Issa Rae

What are Issa Rae's films like?

Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

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 Issa Rae's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (12).

• HBO Max12 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) · actor
  • INSECURE: THE END (2021) · actor, producer
  • Insecure (2016) · actor, writer, producer
  • Barbie (2023) · actor
  • A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019) · actor, producer
  • Coastal Elites (2020) · actor
  • Young Love (2023) · actor
  • Rap Sh!t (2022) · writer, producer
  • Gray Matter (2023) · producer
  • Sweet Life: Los Angeles (2021) · producer
  • Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television (2025) · actor, producer
  • Project Greenlight: A New Generation (2023) · actor, producer
• Netflix5 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • BoJack Horseman (2014) · actor
  • Black Mirror (2011) · actor
  • Vengeance (2022) · actor
  • The Lovebirds (2020) · actor, producer
  • #BlackAF (2020) · actor
• Prime Video3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • American Fiction (2023) · actor
  • Killing Lazarus (2016) · producer
  • The Photograph (2020) · actor, producer · free
• Apple TV1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Roar (2022) · actor
• Disney+1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) · actor
• Hulu1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • One of Them Days (2025) · producer
• Peacock1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) · actor
• STARZ1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • The Hate U Give (2018) · actor
• Tubi1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Killing Lazarus (2016) · producer · free

Subscription and free streaming for Issa Rae'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

45 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page; 29 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

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  Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse(2027)

  as Jessica Drew (voice)
• Babies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

  Actor
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  The Super Mario Galaxy Movie(2026)

  as Honey Queen (voice)

  Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films60^th
• Picture This (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

  Show 4 episodes · Actor
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  Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television(2025)

  Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer · as Self

  Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows8^th
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  Escape Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

  Actor
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  Just One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

  Executive Producer
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  Contours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

  Executive Producer
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  One of Them Days(2025)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films68^th
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  American Fiction(2023)

  as Sintara Golden

  Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films96^th
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  Young Love(2023)

  Show 12 episodes · as Angela Young (voice)

  Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows46^th
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  Barbie(2023)

  as Barbie

  Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films76^th
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  Gray Matter(2023)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films23^rd
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  Project Greenlight: A New Generation(2023)

  Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer · as Self

  Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows4^th
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  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse(2023)

  as Jessica Drew (voice)

  Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films99^th
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  Vengeance(2022)

  as Eloise

  Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films76^th
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  Rap Sh!t(2022)

  Show 16 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

  Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows32^nd
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  Roar(2022)

  Show 1 episode · as Wanda Shepard

  Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows7^th
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  INSECURE: THE END(2021)

  Executive Producer · as Self

  Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films88^th
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  Sweet Life: Los Angeles(2021)

  Show 20 episodes · Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows10^th
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  Coastal Elites(2020)

  as Callie Josephson

  Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films48^th
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  Dark City Beneath the Beat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

  Executive Producer · Producer
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  The Lovebirds(2020)

  Executive Producer · as Leilani

  Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films45^th
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  #BlackAF(2020)

  Show 1 episode · as Issa Rae

  Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows35^th
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  The Photograph(2020)

  Executive Producer · as Mae Eames

  Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films53^rd
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  Hair Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

  as Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice)
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  A Black Lady Sketch Show(2019)

  Show 24 episodes · Executive Producer · as Butterfly · as Daffodil Dunham · as Jess · as Trina

  Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows64^th
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  Little(2019)

  as April Williams

  Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films39^th
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  The Hate U Give(2018)

  as April Ofrah

  Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films93^rd
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  Moonlight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

  as Rachel
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  Insecure(2016)

  Show 44 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer · as Issa Dee

  Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows87^th
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  A Bitter Lime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

  as Jane Johnson
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  Killing Lazarus(2016)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~68^th
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  Rubberhead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

  as Bride 2 (segment "Absorption")
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  BoJack Horseman(2014)

  Show 2 episodes · as Dr. Indira (voice)

  Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows99^th
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  Black Mirror(2011)

  Show 1 episode · as Brandy Friday

  Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows98^th
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  The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

  Show 24 episodes · Creator · as J
• Good People, Bad Things (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Producer · Actor
• Juju (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Producer
• One of Them Days 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Producer
• Perfect Strangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Producer · Screenplay · Actor
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  Sinkhole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Producer
• Untitled Friendship Breakup Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Producer · Actor
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  Untitled Lupita Nyong'o/Rihanna Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Writer
• Untitled Set It Off Remake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Producer · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 98^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 45 titles, 36 of them dated from 2011 to 2026; peak year 2019.

Biggest box office

Barbie (2023)

$1.4B worldwide

Highest rated

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Midcredits 99^th

Awards

1 major award from 20 major nominations, 2017–2026.

1. 2026
   • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best First Feature
   • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
2. 2024
   • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated ×2 · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
3. 2023
   • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Scripted Variety Series
4. 2022
   • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
   • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
   • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
   • +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination

     • Producers Guild Award, won
     • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Comedy Series
5. 2021
   • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
   • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
   • +1 other major body · 1 nomination

     • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Comedy Series
6. 2020
   • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
   • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
   • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
7. 2019
   • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Comedy Series
8. 2018
   • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
   • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

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 Issa Rae's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68^th percentile, the median of the 14 of 15 with a score; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71^st percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 25 titles are Mixed.

4369

• Universally Loved4
• Divisive3
• Cult Classic2
• Crowd Pleaser6
• Broadly Agreed1
• Mixed9

Most divisive · producer

Killing Lazarus (2016)

99^th percentile spread · 42% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Midcredits 99^th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 79/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 85, detractors 56. 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 Issa Rae's work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films and frightening / intense lighter.

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Issa Rae work with?

People who share at least 2 of Issa Rae's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Montrel McKay shares the most, 4.