Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American film director and producer. He directed the Rush Hour film series, The Family Man, Red Dragon, X-Men: The Last Stand, Tower Heist, and Hercules. He is a producer of several films, including the Horrible Bosses series, as well as executive producer on other projects, including the films The Revenant and War Dogs and the television series Prison Break. Ratner got his start directing with music videos in the 1990s and directed his first motion picture, Money Talks, in 1997. Overall, the films Ratner has directed have earned over $2 billion at the global box office. Ratner is the co-founder of RatPac Entertainment, a film production company. Ratner led RatPac's partnership with Dune Entertainment in September 2013 for a co-producing deal with Warner Bros. that included 75 films. RatPac Entertainment has co-financed 81 theatrically released motion pictures, exceeding $17 billion in worldwide box office receipts. RatPac's co-financed films have been nominated for 59 Academy Awards, 25 Golden Globes, and 43 BAFTAs and have won 25 Academy Awards, 8 Golden Globes, and 24 BAFTAs. In January 2017, Ratner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion picture industry, located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard. In 2017, numerous women in Hollywood came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct, sexual assault, or harassment against Ratner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brett Ratner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 28, 1969 (57)
- Miami Beach, Florida, USA
- Producer, director and actor
- 56 on MovieCove · 78 credits in all
What are Brett Ratner's films like?
Across their 53 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 4 · Wry 4 · Earnest 43
A split, not a type: Light 27 · Serious 9 · Dark 16
A split, not a type: Grounded 28 · Stylized 17 · Heightened 7
Gentle 15 · Charged 19 · Intense 18
A split, not a type: Steady 22 · Shifting 21 · Whiplash 9
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 15 · Funny 16
Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 23 · Relentless 10
Casual 21 · Engaged 23 · Full focus 8
A split, not a type: Easy watch 29 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 12
Resolved 42 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy19
- Bittersweet20
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous10
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 Brett Ratner's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 40 of their 56 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).
- One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014) · producer · free
- Rush Hour 2 (2001) · director · free
- Truth (2015) · producer · free
- 21 (2008) · producer · free
- Rush Hour 3 (2007) · director · free
- Mother's Day (2010) · producer · free
- After the Sunset (2004) · director, producer · free
- New York, I Love You (2008) · director · free
- Hercules (2014) · director, producer · free
- Raising the Heights (1998) · music supervisor · free
- Barely Lethal (2015) · producer · free
- End Game (2006) · producer · free
- +3 more
- By Sidney Lumet (2015) · producer
- Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016) · producer
- New York, I Love You (2008) · director
- Raising the Heights (1998) · music supervisor
- Barely Lethal (2015) · producer
- Dark Crimes (2016) · producer
- End Game (2006) · producer
- Movie 43 (2013) · director
- Nick Cannon: Mr. Show Biz (2011) · producer
- Skyline (2010) · producer
- Melania (2026) · director, producer
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Subscription and free streaming for Brett Ratner'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
78 credits, 56 with a MovieCove page; 22 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Melania(2026)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Georgetown(2019)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Lego Ninjago Movie(2017)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Rules Don't Apply(2016)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Before the Flood(2016)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Dark Crimes(2016)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
War Dogs(2016)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
S Is for Stanley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Rush Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
I Saw the Light(2015)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Revenant(2015)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all filmsAmerican Express Unstaged: Dead & Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Breakthrough(2015)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Truth(2015)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Audition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Black Mass(2015)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
By Sidney Lumet(2015)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Scorsese's GoodFellas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Barely Lethal(2015)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Water Diviner(2014)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Horrible Bosses 2(2014)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Hercules(2014)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Jersey Boys(2014)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Night Will Fall(2014)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Mysteries of the Jules Rimet Trophy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Movie 43(2013)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Mirror Mirror(2012)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Woody Allen: A Documentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Tower Heist(2011)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Horrible Bosses(2011)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
CHAOS (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Skyline(2010)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Mother's Day(2010)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Catfish(2010)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
I'm Still Here(2010)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Blue Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
New York, I Love You(2008)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
21(2008)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Women's Murder Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Rush Hour 3(2007)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
The Grand(2007)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
On the Lot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Code Name: The Cleaner(2007)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
End Game(2006)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
X-Men: The Last Stand(2006)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Running Scared(2006)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Santa's Slay(2005)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Prison Break(2005)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
After the Sunset(2004)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Entourage(2004)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Paid in Full(2002)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Red Dragon(2002)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all filmsLady Luck! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Rush Hour 2(2001)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Double Take(2001)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Family Man(2000)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Black & White(1999)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Making the Video (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Jackie Chan: My Stunts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Evil Luke Lee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Raising the Heights(1998)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Rush Hour(1998)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Money Talks(1997)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Meet Mickey Rourke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Scarface(1983)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all filmsBlue Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Rush Hour 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Melania Trump Docuseries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 76 titles, 73 of them dated from 1983 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Revenant (2015)
Highest rated
Night Will Fall (2014)
Most popular right now
The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
Film career
- 1999Screen debut· Black and White
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.
