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Baran bo Odar

Baran bo Odar

Director, producer and writer · Born April 18, 1978 (48) · Olten, Switzerland

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.

Born
April 18, 1978 (48)
From
Olten, Switzerland
Works as
Director, producer and writer
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 5% in 30 days

What are Baran bo Odar's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
29%
Morality
23%
Survival
19%
Ideas
15%
Society
8%
Bonds
7%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Dread
3
Thrilling
2
Melancholic
2
Contemplative
1
Other
1

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • 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)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
  • Making 1899(2022)

    Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Dark(2017)

    Show 26 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
  • Sleepless(2017)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • Who Am I(2014)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • The Silence(2010)

    Director · Co-Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Under the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director · Writer

  • Quietsch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Writer

  • The Forest for the Trees(2003)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Struwwelpeter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles, 8 of them dated from 2004 to 2022.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing7 of 9: 1 only directing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score77thWriting4 of 9: 0 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing4 of 9: 1 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew3 of 9: 1 only other crew, 2 with another role

9 titles, 6 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2000s3 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s1 · crew

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.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 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.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 68 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 44 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 63 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 67 · intenseMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 51 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

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

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors