Jonathan "Jon" Kasdan is an American writer and director. Kasdan is the son of Meg (née Goldman), a writer, and film director Lawrence Kasdan. He is the brother of director and actor Jake Kasdan. His directorial debut, In the Land of Women, was released in the United States in 2007. Kasdan also wrote the film, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006. Kasdan has worked as a writer for the American television series Freaks and Geeks, and as an actor in Dawson's Creek and Dreamcatcher. He had his acting debut in 1983 in his father's film, The Big Chill. Kasdan was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease when he was a 17-year old junior in high school. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Kasdan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 30, 1979 (47)
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Writer, director and producer
- 13 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Jonathan Kasdan's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 0 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · 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 Jonathan Kasdan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Jonathan Kasdan'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.
Willow: Behind the Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Willow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Solo: A Star Wars Story(2018)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Roadies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The First Time(2012)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Californication(2007)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
In the Land of Women(2007)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Dreamcatcher(2003)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Big Trouble(2002)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Slackers(2002)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Freaks and Geeks(1999)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Dawson's Creek(1998)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
I Love You to Death(1990)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
The Accidental Tourist(1988)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Silverado(1985)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Big Chill(1983)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all filmsRager (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles, 16 of them dated from 1983 to 2023.
Biggest box office
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Highest rated
The First Time (2012)
Most popular right now
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Billing
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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
Nominated for a Sundance award in 2012, 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 Jonathan Kasdan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 10; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the dialogue 57/100 and the plot and story 46/100 in their films, across 3 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 Jonathan Kasdan'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 Jonathan Kasdan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jonathan Kasdan's MovieCove titles; Lawrence Kasdan shares the most, 2.
- Lawrence KasdanShared titles: Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), In the Land of Women (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Lawrence Kasdan
