Brian Knappenberger

What are Brian Knappenberger's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

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 Brian Knappenberger's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (12).

• Netflix12 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024) · director, producer
  • They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) · thanks
  • The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (2020) · director, producer
  • Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror (2021) · director, producer
  • Scout's Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America (2023) · director, producer
  • Turning Point: The Vietnam War (2025) · director, producer
  • The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping (2024) · producer
  • The Legend of Cocaine Island (2018) · producer
  • Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press (2017) · director, writer, producer
  • Turning Point: Generation 9/11 (2026) · director, producer
  • The American Experiment (2026) · director, producer
  • Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet (2022) · director, producer
• Prime Video1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Strategic Command (1997) · camera loader
• The Roku Channel1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Strategic Command (1997) · camera loader · free
• Tubi1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Strategic Command (1997) · camera loader · free

Subscription and free streaming for Brian Knappenberger'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

19 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

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  Turning Point: Generation 9/11(2026)

  Director · Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films50^th
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  The American Experiment(2026)

  Show 5 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows41^st
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  Turning Point: The Vietnam War(2025)

  Show 5 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows83^rd
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  Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War(2024)

  Show 9 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows95^th
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  The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping(2024)

  Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows72^nd
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  Scout's Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America(2023)

  Director · Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films83^rd
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  Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet(2022)

  Show Director · Creator · Producer

  Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows23^rd
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  Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror(2021)

  Show 5 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows88^th
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  The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez(2020)

  Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer

  Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows91^st
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  Church and the Fourth Estate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

  Director · Writer
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  They'll Love Me When I'm Dead(2018)

  Thanks

  Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films92^nd
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  The Legend of Cocaine Island(2018)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films56^th
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  Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press(2017)

  Director · Executive Producer · Writer

  Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films53^rd
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  The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz(2014)

  Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer · Writer

  Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films98^th
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  We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

  Director · Producer · Writer
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  For the Bible Tells Me So(2007)

  Camera Operator

  Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films93^rd
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  Elvis Took a Bullet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

  Cinematographer
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  X-Men: The Mutant Watch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

  Graphic Designer
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  Strategic Command(1997)

  Camera Loader

  Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films8^th

Career shape

A full career of 18 titles from 1997 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)

$49K worldwide

Highest rated

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)

Midcredits 98^th

Most popular right now

Turning Point: Generation 9/11 (2026)

Awards

1 major award from 4 major nominations, 2013–2017.

1. 2017
   • Sundance award, nominated · Documentary
2. 2015
   • Writers Guild Award, won · Best Documentary Screenplay
3. 2014
   • Sundance award, nominated · Documentary
4. 2013
   • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Best Documentary Screenplay

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 Brian Knappenberger's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70^th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

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• Universally Loved3
• Universally Panned1
• Crowd Pleaser7
• Mixed4

Most divisive · director, producer

The American Experiment (2026)

64^th percentile spread · 18% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer, producer, cinematographer, editor

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)

Midcredits 98^th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 67/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 5 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 Brian Knappenberger's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Brian Knappenberger work with?

People who share at least 2 of Brian Knappenberger's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; John Dragonetti shares the most, 8.