Actor, director, producer, and writer Adam Saunders' newest film, "Re-Election," which he directed, produced, wrote, and starred in opposite television legend Tony Danza, was recently acquired by Picturehouse and will be released theatrically in 2025. Previously, he directed, produced, wrote, and starred in "Dotty & Soul" opposite Emmy and Tony award winning actress Leslie Uggams. Both films were produced by Footprint Features, which Saunders co-founded. With Footprint, he has served as the lead producer of "Darby and the Dead" for 20th Century Studios, "When We First Met" for Netflix; "Shimmer Lake" for Netflix; "About Alex" for Sony, and "Family Weekend" for Paramount. As a filmmaker, Saunders is focused on telling character driven stories for mainstream audiences that provoke conversations around social issues. He holds a BA in Drama from Duke University and an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama.
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Biography from IMDb.
- November 6, 1986 (39)
- Sydney, Australia
- Actor, producer, director and writer
- 12 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are Adam Saunders' films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 6
Light 6 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 7 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 4
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 6 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 1
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet3
- 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 Adam Saunders' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Adam Saunders' 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
15 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Re-Election(2025)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Dotty & Soul(2022)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Darby and the Dead(2022)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
When We First Met(2018)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Shimmer Lake(2017)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Occupy, Texas(2016)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
About Alex(2014)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Family Weekend(2013)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Roommate(2011)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all filmsStereoLife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Once Upon a Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Staten Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 75th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 14 titles from 1990 to 2025; peak year 2013.
Biggest box office
Re-Election (2025)
Highest rated
The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (2020)
Most popular right now
Darby and the Dead (2022)
Film career
Peak 2013 · at the high point of their film career. 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.
- 2011Screen debut· The Roommate
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 Adam Saunders' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 12 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 63/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 43. 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 Adam Saunders' 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 Adam Saunders work with?
People who share at least 2 of Adam Saunders' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mac Hendrickson shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Tony DanzaShared titles: Re-Election (2025), Darby and the Dead (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Tony Danza
Cinematographers
- Jay VisitShared titles: Dotty & Soul (2022), The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Jay Visit
Producers
- Mac HendricksonShared titles: Re-Election (2025), Darby and the Dead (2022), Dotty & Soul (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Mac Hendrickson
- Eddie RubinShared titles: Darby and the Dead (2022), Dotty & Soul (2022), When We First Met (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Eddie Rubin
- Youmi N. MaShared titles: Shimmer Lake (2017), About Alex (2014), Family Weekend (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Youmi N. Ma
- Danny ZamostShared titles: When We First Met (2018), Shimmer Lake (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Danny Zamost