Ciarán Foy (born 1979) is an Irish director known for his work in the horror genre. He studied filmmaking at the National Film School in Dublin, and has directed three feature films to date: "Citadel" (2012), "Sinister 2" (2015), and "Eli" (2019).
Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1979 (47)
- Dublin, Ireland
- Director, writer and producer
- 6 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Ciarán Foy's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 3
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
- 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 Ciarán Foy's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Ciarán Foy'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
13 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
Sweet Tooth(2021)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Eli(2019)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
The Wilding(2016)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Sinister 2(2015)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Citadel(2012)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Hotel Darklight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Scumbot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Faeries of Blackheath Woods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Puppet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Wired 03:36 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
1902 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Hivemind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles, 12 of them dated from 2001 to 2021.
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 Ciarán Foy's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 25th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 28th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 61/100 and the pacing 41/100 in their films, across 4 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 Ciarán Foy'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 Ciarán Foy work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ciarán Foy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; tomandandy shares the most, 3.
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- tomandandyShared titles: The Wilding (2016), Sinister 2 (2015), Citadel (2012)See all 3 shared titles with tomandandy
- Jason HellmannShared titles: The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), Eli (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Jason Hellmann
- Maxime AlexandreShared titles: The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), The Wilding (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Maxime Alexandre
Producers
- Trevor MacyShared titles: The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), Eli (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Trevor Macy
- Bailey ConwayShared titles: The Wilding (2016), Sinister 2 (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Bailey Conway
- Brian Kavanaugh-JonesShared titles: The Wilding (2016), Sinister 2 (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
