Rupert Wyatt (born 26 October 1972) is an English filmmaker. He made his directorial debut with the 2008 film The Escapist, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. His second film was the 2011 blockbuster Rise of the Planet of the Apes. His later directorial endeavors have included the 2014 crime drama The Gambler, the 2019 sci-fi film Captive State, and the first two episodes of the television adaptation of The Mosquito Coast in 2021. He also has served as an executive producer on the series. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Rupert Wyatt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 26, 1972 (54)
- Exeter, UK
- Director, producer and writer
- 9 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Rupert Wyatt's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.
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.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 4
Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 6
Steady 1 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 5
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous2
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 Rupert Wyatt's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Rupert Wyatt'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
13 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
The Sunrise File (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Desert Warrior(2025)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Mosquito Coast(2021)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Captive State(2019)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
The Exorcist(2016)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
The Gambler(2014)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Fishing Without Nets(2014)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Turn: Washington's Spies(2014)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Escapist(2008)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all filmsBoxman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Kid: An Animated Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Riker's Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles, 10 of them dated from 2008 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Highest rated
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
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 Rupert Wyatt's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 71/100 and the pacing 46/100 in their films, across 6 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 Rupert Wyatt'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 Rupert Wyatt work with?
People who share at least 2 of Rupert Wyatt's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Erica Beeney shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Erica BeeneyShared titles: Desert Warrior (2025), Captive State (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Erica Beeney
Actors
- John GoodmanShared titles: Captive State (2019), The Gambler (2014)See all 2 shared titles with John Goodman
- Brian CoxShared titles: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), The Escapist (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Cox
Cinematographers
- Alex DisenhofShared titles: Captive State (2019), Fishing Without Nets (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Alex Disenhof