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Ben Petrie

Ben Petrie

Actor, producer, writer, director and editor

Sundance award nominee

Ben Petrie is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He is a producer, co-writer and actor in Dead Lover, which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and had its Canadian Premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival. He stars in Honey Bunch, which premiered at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlinale Special. His feature directorial debut, The Heirloom, premiered in 2024 at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam. It was named as one of The 10 Best Canadian Films of 2024 by The Globe and Mail. He is married to his frequent collaborator Grace Glowicki.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Actor, producer, writer, director and editor
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 6% in 30 days

What are Ben Petrie's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
34%
Self
26%
Survival
21%
Morality
9%
Society
5%
Ideas
5%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 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 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 1

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 3

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

Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 2

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

A split, not a type: Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 2

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

A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

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

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles
Hero
1 of 3
Herald
1 of 3
Shapeshifter
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
2
Manic
2
Tense
2
Dread
1
Hopeful
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Feel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Ben Petrie's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on AMC+ (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ben Petrie'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

20 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.

  • Shoot the Messenger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Tony

  • The Belt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • The Two Year Rule (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Peter

  • Dead Lover(2025)

    Producer · Writer · as The Lover

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie(2025)

    as Ben

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Honey Bunch(2025)

    as Homer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Occupant of the Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as The Porter

  • The Haunted Season(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Porter

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Hospital Guy

  • The Heirloom(2024)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Story · Writer · as Eric

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The All Golden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Young Gunther

  • BlackBerry(2023)

    as Allan

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Anne at 13,000 Ft.(2019)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • August 22, This Year (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • Tito (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Producer · as John

  • Möbius (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Assistant Director

  • A Teachable Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Assistant Director

  • Her Friend Adam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Editor · Writer · as Robert

  • Paradise Falls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Producer

  • Tuesday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Producer

Career shape

Star power in the 77th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 20 titles from 2012 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025)

$5.3M worldwide

Highest rated

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025)

Midcredits 96th

Film career

Top draw in 1 MovieCove title.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting15 of 20: 11 only acting, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score52ndDirecting2 of 20: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting3 of 20: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing5 of 20: 2 only producing, 3 with another roleEditing2 of 20: 0 only editing, 2 with another roleOther crew3 of 20: 3 only other crew, 0 with another role

20 titles, 4 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2010s6 · 2 acting · 6 crew2020s14 · 13 acting · 3 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.

Awards

Nominated for a Sundance award in 2016.

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 Ben Petrie's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 7 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · actor, writer, producer

Dead Lover (2025)

81st percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025)

Midcredits 96th · 82% 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.

Who does Ben Petrie work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ben Petrie's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Grace Glowicki shares the most, 3.

Actors

Editors

Producers