Bill Benenson

What are Bill Benenson's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Society.

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 Bill Benenson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (8).

• Prime Video8 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Kiss the Ground (2020) · producer
  • The ReWrite. (2025) · producer
  • Unearth (2024) · producer
  • Common Ground (2023) · producer
  • Honey Boy (2019) · producer
  • Watching the Detectives (2007) · producer
  • Trucker (2008) · producer
  • Nanny (2022) · producer
• Tubi6 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The ReWrite. (2025) · producer · free
  • Dirt! The Movie (2009) · director, producer · free
  • We Are As Gods (2021) · producer · free
  • Watching the Detectives (2007) · producer · free
  • Trucker (2008) · producer · free
  • A Walk on the Moon (1987) · producer · free
• Netflix3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Beasts of No Nation (2015) · producer
  • Ram Dass, Going Home (2017) · producer
  • Harriet (2019) · producer
• Pluto TV3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Watching the Detectives (2007) · producer · free
  • Together Together (2021) · producer · free
  • Diminished Capacity (2008) · producer · free
• The Roku Channel2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The ReWrite. (2025) · producer · free
  • Watching the Detectives (2007) · producer · free
• AMC+1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Diminished Capacity (2008) · producer
• Hulu1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Together Together (2021) · producer
• Paramount+1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Bring Your Own Brigade (2021) · producer
• The Criterion Channel1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Mister Johnson (1990) · producer

Subscription and free streaming for Bill Benenson'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

30 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page.

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  Bee Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

  Executive Producer
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  The ReWrite.(2025)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films97^th
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  Unearth(2024)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~92^nd
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  Common Ground(2023)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films89^th
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  Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and Ibogaine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

  Executive Producer
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  Nanny(2022)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films26^th
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  Together Together(2021)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films63^rd
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  Bring Your Own Brigade(2021)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films87^th
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  We Are As Gods(2021)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films69^th
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  Kiss the Ground(2020)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films99^th
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  Honey Boy(2019)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films87^th
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  Harriet(2019)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films77^th
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  Fantastic Fungi(2019)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films91^st
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  The Lost City of the Monkey God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

  Director
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  Cracked Up(2018)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films83^rd
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  Patti Cake$(2017)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films70^th
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  Ram Dass, Going Home(2017)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films79^th
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  We the People 2.0(2017)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~20^th
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  Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA(2016)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films23^rd
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  Beasts of No Nation(2015)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films97^th
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  The Hadza: Last of the First(2014)

  Director · Producer

  Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~74^th
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  Who Bombed Judi Bari? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

  Co-Producer
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  Dirt! The Movie(2009)

  Director · Producer

  Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films76^th
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  Diminished Capacity(2008)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films27^th
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  Trucker(2008)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films59^th
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  Watching the Detectives(2007)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films64^th
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  Mister Johnson(1990)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films56^th
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  A Walk on the Moon(1987)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~23^rd
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  The Lightship(1985)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films49^th
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  Boulevard Nights(1979)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films70^th

Career shape

A full career of 20 titles from 1979 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Honey Boy (2019)

$3.4M worldwide

Highest rated

Kiss the Ground (2020)

Midcredits 99^th

Most popular right now

Honey Boy (2019)

How do Bill Benenson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72^nd percentile, the median of all 26; across their 25 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 26 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

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• Universally Loved3
• Loved with Detractors1
• Divisive1
• Cult Classic2
• Crowd Pleaser10
• Mixed9

Most divisive · producer

Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA (2016)

98^th percentile spread · 56% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Kiss the Ground (2020)

Midcredits 99^th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 70/100 and the pacing 47/100 in their films, across 18 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 Bill Benenson's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs 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 Bill Benenson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bill Benenson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Laurie Benenson shares the most, 13.