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Jonathan Saba

Jonathan Saba

Producer

Jonathan Saba is the Co-President of and Executive Producer at Saban Films. Prior to Saban, he held executive positions at Anchor Bay Films, Image Entertainment, RLJ Entertainment and launched the distribution division of the Criterion Collection. Saba previously co-founded the independent film company, Rilean Pictures. He received a B.A. in Political Science from University of Michigan.

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Biography from IMDb.

Works as
Producer
Titles
70 on MovieCove
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 30% in 30 days

What are Jonathan Saba's films like?

Across their 61 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Action32 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 14th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 15th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 30th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 17th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 19th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Thriller3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 25th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Thriller movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
30%
Survival
28%
Bonds
13%
Self
13%
Power
7%
Society
7%
Ideas
2%
Survival23 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity11 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds11 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption6 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 61 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 12 · Serious 13 · Dark 36

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 40 · Stylized 18 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 8 · Charged 22 · Intense 31

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 24 · Shifting 31 · Whiplash 6

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 40 · Some laughs 14 · Funny 7

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 35 · Relentless 7

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 23 · Engaged 30 · Full focus 8

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 18 · Affecting 26 · Heavy 17

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 41 · Open-ended 14 · Ambiguous 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
51
Dread
24
Melancholic
18
Thrilling
14
Absurd
13
Other
36

How their films linger

Unsettling31 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 16 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet28
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous18

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 Jonathan Saba's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 54 of their 70 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (26).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jonathan Saba'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

70 credits, 70 with a MovieCove page.

  • Lucky Strike(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Classified(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • The 4:30 Movie(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Knox Goes Away(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Cult Killer(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Clean Up Crew(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Due Justice(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Boudica(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • In the Fire(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Mob Land(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Assassin(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Old Way(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Condor's Nest(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Heart of a Champion(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Best Man(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Siege(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • High Heat(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Paradise City(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • On the Line(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Summit Fever(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • House of Darkness(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • One Way(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • My Favorite Girlfriend(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • The Aviary(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Agent Game(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Panama(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Gasoline Alley(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Commando(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Butcher's Crossing(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Maneater(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Monstrous(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • WarHunt(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Ida Red(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Zone 414(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Crime Story(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Cosmic Sin(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Wrong Turn(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Twist(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • American Sicario(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Apache Junction(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Breach(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Wander(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Stand In(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Echo Boomers(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Fatman(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • We Summon the Darkness(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Vanished(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Silencing(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Hooking Up(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Mortal(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Night Clerk(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • I Am Vengeance: Retaliation(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Love, Weddings & Other Disasters(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Legion(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Line of Duty(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Mob Town(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • 3022(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Jay and Silent Bob Reboot(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Haunting of Sharon Tate(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Never Grow Old(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Trading Paint(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • 3 from Hell(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Berlin, I Love You(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Speed Kills(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Day of the Dead: Bloodline(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Hangman(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Blood Money(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Heather McDonald: I Don't Mean to Brag(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Chonda Pierce: Girl Talk(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

Career shape

A full career of 48 titles from 2017 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Wrong Turn (2021)

$4.8M worldwide

Highest rated

Knox Goes Away (2023)

Midcredits 81st

Most popular right now

Lucky Strike (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing48 of 48: 48 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score16th

By decade

2010s9 · crew2020s39 · crew

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 Jonathan Saba's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 16th percentile, the median of all 70; across their 61 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 18th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

18thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 61

Approval · how many liked their films

20thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 61

Reach · how many have seen their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 61

Midcredits score across 70 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th22
  • Below 25th44

Shape of the crowd

43 of their 70 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned9
  • Divisive6
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed43

Most divisive · producer

I Am Vengeance: Retaliation (2020)

98th percentile spread · 41% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Knox Goes Away (2023)

Midcredits 81st · 77% liked

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 Jonathan Saba's work okay for kids?

Across up to 41 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore25 titles41–89 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity41 titles16–46 · median 29 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity30 titles46–83 · median 64 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs26 titles23–60 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense21 titles46–80 · median 60 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Jonathan Saba work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jonathan Saba's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bill Bromiley shares the most, 51.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles