Bob Gruen
Cinematographer, director and actor, also producer
- Cinematographer, director and actor, also producer
- 2 on MovieCove · 5 credits in all
Known for
What are Bob Gruen's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Tragic2
- 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 Bob Gruen's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 2 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- Qello Concerts, show their 2 titles on Qello Concerts
- The Coda Collection, show their 2 titles on The Coda Collection
- Cineverse, show their title on Cineverse
- Docurama, show their title on Docurama
- IndiePix Unlimited, show their title on IndiePix Unlimited
- Midnight Pulp, show their title on Midnight Pulp
Subscription and free streaming for Bob Gruen'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
5 credits, 2 with a MovieCove page; 15 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Sad Vacation(2016)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Yoko Ono: Then and Now (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Lipstick Killers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Programme 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 5 titles, 4 of them dated from 1974 to 2016.
How do Bob Gruen's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 74th percentile, the median of all 2; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 2 titles divides audiences: 2 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser2
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 Bob Gruen work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bob Gruen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jerry Nolan shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Jerry NolanShared titles: Looking for Johnny (2014), All Dolled Up: A New York Dolls Story (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Jerry Nolan
- Johnny ThundersShared titles: Looking for Johnny (2014), All Dolled Up: A New York Dolls Story (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Johnny Thunders
- Sylvain SylvainShared titles: Looking for Johnny (2014), All Dolled Up: A New York Dolls Story (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Sylvain Sylvain
