Tess Ranahan
- Producer
- 12 on Motif
Known for
What are Tess Ranahan's films like?
Across their 10 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 4
Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 3
A split, not a type: Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous5
- 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 Tess Ranahan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 12 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Tess Ranahan's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif 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
12 credits, 12 with a Motif page.
Motif score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Motif score: 80th percentile of all shows
Motif score: 17th percentile of all films
The Forever Prisoner(2021)
Motif score: 89th percentile of all films
The Swamp(2020)
Motif score: 67th percentile of all films
The Family(2019)
Motif score: 21st percentile of all shows
Motif score: 98th percentile of all films
Cooked(2016)
Motif score: 89th percentile of all shows
Zero Days(2016)
Motif score: 96th percentile of all films
Motif score: 98th percentile of all films
Motif score: 90th percentile of all shows
Motif score: 74th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 4 titles from 2018 to 2023.
Biggest box office
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)
Highest rated
Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015)
Most popular right now
The Family (2019)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do Tess Ranahan's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 89th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 86th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 12 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif 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 Tess Ranahan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tess Ranahan's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alex Gibney shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Alex GibneyShared titles: The Forever Prisoner (2021), The Family (2019), Cooked (2016), Zero Days (2016), Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015), Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015), Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)See all 7 shared titles with Alex Gibney
- Alison EllwoodShared titles: The Wonderland Massacre & the Secret History of Hollywood (2024), San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Alison Ellwood
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Samuel PainterShared titles: The Wonderland Massacre & the Secret History of Hollywood (2024), San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time (2023), Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015), Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015), Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)See all 5 shared titles with Samuel Painter
- Will BatesShared titles: The Forever Prisoner (2021), Cooked (2016), Zero Days (2016), Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015), Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)See all 5 shared titles with Will Bates
- Alexis JohnsonShared titles: The Wonderland Massacre & the Secret History of Hollywood (2024), San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time (2023), The Forever Prisoner (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Alexis Johnson
- Antonio RossiShared titles: The Forever Prisoner (2021), Zero Days (2016), Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Antonio Rossi
Producers
- Richard PerelloShared titles: San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time (2023), The Forever Prisoner (2021), The Family (2019), Cooked (2016), Zero Days (2016), Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)See all 6 shared titles with Richard Perello
- Stacey OffmanShared titles: San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time (2023), The Forever Prisoner (2021), The Family (2019), Cooked (2016), Zero Days (2016), Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)See all 6 shared titles with Stacey Offman
- Erin EdeikenShared titles: San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time (2023), The Forever Prisoner (2021), The Swamp (2020), Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015)See all 4 shared titles with Erin Edeiken
- Blair FosterShared titles: The Forever Prisoner (2021), Zero Days (2016), Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Blair Foster
