James Cude is an editor and producer, known for The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare (2026), Abducted in Plain Sight (2017) and The Menendez Brothers (2024).
Biography from IMDb.
- Editor and producer, also writer
- 17 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
Known for
What are James Cude's films like?
Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 8 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 3
Steady 4 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous8
- Cyclical1
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 James Cude's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for James Cude'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
23 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
The Snake and the Whale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Menendez Brothers(2024)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Finding Amelia(2024)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
I Just Killed My Dad(2022)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Unprecedented(2022)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
True Life: Crime(2020)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
The Untold Story(2019)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Light in the Water(2018)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Abducted in Plain Sight(2017)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Cosplay Melee(2017)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Wild Prairie Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Booze Traveler(2014)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Haunted Highway(2012)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
I Do(2012)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
The Mikado Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Screening Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Reunion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Zoltar From Zoron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles from 1998 to 2026.
Highest rated
The Menendez Brothers (2024)
Most popular right now
The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare (2026)
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 James Cude's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 17 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic3
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
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.
Who does James Cude work with?
People who share at least 2 of James Cude's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Skye Borgman shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Skye BorgmanShared titles: The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare (2026), I Just Killed My Dad (2022), Murdered and Missing in Montana (2021), Abducted in Plain Sight (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Skye Borgman
- B.J. GolnickShared titles: True Life: Crime (2020), Booze Traveler (2014)See all 2 shared titles with B.J. Golnick
- Clint LealosShared titles: The Untold Story (2019), Booze Traveler (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Clint Lealos
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Jimmy StoferShared titles: The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare (2026), The Menendez Brothers (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Jimmy Stofer
- Katarina FordShared titles: Finding Amelia (2024), Haunted Highway (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Katarina Ford
- Hans Ole EickerShared titles: I Just Killed My Dad (2022), Murdered and Missing in Montana (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Hans Ole Eicker
- Michael NelsonShared titles: I Just Killed My Dad (2022), Murdered and Missing in Montana (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Nelson
Producers
- Gina ScarlataShared titles: The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare (2026), The Menendez Brothers (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Gina Scarlata
- Jamie BlankShared titles: Murdered and Missing in Montana (2021), Abducted in Plain Sight (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Jamie Blank
- Erin WiltShared titles: True Life: Crime (2020), The Untold Story (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Erin Wilt
- Jason WolfShared titles: True Life: Crime (2020), The Untold Story (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Jason Wolf