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Kelly Reichardt

Kelly Reichardt

Director, editor, writer and actor · Born March 3, 1964 (62) · Miami, Florida

Cannes award winner · Venice award winner · Berlinale award nominee · 3 other major award bodies

Kelly Reichardt (born March 3, 1964 in Miami, Florida) is an American film director and screenwriter. She is known for her minimalist-style films closely associated with slow cinema, many of which deal with working class characters in small, rural communities. She made her feature film debut with River of Grass (1994), and subsequently directed a series of films set and filmed in Oregon: the dramas Old Joy (2006) and Wendy and Lucy (2008); the Western Meek's Cutoff (2010); and the thriller Night Moves (2013). In 2016, Reichardt wrote and directed the Montana-set drama Certain Women, and in 2019 directed First Cow, again set in Oregon.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 3, 1964 (62)
From
Miami, Florida
Works as
Director, editor, writer and actor
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 37 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 155 days to Oct 26Down 27% in 30 days

What are Kelly Reichardt's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
34%
Survival
20%
Bonds
16%
Society
16%
Morality
12%
Ideas
3%
Survival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 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 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

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

Grounded 8 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 2

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

Steady 7 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

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 4 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2

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

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
6
Tense
5
Melancholic
5
Warm
4
Bittersweet
3
Other
3

How their films linger

Haunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous4

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 Kelly Reichardt's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kelly Reichardt'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

37 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Mastermind(2025)

    Director · Editor · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Rumours(2024)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Passages(2023)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Showing Up(2022)

    Director · Editor · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Bronx, New York, November 2019 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director · Camera Operator · Editor

  • Cal State Long Beach, CA, January 2020 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director · Camera Operator · Editor

  • The Velvet Underground(2021)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • First Cow(2019)

    Director · Editor · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

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

    Director

  • Earthquake Bird(2019)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

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

    Thanks

  • Jean Pierre Melville: A Primer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • Certain Women(2016)

    Director · Editor · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Carol(2015)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Still Alice(2014)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Night Moves(2013)

    Director · Editor · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Meek's Cutoff(2010)

    Director · Editor

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Mildred Pierce(2011)

    Show 5 episodes · Thanks

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • The Girl Who Wasn't Missing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Thanks

  • Ode (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Cinematographer · Writer

  • Warning!!! Pedophile Released (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Thanks

  • Bullseye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Thanks

  • Wendy and Lucy(2008)

    Director · Editor · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Lost Coast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Thanks

  • The Milky Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Thanks

  • Old Joy(2006)

    Director · Editor · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Travis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • America's Next Top Model(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Then a Year (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Editor

  • Habit(1995)

    as partygirl on phone

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Delta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Thanks

  • River of Grass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

  • Thank You and Good Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Art Direction

  • Poison(1991)

    Property Master · Set Dresser · as Townsperson ("Horror") (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Unbelievable Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Wardrobe Supervisor · as His Wife

  • Longtime Companion(1989)

    Props

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • This Girl, This Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Thanks

Career shape

A full career of 37 titles, 36 of them dated from 1989 to 2025.

Biggest box office

The Mastermind (2025)

$2.1M worldwide

Highest rated

Wendy and Lucy (2008)

Midcredits 85th

Most popular right now

The Mastermind (2025)

Film career

  • 1990Screen debut· The Unbelievable Truth

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting4 of 37: 2 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting15 of 37: 2 only directing, 13 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thWriting9 of 37: 0 only writing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thProducing1 of 37: 1 only producing, 0 with another roleCinematography1 of 37: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleEditing11 of 37: 0 only editing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thOther crew21 of 37: 17 only other crew, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score74th

37 titles, 15 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s6 · 3 acting · 5 crew2000s9 · crew2010s12 · 1 acting · 11 crew2020s8 · 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

4 major awards from 18 major nominations, 1994–2025.

WinNomination
  1. 2025
    • Cannes award, nominated
  2. 2024
    • Independent Spirit Award, won
  3. 2022
    • Cannes award, won
    • Cannes award, nominated
  4. 2021
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Director
  5. 2020
    • Berlinale award, nominated · Best Film
    • Independent Spirit Award, won
  6. 2017
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Director
  7. 2013
    • Venice award, nominated
  8. 2010
    • Venice award, won
    • Venice award, nominated
Show 4 earlier years
  1. 2008
    • Cannes award, nominated
  2. 2007
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated
  3. 1996
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best First Feature
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best First Screenplay
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated
  4. 1994
    • Sundance award, nominated · Dramatic

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 Kelly Reichardt's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 76th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · producer

America's Next Top Model (2003)

80th percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer, editor

Wendy and Lucy (2008)

Midcredits 85th · 72% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 79/100 and the pacing 38/100 in their films, across 9 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 Kelly Reichardt's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 3 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 33 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles12–47 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 50 · moderateMedian of all films: 36

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 Kelly Reichardt work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kelly Reichardt's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Anish Savjani shares the most, 8.

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers