Desiree Akhavan

What are Desiree Akhavan's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

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 Desiree Akhavan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

• Hulu5 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Ramy (2019) · director
  • Tiny Beautiful Things (2023) · director
  • How to Die Alone (2024) · producer
  • The Bisexual (2018) · actor, director, writer
  • Monsterland (2020) · director
• Prime Video5 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Flowers (2016) · actor
  • Overcompensating (2025) · actor, director, producer
  • The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) · director, writer, producer
  • Appropriate Behavior (2014) · actor, director, writer
  • Creep 2 (2017) · actor, cinematographer
• HBO Max2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Hacks (2021) · director
  • Girls (2012) · actor
• Tubi2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) · director, writer, producer · free
  • Appropriate Behavior (2014) · actor, director, writer · free
• BritBox1 title
  • Flowers (2016) · actor
• Netflix1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Creep 2 (2017) · actor, cinematographer
• Pluto TV1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) · director, writer, producer · free

Subscription and free streaming for Desiree Akhavan'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

17 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

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  Overcompensating(2025)

  Show 4 episodes · Director · Producer · as Ronnie

  Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows76^th
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  How to Die Alone(2024)

  Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows43^rd
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  Tiny Beautiful Things(2023)

  Show 4 episodes · Director

  Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows56^th
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  I Love That for You(2022)

  Show 2 episodes · Director

  Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows57^th
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  Hacks(2021)

  Show 2 episodes · Director

  Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows95^th
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  Monsterland(2020)

  Show 1 episode · Director

  Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows11^th
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  Ramy(2019)

  Show 1 episode · Director

  Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows86^th
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  The Bisexual(2018)

  Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer · as Leila

  Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows27^th
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  The Miseducation of Cameron Post(2018)

  Director · Executive Producer · Screenplay

  Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films71^st
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  Tooth and Nail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

  Executive Producer
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  Creep 2(2017)

  Cinematographer · as Sara

  Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films63^rd
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  The Circuit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

  as Angie
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  Flowers(2016)

  Show 5 episodes · as Carol

  Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows87^th
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  Appropriate Behavior(2014)

  Director · Screenplay · as Shirin

  Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films65^th
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  Girls(2012)

  Show 3 episodes · as Chandra

  Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows57^th
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  Nose Job (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

  Director · Producer · Writer
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  The Slope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

  Show 16 episodes · Director · Creator · Editor · Producer · Story · Writer · as Desiree

Career shape

Star power in the 87^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 17 titles from 2010 to 2025.

Biggest box office

The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)

$1.5M worldwide

Highest rated

Overcompensating (2025)

Midcredits 76^th

Awards

1 major award from 3 major nominations, 2014–2018.

1. 2018
   • Sundance award, won · Dramatic
2. 2015
   • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best First Screenplay
3. 2014
   • Sundance award, nominated · Best of Next!

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 Desiree Akhavan's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65^th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

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• Universally Loved2
• Crowd Pleaser8
• Mixed3

Most divisive · actor, director, writer

The Bisexual (2018)

69^th percentile spread · 20% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Hacks (2021)

Midcredits 95^th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 52/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 58, detractors 37. 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 Desiree Akhavan's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

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 Desiree Akhavan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Desiree Akhavan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Cecilia Frugiuele shares the most, 3.