As a film producer and studio executive for over 25 years, Barnett has successfully participated in every aspect of the feature film business: development, production, financing, distribution, marketing, and business affairs. Throughout his distinguished career, Barnett has created and maintained a highly productive network of relationships at every studio, talent agency, production company and talent level within the entertainment industry. As result, Barnett has built an impressive track record of financially and creatively successful films that have generated global box office revenues in excess of $1,000,000,000. Barnett has produced, developed or supervised over 25 feature films covering all genre and budget ranges. Some of the titles Barnett has worked on are; the Warner Brothers' box office smash 300, Paramount's family film The Spiderwick Chronicles, the Frank Darabont/Stephen King horror film, The Mist, to name just a few. Barnett supervised the critically acclaimed political thriller Mark Felt: The Man Who Took Down The White House starring Liam Neeson, and is in post-production on the fantasy, Come Away starring Angelina Jolie and David Oyelowo. Barnett's interest in faith-friendly films began when he secured the film rights and developed the adaptation of the Nicolas Spark's novel A Walk To Remember for Warner Brothers. Since then Barnett has produced the acclaimed film Priceless, which was nominated for a Grammy Award and KLOVE Award and, under the Monarch banner, worked on the first faith-friendly musical, A Week Away, which was bought by Netflix. Barnett is Partner/CEO of Monarch Media, where he manages the film development, production and financing of a robust slate of feature film and television projects.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer, also director and writer
- 16 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
What are Steve Barnett's films like?
Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 14
Light 5 · Serious 7 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 1
Gentle 3 · Charged 7 · Intense 5
A split, not a type: Steady 8 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 3
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 3
Casual 10 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 3
Resolved 13 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy8
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous1
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 Steve Barnett's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Steve Barnett'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
23 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page.
Tangles(2026)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all filmsBabies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Testament (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Valiant One(2025)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Hit Man(2023)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Journey to Bethlehem(2023)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
A Week Away(2021)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Come Away(2020)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Just Getting Started(2017)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Priceless(2016)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Legendary(2010)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Marine 2(2009)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Diary of the Dead(2007)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Full of It(2007)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
300(2006)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Land of the Dead(2005)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
A Gentleman's Game(2002)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
A Walk to Remember (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Bune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Homecoming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untiled Nick Jonas/Ari Sandel Romcom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 20 titles, 14 of them dated from 2002 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 Steve Barnett's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 16; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 16 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed9
Reviewers score the atmosphere 55/100 and the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 14 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.
Is Steve Barnett's work okay for kids?
Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, frightening / intense runs heavier than most films and profanity and alcohol & drugs 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 Steve Barnett work with?
People who share at least 2 of Steve Barnett's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alan Powell shares the most, 5.
Actors
- Seth RogenShared titles: Tangles (2026), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Seth Rogen
- Joel David SmallboneShared titles: Journey to Bethlehem (2023), Priceless (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Joel David Smallbone
- David KoechnerShared titles: A Week Away (2021), Priceless (2016)See all 2 shared titles with David Koechner
- Joshua CloseShared titles: Diary of the Dead (2007), Full of It (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Joshua Close
Composers and cinematographers
- Benjamin BackusShared titles: Valiant One (2025), A Week Away (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Benjamin Backus
- Dan StillingShared titles: Valiant One (2025), Priceless (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Dan Stilling
Producers
- Alan PowellShared titles: Tangles (2026), Valiant One (2025), Hit Man (2023), Journey to Bethlehem (2023), A Week Away (2021)See all 5 shared titles with Alan Powell
- Vicky PatelShared titles: Tangles (2026), Valiant One (2025), Hit Man (2023), Journey to Bethlehem (2023), A Week Away (2021)See all 5 shared titles with Vicky Patel
- Mark CantonShared titles: The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), Full of It (2007), 300 (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Mark Canton
- Silenn ThomasShared titles: The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), Full of It (2007), 300 (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Silenn Thomas