Awards
2 major nominations and no wins, 2012–2017.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Nonfiction Series
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 Brett Ratner's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 53; across their 52 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up20
- 50th to 74th12
- 25th to 49th15
- Below 25th9
Shape of the crowd
23 of their 56 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved9
- Universally Panned1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser23
- Broadly Agreed5
- Mixed16
Reviewers score the atmosphere 62/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 47 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 Brett Ratner's work okay for kids?
Across up to 36 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and profanity run 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 Brett Ratner work with?
People who share at least 2 of Brett Ratner's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Packer shares the most, 12.
Directors
- Fisher StevensShared titles: Before the Flood (2016), Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Fisher Stevens
Writers
- Jeff NathansonShared titles: Tower Heist (2011), New York, I Love You (2008), Rush Hour 3 (2007), Rush Hour 2 (2001)See all 4 shared titles with Jeff Nathanson
- John Francis DaleyShared titles: Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), Horrible Bosses (2011)See all 2 shared titles with John Francis Daley
- Jonathan GoldsteinShared titles: Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), Horrible Bosses (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Jonathan Goldstein
- Michael MarkowitzShared titles: Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), Horrible Bosses (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Markowitz
Actors
- Chris TuckerShared titles: Jackie Chan - Humour, gloire et kung-fu (2021), Rush Hour 3 (2007), Rush Hour 2 (2001), A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of 'Rush Hour' (1999), Rush Hour (1998), Money Talks (1997)See all 6 shared titles with Chris Tucker
- Jackie ChanShared titles: Jackie Chan - Humour, gloire et kung-fu (2021), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), Rush Hour 3 (2007), Rush Hour 2 (2001), A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of 'Rush Hour' (1999), Rush Hour (1998)See all 6 shared titles with Jackie Chan
- Jason BatemanShared titles: Breakthrough (2015), Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), Horrible Bosses (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Jason Bateman
- Kevin SpaceyShared titles: Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), Horrible Bosses (2011), 21 (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Kevin Spacey
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Mark HelfrichShared titles: Hercules (2014), Movie 43 (2013), Tower Heist (2011), Rush Hour 3 (2007), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), After the Sunset (2004), Red Dragon (2002), Rush Hour 2 (2001), The Family Man (2000), Rush Hour (1998), Money Talks (1997)See all 11 shared titles with Mark Helfrich
- Dante SpinottiShared titles: I Saw the Light (2015), Hercules (2014), Tower Heist (2011), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), After the Sunset (2004), Red Dragon (2002), The Family Man (2000)See all 7 shared titles with Dante Spinotti
- Lalo SchifrinShared titles: Rush Hour 3 (2007), After the Sunset (2004), Rush Hour 2 (2001), Rush Hour (1998), Money Talks (1997)See all 5 shared titles with Lalo Schifrin
- Julia WongShared titles: Hercules (2014), End Game (2006), Santa's Slay (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Julia Wong
Producers
- James PackerShared titles: The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016), Before the Flood (2016), Dark Crimes (2016), Rules Don't Apply (2016), Black Mass (2015), By Sidney Lumet (2015), The Revenant (2015), Truth (2015), Night Will Fall (2014), One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014), The Water Diviner (2014)See all 12 shared titles with James Packer
- Jay SternShared titles: Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), Horrible Bosses (2011), Mother's Day (2010), Code Name: The Cleaner (2007), Rush Hour 3 (2007), After the Sunset (2004), Rush Hour 2 (2001), Rush Hour (1998), Money Talks (1997)See all 9 shared titles with Jay Stern
- John ChengShared titles: Georgetown (2019), Dark Crimes (2016), Barely Lethal (2015), Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), Mirror Mirror (2012), Horrible Bosses (2011), Code Name: The Cleaner (2007), Santa's Slay (2005)See all 8 shared titles with John Cheng
- James M. FreitagShared titles: X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), After the Sunset (2004), Red Dragon (2002), Rush Hour 2 (2001), The Family Man (2000), Rush Hour (1998)See all 6 shared titles with James M. Freitag
Mixed roles
- Alejandro G. IñárrituShared titles: Before the Flood (2016), The Revenant (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Alejandro G. Iñárritu
- Griffin DunneShared titles: Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016), Movie 43 (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Griffin Dunne
- Boaz DavidsonShared titles: Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014), End Game (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Boaz Davidson
- Yvan AttalShared titles: New York, I Love You (2008), Rush Hour 3 (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Yvan Attal
