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Basil Iwanyk

Basil Iwanyk

Producer, also actor · Born January 4, 1970 (56) · Teaneck, New Jersey, USA

Producers Guild Award nominee · Independent Spirit Award nominee

Basil William Iwanyk (born January 4, 1970) is an American film producer. He founded Thunder Road Films and is most known for the films Sicario, The Town, Greenland and the John Wick franchise. His films have earned more than $2 billion internationally as of 2018. He is of Ukrainian descent. After working for Warner Bros in the 1990s, Basil founded the film production company Thunder Road in 2000. Description above from the Wikipedia article Basil Iwanyk, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 4, 1970 (56)
From
Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
Works as
Producer, also actor
Titles
60 on MovieCove · 89 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 11% in 30 days

What are Basil Iwanyk's films like?

Across their 57 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Action33 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 14th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

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

share of theme weight
Morality
33%
Bonds
21%
Survival
18%
Self
12%
Power
7%
Society
5%
Ideas
3%
Survival17 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds14 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption16 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge9 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty8 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 56 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 13 · Serious 9 · Dark 34

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 28 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 12

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 11 · Intense 42

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 38 · Whiplash 8

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 39 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 4

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 30 · Relentless 19

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 15 · Engaged 32 · Full focus 9

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 15 · Affecting 20 · Heavy 21

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 45 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
48
Thrilling
21
Dread
17
Melancholic
19
Hopeful
13
Other
43

How their films linger

Fun20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 12 with a twist

  • Happy14
  • Bittersweet32
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous9

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 Basil Iwanyk's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 43 of their 60 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Basil Iwanyk'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

89 credits, 60 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Blasphemous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Producer

  • The Surgeon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Producer

  • Day Drinker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Producer

  • Crawlers(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • By Any Means(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Devil's Mouth(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Greenland 2: Migration(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Dust Bunny(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Relay(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Ballerina(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Fight or Flight(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Accidental Getaway Driver(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Trigger Warning(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Breathe(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Monkey Man(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Red Right Hand(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Silent Night(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Continental(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • The Expendables 4(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Kandahar(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Love Again(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • John Wick: Chapter 4(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Black Site(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • The Contractor(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • National Champions(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Bruised(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Voyagers(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Fugitive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 14 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Greenland(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Endless(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Informer(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • 62,000:1 Three Teams One City One Year (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Executive Producer

  • John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Hotel Mumbai(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • A Private War(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Robin Hood(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • A Star Is Born(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Sicario: Day of the Soldado(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Current War(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • 24 Hours to Live(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Wind River(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • John Wick: Chapter 2(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Gods of Egypt(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Sicario(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Messengers(2015)

    Show 13 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Seventh Son(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • John Wick(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Expendables 3(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Expendables 2(2012)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Wrath of the Titans(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Town(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Expendables(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Lost Boys: The Thirst(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Clash of the Titans(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Brooklyn's Finest(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Lost Boys: The Tribe(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • We Are Marshall(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Firewall(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Laws of Attraction(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Welcome to Mooseport(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • If Only(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Masked and Anonymous(2003)

    Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Basic(2003)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • K-19: The Widowmaker(2002)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight(1993)

    Production Assistant

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Ballast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Caine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Dangerous Games to Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Dreadnought (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Fear the Reaper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • FOMO (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Hivemind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • John Wick: Chapter 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Killer 10 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Lions, Tigers, and Bears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Mister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Perdition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Perfect Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Boondock Saints III (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Kellys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Mother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Nest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Peasant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Trial by Combat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • True Threat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

  • Untitled Animated John Wick Prequel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Untitled Terrell Owens Documentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Wildman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Wind River: Rising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 89 titles, 62 of them dated from 1993 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Clash of the Titans (2010)

$493M worldwide

Highest rated

Sicario (2015)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

By Any Means (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing87 of 89: 87 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score51stOther crew2 of 89: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s9 · crew2010s25 · crew2020s27 · crew

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

3 major nominations and no wins, 2011–2026.

  1. 2026
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best First Feature
  2. 2016
    • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
  3. 2011
    • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of 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 Basil Iwanyk's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 58; across their 56 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 56

Approval · how many liked their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 56

Reach · how many have seen their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 56

Midcredits score across 60 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up16
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th15
  • Below 25th16

Shape of the crowd

20 of their 60 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser20
  • Broadly Agreed14
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · producer

Breathe (2024)

84th percentile spread · 37% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Sicario (2015)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 56 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

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 Basil Iwanyk's work okay for kids?

Across up to 50 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore46 titles46–93 · median 78 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity50 titles8–62 · median 23 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity46 titles29–87 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs42 titles14–66 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense43 titles41–86 · median 64 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Basil Iwanyk work with?

People who share at least 2 of Basil Iwanyk's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Erica Lee shares the most, 29.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers

Producers

Mixed roles