Jonathan "J" Blakeson is an English film director and screenwriter. His first feature film was The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009), followed by The 5th Wave (2016) and I Care a Lot (2020).
Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1977 (49)
- Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Writer, director and producer
- 9 on Motif · 12 credits in all
What are J Blakeson's films like?
Across their 8 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 5
Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 6
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 3
Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic3
- 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 J Blakeson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 9 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).
Subscription and free streaming for J Blakeson's titles on Motif; 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
12 credits, 9 with a Motif page.
Sister(2026)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Aliya Basu Gayab Hai (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)
Culprits(2023)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
I Care a Lot(2020)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Kidnapping Stella(2019)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Gunpowder(2017)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
The 5th Wave(2016)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Reckless(2014)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
The Descent: Part 2(2009)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Pitch Perfect (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2005)
Sweat (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles, 11 of them dated from 2005 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The 5th Wave (2016)
Highest rated
The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)
Most popular right now
The 5th Wave (2016)
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 Motif, shown from 5 scored.
How do J Blakeson's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 33rd percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 9 titles are Broadly Agreed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 48/100 and the plot and story 44/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif 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 J Blakeson's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 Motif titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier 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 J Blakeson work with?
People who share at least 2 of J Blakeson's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Marc Canham shares the most, 3.
Writers
- James McCarthyShared titles: Culprits (2023), The Descent: Part 2 (2009)See all 2 shared titles with James McCarthy
Actors
- Gemma ArtertonShared titles: Culprits (2023), The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Gemma Arterton
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Marc CanhamShared titles: Culprits (2023), I Care a Lot (2020), The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Marc Canham
- Philipp BlaubachShared titles: Culprits (2023), Gunpowder (2017), The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Philipp Blaubach
- Mark EckersleyShared titles: I Care a Lot (2020), Gunpowder (2017), The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Mark Eckersley
Producers
- Sacha GuttensteinShared titles: Culprits (2023), I Care a Lot (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Sacha Guttenstein
- Adrian SturgesShared titles: Reckless (2014), The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Adrian Sturges
- Marc SamuelsonShared titles: Reckless (2014), The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Marc Samuelson
