Louie Psihoyos

What are Louie Psihoyos' films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Morality.

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 Louie Psihoyos' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

• Fandor2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The Cove (2009) · actor, director
  • Racing Extinction (2015) · actor, director
• Netflix2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The Plastic Detox (2026) · director, producer
  • You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment (2024) · director
• The Roku Channel2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The Cove (2009) · actor, director · free
  • Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times (2021) · director, producer · free
• Tubi2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The Cove (2009) · actor, director · free
  • Racing Extinction (2015) · actor, director · free

Subscription and free streaming for Louie Psihoyos' 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

6 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

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  The Plastic Detox(2026)

  Director · Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films70^th
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  You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment(2024)

  Show 4 episodes · Director

  Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows14^th
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  Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times(2021)

  Director · Producer

  Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films94^th
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  The Game Changers(2018)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films93^rd
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  Racing Extinction(2015)

  Director · as Self

  Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films97^th
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  The Cove(2009)

  Director · as Self

  Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films99^th

Career shape

A full career of 6 titles from 2009 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Chasing Ice (2012)

$1.4M worldwide

Highest rated

The Cove (2009)

Midcredits 99^th

Awards

an Oscar and 2 other major awards from 5 major nominations, 2009–2015.

1. 2015
   • Sundance award, nominated · Documentary
2. 2010
   • Oscar, won · Best Documentary, Features
   • +1 other major body · 1 win

     • Directors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
3. 2009
   • Sundance award, won · Documentary
   • Sundance award, nominated · Documentary

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 Louie Psihoyos' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 94^th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 92^nd percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 6 titles are Universally Loved.

321

• Universally Loved3
• Crowd Pleaser2
• Mixed1

Most divisive · director

You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment (2024)

77^th percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, director

The Cove (2009)

Midcredits 99^th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 75/100 and the pacing 56/100 in their films, across 6 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 Louie Psihoyos work with?

People who share at least 2 of Louie Psihoyos' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mark Monroe shares the most, 6.