Joachim Rønning (born 30 May 1972) is a Norwegian film director, producer, and writer best known for the Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated Kon-Tiki and the Disney action-adventure films Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales starring Johnny Depp and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil starring Angelina Jolie. Rønning's films have grossed over 1.3 billion dollars at the box office. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joachim Rønning, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 30, 1972 (54)
- Sandefjord, Norway
- Director and producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
Known for
What are Joachim Rønning's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
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 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 9
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 3 · Dark 1
Grounded 2 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 3
Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 3
Steady 3 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 1
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet5
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 Joachim Rønning's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Joachim Rønning'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
15 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Tron: Ares(2025)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Young Woman and the Sea(2024)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Marco Polo(2014)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Beatles(2014)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Kon-Tiki(2012)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Max Manus: Man of War(2008)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all filmsThe Cubist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Bandidas(2006)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Dag 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Halftime Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Here Be Monsters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Micro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles, 12 of them dated from 1997 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
Highest rated
Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes (2015)
Most popular right now
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
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 Joachim Rønning's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 10 titles divides audiences: 6 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 69/100 and the pacing 54/100 in their films, across 9 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 Joachim Rønning's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most 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 Joachim Rønning work with?
People who share at least 2 of Joachim Rønning's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Espen Sandberg shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Espen SandbergShared titles: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017), Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes (2015), Beatles (2014), Kon-Tiki (2012), Max Manus: Man of War (2008), Bandidas (2006)See all 6 shared titles with Espen Sandberg
Writers
- Jeff NathansonShared titles: Young Woman and the Sea (2024), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Jeff Nathanson
Actors
- Stephen GrahamShared titles: Young Woman and the Sea (2024), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Stephen Graham
- Agnes KittelsenShared titles: Kon-Tiki (2012), Max Manus: Man of War (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Agnes Kittelsen
- Jakob OftebroShared titles: Kon-Tiki (2012), Max Manus: Man of War (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Jakob Oftebro
- Pål Sverre HagenShared titles: Kon-Tiki (2012), Max Manus: Man of War (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Pål Sverre Hagen
Composers and cinematographers
- Geoff ZanelliShared titles: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Geoff Zanelli
- Geir Hartly AndreassenShared titles: Kon-Tiki (2012), Max Manus: Man of War (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Geir Hartly Andreassen
Producers
- Jerry BruckheimerShared titles: Young Woman and the Sea (2024), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Jerry Bruckheimer
