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Sebastian Junger

Sebastian Junger

Director, producer, writer, actor and cinematographer · Born January 17, 1962 (64) · Belmont, Massachusetts, USA

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sebastian Junger (born January 17, 1962) is an American author, journalist, and documentarian, most famous for the best-selling book The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea, his award-winning chronicle of the war in Afghanistan in his 2010 movie Restrepo, and his 2010 book War. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sebastian Junger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 17, 1962 (64)
From
Belmont, Massachusetts, USA
Works as
Director, producer, writer, actor and cinematographer
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 11 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 64 days to Oct 27Up 16% in 30 days

What are Sebastian Junger's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
50%
Society
16%
Bonds
11%
Self
9%
Morality
7%
Ideas
5%
Power
3%
Survival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeWar4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this themeHope2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 6

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

Grounded 7 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 4

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

Steady 3 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

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

A split, not a type: Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2

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

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 6

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

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Contemplative
8
Dread
4
Melancholic
2
Hopeful
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Thought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Bittersweet3
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous5

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 Sebastian Junger's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Sebastian Junger'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

11 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Marines(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer · as Self - Combat Journalist

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows

  • Against All Enemies(2023)

    Executive Producer · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Blood on the Wall(2020)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Going to War(2018)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS(2017)

    Director · Producer · as Self - Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Last Patrol(2014)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Affair(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Sebastian Junger

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Korengal(2014)

    Director · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Which Way Is The Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Restrepo(2010)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Perfect Storm(2000)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles from 2000 to 2025.

Biggest box office

The Perfect Storm (2000)

$329M worldwide

Highest rated

Restrepo (2010)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

The Perfect Storm (2000)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 11: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting7 of 11: 4 only directing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score83rdWriting2 of 11: 1 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing4 of 11: 1 only producing, 3 with another roleCinematography1 of 11: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another role

11 titles, 4 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s7 · 1 acting · 6 crew2020s3 · 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.

How do Sebastian Junger's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · writer, producer

Against All Enemies (2023)

85th percentile spread · 19% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, producer, cinematographer

Restrepo (2010)

Midcredits 94th · 82% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 78/100 and the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 6 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.

Who does Sebastian Junger work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sebastian Junger's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nick Quested shares the most, 5.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles