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Maika Monroe

Maika Monroe

Actor, also producer · Born May 29, 1993 (33) · Santa Barbara, California, USA

Maika Monroe (born Dillon Monroe Buckley; born May 29, 1993) is an American actress. She made her film debut with the drama At Any Price (2012) and led the thriller film The Guest and the horror film It Follows (both 2014), which established her as a scream queen. She starred in the thrillers Greta (2018) and Watcher (2022), as well as the horror film Longlegs (2024). In addition to her horror and thriller roles, Monroe appears in the action film Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), the neo-noir Hot Summer Nights (2017), the black comedy Villains (2019), and the action film God Is a Bullet (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Maika Monroe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
May 29, 1993 (33)
From
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
32 on MovieCove · 43 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 9% in 30 days

What are Maika Monroe's films like?

Across their 29 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Genres

Drama13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 17th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies

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

share of theme weight
Survival
32%
Bonds
25%
Morality
22%
Self
9%
Society
8%
Power
2%
Ideas
2%
Family bonds13 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival10 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 29 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 8 · Dark 17

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 16 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 2

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 12 · Intense 17

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 9

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 24 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 4

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 6

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 22

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 14 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

23 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 13 of 23 analyzed roles.

Hero
13 of 23
Ally
8 of 23
Herald
1 of 23
Shadow
1 of 23
Show the 23 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
26
Dread
13
Melancholic
15
Hopeful
9
Bittersweet
5
Other
17

How their films linger

Unsettling13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet15
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous11

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 Maika Monroe's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 29 of their 32 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Maika Monroe'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

43 credits, 32 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Victorian Psycho(2026)

    as Winifred Notty

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Place to Be (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Heidi

  • Reminders of Him(2026)

    as Kenna Rowan

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Evil Has Always Had a Name (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Jay (uncredited)

  • In Cold Light(2025)

    as Ava

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • 100 Nights of Hero(2025)

    as Cherry

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Hand That Rocks the Cradle(2025)

    as Polly Murphy

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Yellow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director

  • Longlegs(2024)

    as Agent Lee Harker

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • God Is a Bullet(2023)

    as Case Hardin

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Significant Other(2022)

    Executive Producer · as Ruth

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Watcher(2022)

    as Julia

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Flashback(2020)

    as Cindy Williams

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Brothers by Blood(2020)

    as Grace

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 13 episodes · as Clare

  • Honey Boy(2019)

    as Sandra

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Villains(2019)

    as Jules

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • How to Be Alone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Lucy

  • Greta(2018)

    as Erica Penn

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • After Everything(2018)

    as Mia

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Hot Summer Nights(2017)

    as McKayla Strawberry

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Tau(2018)

    Executive Producer · as Julia

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Scent of Rain & Lightning(2017)

    as Jody Linder

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Tribes of Palos Verdes(2017)

    as Medina

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • I'm Not Here(2017)

    as Karen

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House(2017)

    as Joan Felt

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Bokeh(2017)

    as Jenai

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Independence Day: Resurgence(2016)

    as Patricia Whitmore

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The 5th Wave(2016)

    as Ringer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Burned (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Lila

  • Echoes of War(2015)

    as Abigail Riley

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • It Follows(2014)

    as Jay Height

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Guest(2014)

    as Anna Peterson

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Labor Day(2013)

    as Mandy

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Bling Ring(2013)

    as Beach Girl

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Synthesizers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Woodson's Girl

  • Flying Monkeys(2012)

    as Joan

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Bad Blood... the Hunger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Maika Lathrop

  • At Any Price(2012)

    as Cadence Farrow

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Darkness Is Close Behind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Amy Southern

  • Eleventh Hour(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Maya Wynne

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • They Follow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Jay Height

  • Vegas: A Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · as Dillon

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 43 titles, 41 of them dated from 2008 to 2026; peak year 2018.

Biggest box office

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

$390M worldwide

Highest rated

Honey Boy (2019)

Midcredits 87th

Most popular right now

The 5th Wave (2016)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
20082026

Peak 2018 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 26 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting42 of 43: 39 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score38thDirecting1 of 43: 1 only directing, 0 with another roleProducing3 of 43: 0 only producing, 3 with another role

43 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2000s1 · acting2010s25 · 25 acting · 1 crew2020s15 · 14 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 40% of 30 roles
121722

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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Maika Monroe's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 31; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

40thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Approval · how many liked their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Midcredits score across 32 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 32 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · actor

Victorian Psycho (2026)

97th percentile spread · 50% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Honey Boy (2019)

Midcredits 87th · 77% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 29 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

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 Maika Monroe's work okay for kids?

Across up to 22 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore19 titles34–86 · median 66 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity22 titles12–54 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity18 titles40–83 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs18 titles12–82 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense18 titles49–83 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Maika Monroe work with?

People who share at least 2 of Maika Monroe's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kevin Turen shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles