Adam B. Stein is an American film director and screenwriter working in Vancouver, British Columbia and Los Angeles, California. Stein graduated from Harvard University and the directing program at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He co-directed Final Destination Bloodlines for New Line Cinema and the Disney live-action movie Kim Possible. He co-wrote and directed the award-winning independent film Freaks, all with his partner, Zach Lipovsky. In 2019, he was nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Directing for his work on the TV series Mech-X4. Before directing, Stein edited several independent features that played at film festivals such as Sundance, Tribeca, and SXSW. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adam Stein, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Director, producer, writer and editor
- 9 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
What are Adam B. Stein's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 5
Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
Steady 0 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic1
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 Adam B. Stein's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Adam B. Stein'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
20 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Gremlins 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Freaks Part II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
The Happiest Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Freaks(2018)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Kim Possible(2019)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Mech-X4(2016)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Trunk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Forever Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Blue State(2007)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Fifty Pills(2006)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Crazylove(2005)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all filmsDesperation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Long Lost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Metal Gear Solid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Earthling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Traveler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Venom Animated Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles, 10 of them dated from 2005 to 2026.
How do Adam B. Stein's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 33rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the atmosphere 53/100 and the pacing 51/100 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 Adam B. Stein'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 Adam B. Stein work with?
People who share at least 2 of Adam B. Stein's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Zach Lipovsky shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Zach LipovskyShared titles: Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025), Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (2022), Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion (2022), Kim Possible (2019), Freaks (2018), Mech-X4 (2016)See all 6 shared titles with Zach Lipovsky
- Nimisha MukerjiShared titles: Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion (2022), Mech-X4 (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Nimisha Mukerji
Composers and editors
- Sabrina PitreShared titles: Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025), Kim Possible (2019), Freaks (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Sabrina Pitre
- Tim WynnShared titles: Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025), Freaks (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Tim Wynn
