Lisa Kalikow

What are Lisa Kalikow's films like?

Across their 13 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Morality.

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 Lisa Kalikow's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 13 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (5).

• HBO Max5 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Tricky Dick (2019) · producer
  • Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024) · producer
  • A Radical Life (2022) · producer
  • Nature of the Crime (2024) · producer
  • Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television (2025) · producer
• discovery+2 titles
  • Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024) · producer
  • A Radical Life (2022) · producer
• Prime Video2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017) · producer
  • Glitter and Greed: The Lisa Frank Story (2024) · producer
• Hulu1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Inside the American Mob (2013) · producer
• Paramount+1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Murder in Big Horn (2023) · producer
• The Roku Channel1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017) · producer · free
• Tubi1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017) · producer · free

Subscription and free streaming for Lisa Kalikow'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

13 credits, 13 with a Motif page.

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  Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television(2025)

  Show Producer

  Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows8^th
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  Glitter and Greed: The Lisa Frank Story(2024)

  Show Producer

  Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows46^th
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  Nature of the Crime(2024)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films61^st
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  Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV(2024)

  Show Producer

  Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows77^th
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  Murder in Big Horn(2023)

  Show Producer

  Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows24^th
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  A Radical Life(2022)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films61^st
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  PBS American Portrait(2021)

  Show Producer

  Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)~15^th
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  Empires of New York(2020)

  Show Producer

  Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows28^th
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  Tricky Dick(2019)

  Show Producer

  Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows78^th
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  Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!(2017)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films80^th
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  Inside the American Mob(2013)

  Show Producer

  Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows95^th
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  Morgan Spurlock Inside Man(2013)

  Show Producer · Writer

  Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows85^th
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  This Emotional Life(2010)

  Show Producer

  Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows86^th

Career shape

Across their 13 Motif titles from 2010 to 2025.

Highest rated

Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017)

Midcredits 80^th

Most popular right now

Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television (2025)

Awards

2 major nominations and no wins, 2024.

1. 2024
   • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
   • +1 other major body · 1 nomination

     • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Lisa Kalikow's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 61^st percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

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• Universally Loved1
• Divisive1
• Crowd Pleaser5
• Broadly Agreed1
• Mixed5

Most divisive · producer

PBS American Portrait (2021)

96^th percentile spread · 47% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Inside the American Mob (2013)

Midcredits 95^th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the plot and story 53/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 65, detractors 28. 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 Lisa Kalikow work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lisa Kalikow's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Mehlman shares the most, 5.