- Producer, director and writer
- 5 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
What are Phil Wurtzel's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 4 · Dark 1
Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
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 Phil Wurtzel's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Phil Wurtzel'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
9 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

Animals of the Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

Bone Hill(2025)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Raunch and Roll(2021)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
A Christmas Hero(2020)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Boo!(2018)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Goodnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

My Pretty Pony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

A Haunting in Cawdor(2015)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all filmsMedusa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles, 8 of them dated from 2015 to 2026.
How do Phil Wurtzel's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 19th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 8th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 5 titles are Divisive.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive3
- Cult Classic1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 46/100 and the pacing 28/100 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.
Who does Phil Wurtzel work with?
People who share at least 2 of Phil Wurtzel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brett Bowers shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Penelope AlexShared titles: Bone Hill (2025), A Haunting in Cawdor (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Penelope Alex

- Peter CareyShared titles: Raunch and Roll (2021), A Christmas Hero (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Carey

- Scott T. WhitesellShared titles: Raunch and Roll (2021), A Haunting in Cawdor (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Scott T. Whitesell

- Lauren Rys MartinShared titles: A Christmas Hero (2020), A Haunting in Cawdor (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Lauren Rys Martin

Cinematographers
- Brett BowersShared titles: Bone Hill (2025), Raunch and Roll (2021), A Christmas Hero (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Brett Bowers

