Ilya Viktorovich Naishuller (born November 19, 1983) is a Russian film director and musician. He is known for directing the action films Hardcore Henry (2015) and Nobody (2021). He is also the founder of the film production company Versus Pictures and the indie rock band Biting Elbows. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ilya Naishuller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 19, 1983 (42)
- Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
- Director, producer and writer
- 4 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Ilya Naishuller's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 4
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 3
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Ilya Naishuller's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Ilya Naishuller'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
19 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Heads of State(2025)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Centaur(2023)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Danila Poperechny: FUN/LIFE (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
A Young Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
The Execution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Karamora (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Nobody(2021)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Seven Wishes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Без души (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
I'm Losing It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Good Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Medic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Hardcore Henry(2015)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Deet N Bax Save Th' World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
All at Once (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Startup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Biting Elbows' Bad Motherfucker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Барвиха (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Road House 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 19 titles, 18 of them dated from 2009 to 2025.
Film career
- 2014Screen debut· All at Once
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Ilya Naishuller's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 4 titles divides audiences: 3 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 62/100 and the pacing 68/100 in their films, across 4 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 Ilya Naishuller's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Ilya Naishuller work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ilya Naishuller's MovieCove titles; Darya Charusha shares the most, 2.
- Darya CharushaShared titles: Centaur (2023), Hardcore Henry (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Darya Charusha
- Ekaterina KononenkoShared titles: Centaur (2023), Hardcore Henry (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Ekaterina Kononenko
