
Stefan Ruzowitzky (born December 25, 1961) is an Academy Award-winning Austrian film director and screenwriter.
Biography from TMDB.
- December 25, 1961 (64)
- Vienna, Austria
- Director and writer
- 12 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are Stefan Ruzowitzky's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
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 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 11
Light 1 · Serious 4 · Dark 7
Grounded 4 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 7
Steady 3 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 2
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 2
Casual 2 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 5
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet7
- Ambiguous3
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 Stefan Ruzowitzky's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Stefan Ruzowitzky'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
15 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Icefall(2025)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Hinterland(2021)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Narcissus and Goldmund(2020)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Patient Zero(2018)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Cold Hell(2017)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Radical Evil(2013)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Deadfall(2012)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
The Counterfeiters(2007)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Anatomy 2(2003)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
All the Queen's Men(2001)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Anatomy(2000)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Inheritors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Tempo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Kristallnacht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles, 14 of them dated from 1996 to 2025.

Biggest box office
The Counterfeiters (2007)

Highest rated
The Counterfeiters (2007)

Most popular right now
Icefall (2025)
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
Nominated for a Berlinale award in 2007.
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 Stefan Ruzowitzky's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42nd percentile, the median of all 12; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 12 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the atmosphere 64/100 and the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 10 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 Stefan Ruzowitzky's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 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 Stefan Ruzowitzky work with?
People who share at least 2 of Stefan Ruzowitzky's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Benedict Neuenfels shares the most, 7.
Actors
- Karl MarkovicsShared titles: Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book (2009), The Counterfeiters (2007), All the Queen's Men (2001)See all 3 shared titles with Karl Markovics

- Murathan MusluShared titles: Hinterland (2021), Cold Hell (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Murathan Muslu

- Franka PotenteShared titles: Anatomy 2 (2003), Anatomy (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Franka Potente

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Benedict NeuenfelsShared titles: Icefall (2025), Hinterland (2021), Narcissus and Goldmund (2020), Patient Zero (2018), Cold Hell (2017), Radical Evil (2013), The Counterfeiters (2007)See all 7 shared titles with Benedict Neuenfels

- Britta NahlerShared titles: Narcissus and Goldmund (2020), Cold Hell (2017), Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book (2009), The Counterfeiters (2007), All the Queen's Men (2001)See all 5 shared titles with Britta Nahler
- Marius RuhlandShared titles: Cold Hell (2017), The Counterfeiters (2007), Anatomy 2 (2003), Anatomy (2000)See all 4 shared titles with Marius Ruhland
- Peter von HallerShared titles: Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book (2009), Anatomy (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Peter von Haller

Producers
- Josef AichholzerShared titles: Radical Evil (2013), The Counterfeiters (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Josef Aichholzer

- Charlie WoebckenShared titles: Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book (2009), The Counterfeiters (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Charlie Woebcken

- Christoph FisserShared titles: Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book (2009), The Counterfeiters (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Christoph Fisser

- Danny KrauszShared titles: Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book (2009), All the Queen's Men (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Danny Krausz
