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Benjamin Brewer

Benjamin Brewer

Director and writer · Carlisle, Massachusetts, USA

Grammy Award winner

From
Carlisle, Massachusetts, USA
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 40% in 30 days

What are Benjamin Brewer's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Power
29%
Bonds
18%
Self
18%
Morality
14%
Survival
12%
Ideas
9%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 3

Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2

Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Absurd
1
Dread
1
Cold
1

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 Benjamin Brewer's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Benjamin Brewer'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

9 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Luke

  • Arcadian(2024)

    Director · Visual Effects

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • Reptile(2023)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • A Folded Ocean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director · Editor · Visual Effects · Writer

  • Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • The Beta Test(2021)

    VFX Artist

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • The Trust(2016)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
  • Beneath Contempt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Writer

  • Untitled Stagtown Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles, 8 of them dated from 2011 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 9: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting5 of 9: 0 only directing, 5 with another roleWriting5 of 9: 1 only writing, 4 with another roleEditing1 of 9: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew4 of 9: 2 only other crew, 2 with another role

9 titles, 5 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

2010s2 · crew2020s6 · 1 acting · 5 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Awards

Won a Grammy Award in 2011, Best Comedy Album.

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 Benjamin Brewer's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 32nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

18thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th2
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 3 are Broadly Agreed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Broadly Agreed3

Reviewers score the atmosphere 67/100 and the pacing 52/100 in their films, across 3 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 Benjamin Brewer's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 28 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 56 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 38 · moderateMedian of all films: 33

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Benjamin Brewer work with?

People who share at least 2 of Benjamin Brewer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nicolas Cage shares the most, 2.

Actors

Producers