Morten Tyldum (born 19 May 1967) is a Norwegian film director. He is best known for directing internationally successful films such as Headhunters (2011), a thriller based on a novel by Jo Nesbø and The Imitation Game (2014), a historical drama for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Morten Tyldum, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 19, 1967 (59)
- Bergen, Norway
- Director and producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Morten Tyldum's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet5
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 Morten Tyldum's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Apple TV (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Morten Tyldum'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
17 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Cape Fear(2026)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Silo(2023)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Defending Jacob(2020)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Jack Ryan(2018)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Counterpart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Passengers(2016)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
The Imitation Game(2014)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Headhunters(2011)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Varg Veum - Falne engler(2008)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Buddy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Most People Live in China (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Fort forover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Phone Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Ibelin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Pattern Recognition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Rope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles, 14 of them dated from 1997 to 2026.
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, 2013–2015.
- Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Directing
- BAFTA Award, nominated
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film not in the English Language
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 Morten Tyldum's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 9 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 62/100 and the pacing 60/100 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 Morten Tyldum's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 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 Morten Tyldum work with?
People who share at least 2 of Morten Tyldum's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joachim Rafaelsen shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Joachim RafaelsenShared titles: Headhunters (2011), Varg Veum - Falne engler (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Joachim Rafaelsen
- Nils Jørgen KaalstadShared titles: Headhunters (2011), Varg Veum - Falne engler (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Nils Jørgen Kaalstad
Cinematographers
- John Andreas AndersenShared titles: Headhunters (2011), Varg Veum - Falne engler (2008)See all 2 shared titles with John Andreas Andersen
