Baran bo Odar is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. His film "Who Am I – No System Is Safe" reached the top of the German cinema charts.
Biography from TMDB.
- April 18, 1978 (48)
- Olten, Switzerland
- Director, producer and writer
- 7 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
Known for
What are Baran bo Odar's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 0 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 2
A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous4
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 Baran bo Odar's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Baran bo Odar'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
10 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

1899(2022)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Making 1899(2022)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Dark(2017)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Sleepless(2017)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Who Am I(2014)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
The Silence(2010)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Under the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Quietsch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

The Forest for the Trees(2003)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all filmsStruwwelpeter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles, 8 of them dated from 2004 to 2022.
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 Baran bo Odar's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 87th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 82nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 7 titles divides audiences: 3 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 71/100 and the pacing 64/100 in their films, across 4 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 Baran bo Odar's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Baran bo Odar work with?
People who share at least 2 of Baran bo Odar's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jantje Friese shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Jantje FrieseShared titles: 1899 (2022), Making 1899 (2022), Who Am I (2014), The Silence (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Jantje Friese

Actors
- Wotan Wilke MöhringShared titles: Who Am I (2014), The Silence (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Wotan Wilke Möhring

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Nikolaus SummererShared titles: 1899 (2022), Who Am I (2014), The Silence (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Nikolaus Summerer
- Ben FrostShared titles: 1899 (2022), Making 1899 (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Ben Frost

- Michael KammShared titles: Who Am I (2014), The Silence (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Kamm
- Robert RzesaczShared titles: Who Am I (2014), The Silence (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Rzesacz


