Todd Strauss-Schulson (born June 24, 1980) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and cinematographer, best known for directing the 2011 comedy film A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, and the 2015 horror comedy film The Final Girl.
Biography from TMDB.
- June 24, 1980 (46)
- Forest Hills, New York, USA
- Director, also producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Todd Strauss-Schulson's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 1
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 3
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous1
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 Todd Strauss-Schulson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Todd Strauss-Schulson'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
18 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Glamorous(2023)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Rat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Isn't It Romantic(2019)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
The Final Girls(2015)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all filmsAll's Fair... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Betas(2013)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Onion News Empire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Valibation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Inbetweeners(2012)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Mano-a-Mano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Ace of Cakes(2006)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows
Rabbids (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Rats! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Rats! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Silent Retreat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles, 13 of them dated from 2006 to 2022.
Biggest box office
Isn't It Romantic (2019)
Highest rated
Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous (2013)
Most popular right now
Isn't It Romantic (2019)
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 Todd Strauss-Schulson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 62/100 and the pacing 52/100 in their films, across 3 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 Todd Strauss-Schulson'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 Todd Strauss-Schulson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Todd Strauss-Schulson's MovieCove titles; Adam Devine shares the most, 3.
- Adam DevineShared titles: Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin (2022), Isn't It Romantic (2019), The Final Girls (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Adam Devine
- Dave NegliaShared titles: Glamorous (2023), Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Dave Neglia