Allison Bean

What are Allison Bean's films like?

Across their 8 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Survival.

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 Allison Bean's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 11 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).

• Prime Video3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Colombia: Wild Magic (2015) · producer
  • Wildest Islands (2012) · producer
  • Wildest Latin America (2012) · writer, producer
• Curiosity Stream2 titles
  • Kreislauf des Lebens: Die Gaia-Hypothese (2022) · producer
  • Schimpansen im Kongo mit Jane Goodall (2021) · producer
• Disney+2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Surviving the Mount St. Helens Disaster (2020) · producer
  • Wild Chile (2018) · producer
• Tubi2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Colombia: Wild Magic (2015) · producer · free
  • Kreislauf des Lebens: Die Gaia-Hypothese (2022) · producer · free
• Netflix1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • My Octopus Teacher (2020) · producer
• Paramount+1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Into the Wild: India (2018) · producer
• Peacock1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer (2019) · producer
• Pluto TV1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Wildest Islands (2012) · producer · free
• The Roku Channel1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Wildest Islands (2012) · producer · free

Subscription and free streaming for Allison Bean'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

18 credits, 11 with a Motif page.

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  Japan: The Sense of Season (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)

  Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer
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  Kreislauf des Lebens: Die Gaia-Hypothese(2022)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~68^th
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  Rescued Chimpanzees of the Congo with Jane Goodall (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)

  Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer
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  Europe's New Wild (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)

  Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer
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  Schimpansen im Kongo mit Jane Goodall(2021)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~57^th
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  My Octopus Teacher(2020)

  Co-Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films98^th
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  Surviving the Mount St. Helens Disaster(2020)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films89^th
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  Into the Wild: India(2018)

  Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)~74^th
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  Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer(2019)

  Show Producer

  Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)~73^rd
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  Untamed Romania(2018)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films99^th
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  Wild Chile(2018)

  Show 3 episodes · Producer

  Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows78^th
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  Wild Edens: Russia (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2018)

  Executive Producer
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  Wildest Europe (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2017)

  Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer
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  Colombia: Wild Magic(2015)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films98^th
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  Wildes Lateinamerika (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2013)

  Show 1 episode · Director
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  Wildest Islands(2012)

  Show 1 episode · Producer

  Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows91^st
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  Wildest Latin America(2012)

  Show 5 episodes · Creator · Producer · Writer

  Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows85^th
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  Killer Squid: Red Devils of the Sea (not in the Motif catalog yet)

  Director

Career shape

A full career of 15 titles, 14 of them dated from 2012 to 2022.

Biggest box office

Colombia: Wild Magic (2015)

$4.5M worldwide

Highest rated

Untamed Romania (2018)

Midcredits 99^th

Most popular right now

My Octopus Teacher (2020)

How do Allison Bean's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 94^th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 96^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

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• Universally Loved3
• Crowd Pleaser5
• Mixed3

Most divisive · producer

Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer (2019)

67^th percentile spread · 14% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Untamed Romania (2018)

Midcredits 99^th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 52/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 58, detractors 40. 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.

Who does Allison Bean work with?

People who share at least 2 of Allison Bean's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ellen Windemuth shares the most, 7.