Canadian Justin Kelly has worked in film and television production his whole life - getting his start at the age of 19 working as an assistant accountant on big budget shows while he financed, wrote, produced and directed his own indie productions.
Biography from TMDB.
- August 19, 1975 (51)
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Producer and writer
- 22 on MovieCove · 30 credits in all
What are Justin Kelly's films like?
Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 14
A split, not a type: Light 7 · Serious 2 · Dark 8
Grounded 11 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 6 · Intense 7
Steady 4 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 2
A split, not a type: Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 8 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 5
A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 7
A split, not a type: Resolved 9 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet10
- Ambiguous4
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 Justin Kelly's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).
- Shattered Glass (2003) · assistant accountant · free
- We Forgot to Break Up (2024) · producer · free
- Honey Bee (2018) · producer · free
- American Hangman (2019) · producer · free
- Don't Mess with Grandma (2024) · producer · free
- Scared Shitless (2024) · producer · free
- 2:22 (2008) · location manager · unit production manager · free
- Cube²: Hypercube (2002) · payroll accountant · free
- The Masked Saint (2016) · producer · free
- Antibirth (2016) · producer · free
Subscription and free streaming for Justin Kelly'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
30 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page.
When I Said I Do(2026)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Son of a Preacher Man(2025)
Sweetness(2025)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Don't Mess with Grandma(2024)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Scared Shitless(2024)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
We Forgot to Break Up(2024)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Fixation(2022)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Seance(2021)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
My One & Only(2019)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Night Hunter(2018)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Home in Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
American Hangman(2019)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Indian Horse(2017)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Honey Bee(2018)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Antibirth(2016)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
The Masked Saint(2016)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Steps(2015)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all filmsLines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
A Song for Torah Jane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Lemon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Seder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
2:22(2008)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all filmsBooth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Shattered Glass(2003)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Cube²: Hypercube(2002)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Beyond the Ocean(2000)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)An Accidental Arctic Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Romanticizing Monsters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles, 15 of them dated from 2002 to 2024.
Biggest box office
Indian Horse (2017)
Highest rated
Indian Horse (2017)
Most popular right now
Fixation (2022)
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 Justin Kelly's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 39th percentile, the median of the 20 of 21 with a score; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 42nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th8
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 21 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed9
Reviewers score the dialogue 45/100 and the plot and story 44/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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 Justin Kelly's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Justin Kelly work with?
People who share at least 2 of Justin Kelly's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rudolf Blahacek shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Steven OggShared titles: Sweetness (2025), Scared Shitless (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Steven Ogg
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Rudolf BlahacekShared titles: Scared Shitless (2024), Northern Lights of Christmas (2018), Antibirth (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Rudolf Blahacek
- Blitz//BerlinShared titles: Sweetness (2025), Scared Shitless (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Blitz//Berlin
- James GriffithShared titles: Son of a Preacher Man (2025), The Masked Saint (2016)See all 2 shared titles with James Griffith
- Michael PierroShared titles: American Hangman (2019), Honey Bee (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Pierro
Producers
- Ben FarellaShared titles: Sweetness (2025), Don't Mess with Grandma (2024), We Forgot to Break Up (2024)See all 3 shared titles with Ben Farella
- Mark GingrasShared titles: Don't Mess with Grandma (2024), We Forgot to Break Up (2024), American Hangman (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Mark Gingras
- Katisha ShawShared titles: Son of a Preacher Man (2025), Don't Mess with Grandma (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Katisha Shaw
- Phyllis LaingShared titles: Seance (2021), Night Hunter (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Phyllis Laing
