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Ivan Reitman

Ivan Reitman

Producer and director, also actor and writer · Died February 12, 2022, aged 75 · Komárno, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]

Oscar nominee · Primetime Emmy nominee · BAFTA Award nominee · 1 other major award body

Ivan Reitman OC (/ˈraɪtmən/; October 27, 1946 – February 12, 2022) was a Canadian film director and producer. He was known for his comedy films, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. Reitman was the owner of The Montecito Picture Company, founded in 1998. Films he directed include Meatballs (1979), Stripes (1981), Ghostbusters (1984), Twins (1988), Ghostbusters II (1989), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Dave (1993), Junior (1994) and Draft Day (2014). Reitman also served as producer for such films as National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), Heavy Metal (1981), Space Jam (1996) and Private Parts (1997). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ivan Reitman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 27, 1946
Died
February 12, 2022 (aged 75)
From
Komárno, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]
Works as
Producer and director, also actor and writer
Titles
58 on MovieCove · 65 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 155 days to Oct 26Down 45% in 30 days

What are Ivan Reitman's films like?

Across their 55 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy26 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile
: browse their Action movies
Documentary4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Horror4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography 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
Bonds
36%
Self
22%
Survival
15%
Society
11%
Morality
10%
Ideas
4%
Power
2%
Family bonds13 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship11 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity11 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 54 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 37 · Serious 10 · Dark 7

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 27 · Stylized 22 · Heightened 5

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

Gentle 19 · Charged 22 · Intense 13

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

Steady 21 · Shifting 23 · Whiplash 10

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 19 · Funny 26

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

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 41 · Relentless 5

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

Casual 35 · Engaged 15 · Full focus 4

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

Resolved 44 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
23
Joyful
21
Absurd
20
Thrilling
20
Warm
14
Other
55

How their films linger

Feel-good37 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun28 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy33
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous6
  • Other1

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 Ivan Reitman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 43 of their 58 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ivan Reitman'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

65 credits, 58 with a MovieCove page; 19 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire(2024)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Ghostbusters: Afterlife(2021)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Space Jam: A New Legacy(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Godmothered(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Father Figures(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Baywatch(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Ghostbusters(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Draft Day(2014)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Hitchcock(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • No Strings Attached(2011)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Chloe(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Up in the Air(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Post Grad(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • I Love You, Man(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Uninvited(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Hotel for Dogs(2009)

    Producer · as Self - Closing Credits Sequence (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Disturbia(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Trailer Park Boys: The Movie(2006)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • My Super Ex-Girlfriend(2006)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • EuroTrip(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Old School(2003)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Killing Me Softly(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Evolution: The Animated Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Executive Producer

  • Evolution(2001)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Road Trip(2000)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Six Days Seven Nights(1998)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Mummies Alive!(1997)

    Show 42 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Fathers' Day(1997)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Private Parts(1997)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Commandments(1997)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Space Jam(1996)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Late Shift(1995)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Junior(1994)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Beethoven's 2nd(1993)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Dave(1993)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Beethoven(1992)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot(1992)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Kindergarten Cop(1990)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Ghostbusters II(1989)

    Director · Producer · as Man Walking Outside Firehouse / Slimer (voice) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Twins(1988)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Feds(1988)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Casual Sex?(1988)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Big Shots(1987)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Legal Eagles(1986)

    Director · Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • On the Scene with the Ghostbusters(1984)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Ghostbusters(1984)

    Director · Producer · as Zuul / Slimer (voice) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone(1983)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Heavy Metal(1981)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Stripes(1981)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Meatballs(1979)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Delta House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 13 episodes · Producer

  • Blackout(1978)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • National Lampoon's Animal House(1978)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Ilsa the Tigress of Siberia(1977)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Rabid(1977)

    Executive Producer · Music Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The House by the Lake(1976)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Shivers(1975)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Cannibal Girls(1973)

    Director · Executive Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Foxy Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

  • The Columbus of Sex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Cinematographer · Producer

  • Orientation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 63 titles from 1968 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Ghostbusters (1984)

$297M worldwide

Highest rated

Ghostbusters (1984)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Hotel for Dogs (2009)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting5 of 63: 3 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting18 of 63: 3 only directing, 15 with another role · typical Midcredits score46thWriting3 of 63: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing57 of 63: 40 only producing, 17 with another role · typical Midcredits score46thCinematography1 of 63: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleEditing1 of 63: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 63: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

63 titles, 17 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 15 of them.

By decade

1960s2 · crew1970s10 · crew1980s11 · 3 acting · 10 crew1990s12 · crew2000s14 · crew2010s9 · 2 acting · 7 crew2020s5 · 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

5 major nominations and no wins, 1996–2010.

  1. 2010
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
  2. 1997
    • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
  3. 1996
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Made for Television Movie

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 Ivan Reitman's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 57; across their 54 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 54

Approval · how many liked their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 54

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 54

Midcredits score across 58 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th19
  • Below 25th14

Shape of the crowd

24 of their 58 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser24
  • Broadly Agreed11
  • Mixed21

Most divisive · producer

Ghostbusters (2016)

79th percentile spread · 36% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, director, producer

Ghostbusters (1984)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 59/100 and the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 52 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 Ivan Reitman's work okay for kids?

Across up to 40 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore34 titles10–73 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity40 titles20–72 · median 43 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity34 titles32–68 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs33 titles22–52 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense33 titles8–65 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all 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 Ivan Reitman work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ivan Reitman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joe Medjuck shares the most, 26.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles