James Buddy Day is a Canadian director, writer and producer based in Calgary, Alberta. He is one of the five children of producers Larry Day and Kirstie McLellan Day.
Biography from TMDB.
- Producer, director and writer
- 19 on MovieCove · 26 credits in all
What are James Buddy Day's films like?
Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 6
Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 4
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous11
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 James Buddy Day's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for James Buddy Day'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
26 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
40 Years of Fuckin' Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
The Secrets We Bury(2025)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
Floribama Murders(2023)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Dangerous Breed: Crime. Cons. Cats. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
The Anarchists(2022)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Fall River(2021)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Lovers' Lane Murders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Florida Man Murders(2021)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Manson: The Women(2019)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Slender Man Stabbing: The Untold Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Charles Manson: The Final Words (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Shocking Truth(2017)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Seasons of the Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Back in the Saddle: Face Off with the Flood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Career shape
A full career of 24 titles from 2013 to 2026.
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 James Buddy Day's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th10
Shape of the crowd
12 of their 19 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed12
Reviewers score the atmosphere 41/100 and the pacing 26/100 in their films, across 4 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.
Who does James Buddy Day work with?
People who share at least 2 of James Buddy Day's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nathanial Harper shares the most, 9.
Writers
- Brad BernsteinShared titles: Myth of the Zodiac Killer (2023), The Disappearance of Susan Cox Powell (2019), The Disappearance of the Millbrook Twins (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Brad Bernstein
Cinematographers and editors
- Nathanial HarperShared titles: Sin City Gigolo: A Murder in Las Vegas (2025), The Secrets We Bury (2025), Thirst Trap: The Fame. The Fantasy. The Fallout. (2025), Floribama Murders (2023), Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein (2023), Fall River (2021), Charles Manson: The Funeral (2019), Manson: The Women (2019), Casey Anthony: Her Friends Speak (2018)See all 9 shared titles with Nathanial Harper
- Dave AldersonShared titles: Sin City Gigolo: A Murder in Las Vegas (2025), Thirst Trap: The Fame. The Fantasy. The Fallout. (2025), Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein (2023), Casey Anthony: Her Friends Speak (2018)See all 4 shared titles with Dave Alderson
- Motoshi WakabayashiShared titles: Sin City Gigolo: A Murder in Las Vegas (2025), Floribama Murders (2023), Fall River (2021), Florida Man Murders (2021)See all 4 shared titles with Motoshi Wakabayashi
- Wendy Lee WallaceShared titles: Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein (2023), Blumhouse's Compendium of Horror (2022), Fall River (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Wendy Lee Wallace
Producers
- Jason BlumShared titles: Floribama Murders (2023), True Crime Story: Look Into My Eyes (2023), Blumhouse's Compendium of Horror (2022), The Anarchists (2022), Fall River (2021), Florida Man Murders (2021), What Happened, Brittany Murphy? (2021)See all 7 shared titles with Jason Blum
- Mary LisioShared titles: Floribama Murders (2023), True Crime Story: Look Into My Eyes (2023), Blumhouse's Compendium of Horror (2022), The Anarchists (2022), Fall River (2021), Florida Man Murders (2021), What Happened, Brittany Murphy? (2021)See all 7 shared titles with Mary Lisio
- Jeremy GoldShared titles: Floribama Murders (2023), True Crime Story: Look Into My Eyes (2023), Blumhouse's Compendium of Horror (2022), The Anarchists (2022), Fall River (2021), What Happened, Brittany Murphy? (2021)See all 6 shared titles with Jeremy Gold
- Paige K BoudreauShared titles: Sin City Gigolo: A Murder in Las Vegas (2025), The Secrets We Bury (2025), Thirst Trap: The Fame. The Fantasy. The Fallout. (2025), Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein (2023), Fall River (2021)See all 5 shared titles with Paige K Boudreau