Ricki Stern is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, most known for her documentarian work, and author. She often works alongside filmmaker Anne Sundberg.
Biography from TMDB.
- Director, producer and writer
- 14 on MovieCove · 26 credits in all
What are Ricki Stern's films like?
Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 11
Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 7
Grounded 11 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 5
Steady 7 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 8
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet7
- Ambiguous5
- 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 Ricki Stern's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (5).
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Ricki Stern'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
26 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.
The Hotline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
What Will I Become?(2026)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Nature of the Crime(2024)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Family Secrets: The Disappearance of Alissa Turney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Here to Climb(2024)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
A Radical Life(2022)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Surviving Death(2021)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Reversing Roe(2018)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
In My Father’s House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Let Them Wear Towels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Knuckleball! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
UFOs on the Record (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Burma Soldier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The End of America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all filmsIn My Corner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Kirbyvision (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Yankees Win (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 25 titles, 23 of them dated from 1999 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010)
Highest rated
Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing (2016)
Most popular right now
UFOs: Investigating the Unknown (2023)
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
4 major nominations and no wins, 2006–2011.
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Documentary Feature
- Sundance award, nominated · Documentary
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Documentary
- Sundance award, nominated · Documentary
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 Ricki Stern's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 91st percentile, the median of all 11; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 14 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved3
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 43/100 in their films, across 7 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 Ricki Stern work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ricki Stern's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Anne Sundberg shares the most, 9.
Directors
- Anne SundbergShared titles: Here to Climb (2024), Amber: The Girl Behind the Alert (2023), My So-Called High School Rank (2022), Surviving Jeffrey Epstein (2020), Reversing Roe (2018), Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing (2016), Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010), The Devil Came on Horseback (2007), The Trials of Darryl Hunt (2006)See all 9 shared titles with Anne Sundberg
- Jesse SweetShared titles: Nature of the Crime (2024), Surviving Death (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Jesse Sweet
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Paul BrillShared titles: My So-Called High School Rank (2022), Surviving Death (2021), Reversing Roe (2018), Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing (2016), Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010), The Devil Came on Horseback (2007), The Trials of Darryl Hunt (2006)See all 7 shared titles with Paul Brill
- Jerry RisiusShared titles: Nature of the Crime (2024), UFOs: Investigating the Unknown (2023), The Devil Came on Horseback (2007)See all 3 shared titles with Jerry Risius
- Jonathan NastasiShared titles: Nature of the Crime (2024), UFOs: Investigating the Unknown (2023), Surviving Jeffrey Epstein (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Jonathan Nastasi
- Hannah VanderlanShared titles: A Radical Life (2022), My So-Called High School Rank (2022), Surviving Death (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Hannah Vanderlan
Producers
- Jonele ConceicaoShared titles: Here to Climb (2024), Nature of the Crime (2024), UFOs: Investigating the Unknown (2023), A Radical Life (2022), My So-Called High School Rank (2022), Surviving Death (2021), Reversing Roe (2018), Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing (2016)See all 8 shared titles with Jonele Conceicao
- Seth KealShared titles: Nature of the Crime (2024), UFOs: Investigating the Unknown (2023), Surviving Death (2021), Reversing Roe (2018), Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010), The Devil Came on Horseback (2007)See all 6 shared titles with Seth Keal
- Nancy AbrahamShared titles: Here to Climb (2024), Nature of the Crime (2024), My So-Called High School Rank (2022), Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Nancy Abraham
- Lisa HellerShared titles: Here to Climb (2024), Nature of the Crime (2024), My So-Called High School Rank (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Lisa Heller
Mixed roles
- Leslie KeanShared titles: UFOs: Investigating the Unknown (2023), Surviving Death (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Leslie Kean
