Joe Penna

What are Joe Penna's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

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 Joe Penna's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).

• Netflix2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Woman of the Hour (2023) · producer
  • Stowaway (2021) · director, writer, producer
• Prime Video1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Stowaway (2021) · director, writer, producer
• Tubi1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Please Subscribe (2012) · actor · free

Subscription and free streaming for Joe Penna'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

14 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

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  Woman of the Hour(2023)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films65^th
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  Stowaway(2021)

  Director · Executive Producer · Writer

  Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films29^th
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  Release(2020)

  Show Director · Producer · Writer

  Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)~25^th
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  Arctic(2018)

  Director · Executive Producer · Screenplay

  Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films76^th
• Turning Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

  Director · Writer
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  Beyond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

  Director · Executive Producer · Writer
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  Instant Getaway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

  Director · Writer
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  Xploration Earth 2050 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

  Show 13 episodes · as Host
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  Please Subscribe(2012)

  Actor

  Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films47^th
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  Meridian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

  Director · Writer
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  Annoying Orange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

  Show 2 episodes · as MysteryPotatoMan
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  Just One Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

  Sound Editor
• Arctic 30 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Director
• Trespasser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Director

Career shape

A full career of 13 titles, 11 of them dated from 1998 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Arctic (2018)

$4.2M worldwide

Highest rated

Arctic (2018)

Midcredits 76^th

Most popular right now

Woman of the Hour (2023)

Awards

Nominated for a Cannes award in 2018.

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 Joe Penna's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56^th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

2 of their 5 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

1211

• Divisive1
• Crowd Pleaser2
• Broadly Agreed1
• Mixed1

Most divisive · director, writer, producer

Release (2020)

96^th percentile spread · 45% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer, producer

Arctic (2018)

Midcredits 76^th · 66% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 77/100 and the pacing 47/100 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 Joe Penna'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 Joe Penna work with?

People who share at least 2 of Joe Penna's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ryan Morrison shares the most, 3.