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Tom Karnowski

Producer, also writer

Works as
Producer, also writer
Titles
40 on MovieCove · 50 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 29% in 30 days

What are Tom Karnowski's films like?

Across their 35 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Action24 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 20th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 90th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

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

share of theme weight
Morality
30%
Bonds
28%
Survival
20%
Self
14%
Power
6%
Society
2%
Ideas
1%
Survival13 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 35 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 8 · Stylized 15 · Heightened 12

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

Gentle 4 · Charged 21 · Intense 10

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

Steady 8 · Shifting 24 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 20 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 8

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 18 · Engaged 15 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 25 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
25
Thrilling
15
Absurd
10
Dread
7
Melancholic
7
Other
27

How their films linger

Fun16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy13
  • Bittersweet14
  • Ambiguous7
  • Cyclical1

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 Tom Karnowski's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 32 of their 40 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (17).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Tom Karnowski'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

50 credits, 40 with a MovieCove page.

  • Wake Up Dead Man(2025)

    Executive Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Killer Heat(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Glass Onion(2022)

    Executive Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Knives Out(2019)

    Executive Producer · Production Manager · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Post(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi(2017)

    Executive Producer · Line Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Light Between Oceans(2016)

    Executive Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • A Good Day to Die Hard(2013)

    Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • The Man with the Iron Fists(2012)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Slinger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Line Producer

  • Season of the Witch(2011)

    Executive Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Max Payne(2008)

    Executive Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Brothers Bloom(2008)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • 10,000 BC(2008)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Illusionist(2006)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Everything Is Illuminated(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • EuroTrip(2004)

    Co-Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Shanghai Knights(2003)

    Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Behind Enemy Lines(2001)

    Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Driven(2001)

    Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • The Wrecking Crew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Producer

  • Corrupt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Producer

  • Urban Menace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Producer

  • Postmortem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Producer · Unit Production Manager

  • Mean Guns(1997)

    First Assistant Director · Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Crazy Six(1997)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Blast(1997)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Nemesis 4: Death Angel(1996)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Adrenalin: Fear the Rush(1996)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Omega Doom(1996)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Nemesis 3: Time Lapse(1996)

    Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Nemesis 2: Nebula (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Producer · Unit Production Manager

  • Heatseeker(1995)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Spitfire(1995)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Hong Kong 97 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Producer

  • Double Dragon(1994)

    Associate Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Brain Smasher... A Love Story(1993)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Knights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Producer

  • Nemesis(1992)

    Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • There Goes the Neighborhood(1992)

    Post Production Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Deceit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Producer

  • Kickboxer 2: The Road Back(1991)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Captain America(1990)

    Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Cyborg(1989)

    Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Alien from L.A.(1988)

    Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Down Twisted(1987)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Vicious Lips(1986)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Radioactive Dreams(1984)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Sword and the Sorcerer(1982)

    Co-Producer · Production Manager · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Sorcerers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 50 titles, 49 of them dated from 1982 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Knives Out (2019)

$313M worldwide

Highest rated

Knives Out (2019)

Midcredits 98th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing1 of 50: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing46 of 50: 31 only producing, 15 with another role · typical Midcredits score27thOther crew19 of 50: 4 only other crew, 15 with another role · typical Midcredits score36th

50 titles, 15 with more than one role — producing and other crew overlap on 15 of them.

By decade

1980s6 · crew1990s22 · crew2000s10 · crew2010s8 · crew2020s3 · 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.

How do Tom Karnowski's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 29th percentile, the median of all 40; across their 35 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 20th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

20thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Approval · how many liked their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Reach · how many have seen their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Midcredits score across 40 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th19

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 40 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive6
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed17

Most divisive · producer

Crazy Six (1997)

99th percentile spread · 52% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Knives Out (2019)

Midcredits 98th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 31/100 and the plot and story 31/100 in their films, across 35 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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 Tom Karnowski's work okay for kids?

Across up to 22 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore17 titles33–87 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity22 titles9–54 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity17 titles19–67 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs16 titles11–57 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense16 titles31–74 · median 48 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Tom Karnowski work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tom Karnowski's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Albert Pyun shares the most, 19.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles