiosity Stream
Subscription and free streaming for Timur Bekmambetov'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
87 credits, 34 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Life Hack(2025)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Mercy(2026)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
War of the Worlds(2025)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Six Till Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Bloat(2025)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
CTRL (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
#Blue_Whale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Long D (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Resurrected(2023)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Missing(2023)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
2000s (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
#FBF(2023)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
V2. Escape from Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
R♥️J (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Nineties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Like in Venice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Locked Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Persian Lessons(2020)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Gambler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Current Sea(2020)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)Heroic Deed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Dead Of Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Last Six Degrees of Celebration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Alice AI (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Searching(2018)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
B-Day! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Unfriended: Dark Web(2018)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Rezo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Tweet-Tweet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Profile(2018)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Current War(2017)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Unfollowed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Six Degrees of Celebration 6 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Spacewalker(2017)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Six Degrees of Celebration 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Hacking Bloggers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Ben-Hur(2016)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Before Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
The Best Day Ever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
I Am Dragon(2015)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Hardcore Henry(2015)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Double Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Paws, Bones & Rock'n'roll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Squirrels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Six Degrees of Celebration 1914 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Fool's Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Bitterly! 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Unfriended(2014)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Six Degrees of Celebration 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Bitterly! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Game of Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Gentlemen, Good Luck! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Snow Queen(2012)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Darkest Hour(2011)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Six Degrees of Celebration 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Apollo 18(2011)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Lucky Trouble(2011)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Black Lightning(2009)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
9(2009)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Wanted(2008)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Projectorparishilton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
The Irony of Fate: Continuation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Gromovs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Day Watch(2006)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Night Watch(2004)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
The School for Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
GAZ. Russian Cars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
The Arena (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Peshawar Waltz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Before the Big Road to War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
ANSWR (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Blind Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Don't Get Up! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Hodja Nasreddin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Liked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Petersburg Carousel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Substitution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Он - дракон 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Погребённый (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Потерянный и возвращенный мир (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 84 titles, 74 of them dated from 1987 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Wanted (2008)
Highest rated
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
Most popular right now
War of the Worlds (2025)
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
1 major award from 3 major nominations, 2010–2024.
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Opera Recording
- Berlinale award, won · Fiction Film
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
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 Timur Bekmambetov's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 34; across their 33 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th12
- 25th to 49th8
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
17 of their 34 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser13
- Mixed17
Reviewers score the atmosphere 65/100 and the pacing 51/100 in their films, across 31 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.
Is Timur Bekmambetov's work okay for kids?
Across up to 19 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Timur Bekmambetov work with?
People who share at least 2 of Timur Bekmambetov's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Adam Sidman shares the most, 8.
Directors
- Dmitriy KiselevShared titles: Spacewalker (2017), Six Degrees of Celebration (2010), Black Lightning (2009), Night Watch (2004)See all 4 shared titles with Dmitriy Kiselev
- Alex TsitsilinShared titles: The Snow Queen 4: Mirrorlands (2018), The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice (2016), The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Alex Tsitsilin
- Levan GabriadzeShared titles: Unfriended (2014), Lucky Trouble (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Levan Gabriadze
- Alexander VoytinskiyShared titles: Six Degrees of Celebration (2010), Black Lightning (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Alexander Voytinskiy
Writers
- Vladimir NikolaevShared titles: The Snow Queen 4: Mirrorlands (2018), The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice (2016), The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King (2014), The Snow Queen (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Vladimir Nikolaev
- Aleksey ZamyslovShared titles: The Snow Queen 4: Mirrorlands (2018), The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice (2016), The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Aleksey Zamyslov
- Roman NepomnyashchiyShared titles: The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King (2014), Lucky Trouble (2011), Six Degrees of Celebration (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Roman Nepomnyashchiy
- Aneesh ChagantyShared titles: Missing (2023), Searching (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Aneesh Chaganty
Actors
- Konstantin KhabenskiyShared titles: Spacewalker (2017), Lucky Trouble (2011), Day Watch (2006), Night Watch (2004)See all 4 shared titles with Konstantin Khabenskiy
- Galina TyuninaShared titles: The Snow Queen (2012), Day Watch (2006), Night Watch (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Galina Tyunina
- Dato BakhtadzeShared titles: The Darkest Hour (2011), Six Degrees of Celebration (2010), Wanted (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Dato Bakhtadze
- Sergey GarmashShared titles: Lucky Trouble (2011), Six Degrees of Celebration (2010), Black Lightning (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Sergey Garmash
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Yuriy PoteenkoShared titles: Spacewalker (2017), Black Lightning (2009), Night Watch (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Yuriy Poteenko
- Sergey TrofimovShared titles: I Am Dragon (2015), Black Lightning (2009), Night Watch (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Sergey Trofimov
- Austin KeelingShared titles: Mercy (2026), Missing (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Austin Keeling
- Ilya ZevakinShared titles: Bloat (2025), Profile (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Ilya Zevakin
Producers
- Adam SidmanShared titles: War of the Worlds (2025), #FBF (2023), Missing (2023), Resurrected (2023), Profile (2018), Searching (2018), Unfriended: Dark Web (2018), Unfriended (2014)See all 8 shared titles with Adam Sidman
- Maria ZatulovskayaShared titles: Bloat (2025), Life Hack (2025), #FBF (2023), Resurrected (2023), Profile (2018), Spacewalker (2017), I Am Dragon (2015)See all 7 shared titles with Maria Zatulovskaya
- Yuriy MoskvinShared titles: The Snow Queen 4: Mirrorlands (2018), The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice (2016), The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King (2014), The Snow Queen (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Yuriy Moskvin
- Iva StromilovaShared titles: The Darkest Hour (2011), Six Degrees of Celebration (2010), Black Lightning (2009), Day Watch (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Iva Stromilova
Mixed roles
- Nicholas D. JohnsonShared titles: Missing (2023), Searching (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Nicholas D. Johnson
- Will MerrickShared titles: Missing (2023), Searching (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Will Merrick
