Rubens attended Yale University, where he was a member of the improv-comedy group the Purple Crayon. He received a Writers Guild Award for his work on Blake Shelton's Not-So-Family Christmas and three Emmy Award nominations for his work on Key & Peele. He co-wrote the feature film Keanu with Jordan Peele.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Writer and producer
- 12 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Alex Rubens' films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 0 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Cyclical1
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 Alex Rubens' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Alex Rubens' 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
16 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.
Krapopolis(2023)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Community Table Read (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Twilight Zone(2019)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Big Mouth(2017)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Grass(2017)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Angry Birds Movie(2016)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Keanu(2016)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all filmsSix Seasons and a Finale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Rick and Morty(2013)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Key and Peele(2012)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Community(2009)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Community: Webisodes(2009)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all showsNew York Will Eat You Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles, 11 of them dated from 2009 to 2023.
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 Alex Rubens' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 12 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the plot and story 25/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 45, detractors 13. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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.