Elliott Lester

What are Elliott Lester's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

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 Elliott Lester's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

• Prime Video6 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The Bygone (2019) · producer
  • Blitz (2011) · director
  • The Thicket (2024) · director, producer
  • Love Is the Drug (2006) · director
  • Sleepwalker (2017) · director
  • Basmati Blues (2017) · producer
• Tubi6 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The Bygone (2019) · producer · free
  • Blitz (2011) · director · free
  • The Thicket (2024) · director, producer · free
  • Love Is the Drug (2006) · director · free
  • Sleepwalker (2017) · director · free
  • Basmati Blues (2017) · producer · free
• The Roku Channel3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The Bygone (2019) · producer · free
  • Blitz (2011) · director · free
  • Basmati Blues (2017) · producer · free
• HBO Max2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Nightingale (2014) · director, producer
  • Aftermath (2017) · director
• Pluto TV2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Blitz (2011) · director · free
  • Love Is the Drug (2006) · director · free
• Netflix1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • The Thicket (2024) · director, producer

Subscription and free streaming for Elliott Lester'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, 10 with a MovieCove page.

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  The Thicket(2024)

  Director · Producer

  Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films40^th
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  The Bygone(2019)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films61^st
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  Sleepwalker(2017)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films19^th
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  Will(2017)

  Show 2 episodes · Director

  Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows41^st
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  Aftermath(2017)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films26^th
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  Basmati Blues(2017)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films5^th
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  Containment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

  Show 1 episode · Director
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  Captive(2015)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films18^th
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  Chop Shop - Die Autodiebe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

  Director
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  Nightingale(2014)

  Director · Producer

  Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films60^th
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  Blitz(2011)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films45^th
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  Love Is the Drug(2006)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films38^th
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  Jessica Simpson: With You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Director

Career shape

A full career of 12 titles, 11 of them dated from 2006 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Blitz (2011)

$12M worldwide

Highest rated

The Bygone (2019)

Midcredits 61^st

Most popular right now

The Thicket (2024)

Awards

Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2015, Outstanding Television Movie.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Elliott Lester's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38^th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 35^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 10 titles are Broadly Agreed.

243

• Cult Classic1
• Crowd Pleaser2
• Broadly Agreed4
• Mixed3

Most divisive · producer

Basmati Blues (2017)

85^th percentile spread · 59% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Bygone (2019)

Midcredits 61^st · 70% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 61/100 and the pacing 41/100 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 Elliott Lester's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 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 Elliott Lester work with?

People who share at least 2 of Elliott Lester's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mark D. Todd shares the most, 3.