Jack Youngelson

What are Jack Youngelson's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Society.

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 Jack Youngelson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

• HBO Max3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Ethel (2012) · producer
  • Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007) · writer, producer
  • Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable (2004) · writer, producer
• Netflix3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Mission Blue (2014) · writer, producer
  • Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine (2023) · writer, producer
  • Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga (2022) · producer
• Prime Video2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020) · writer
  • Debunking Borat (2021) · writer
• The Roku Channel2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Finding Your Roots (2012) · producer · free
  • Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton (2017) · writer, producer · free
• Tubi2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Bias (2018) · producer · free
  • The Push: Owning Your Reality Is Where the Journey Begins (2018) · writer · free
• AMC+1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton (2017) · writer, producer
• Pluto TV1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Finding Your Roots (2012) · producer · free

Subscription and free streaming for Jack Youngelson'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

23 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page.

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  The Librarians(2025)

  Writer

  Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films93^rd
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  Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine(2023)

  Producer · Story Supervisor

  Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films90^th
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  Here. Is. Better. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

  Director
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  Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga(2022)

  Show Producer

  Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows13^th
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  Debunking Borat(2021)

  Show Writer

  Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows4^th
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  All In: The Fight for Democracy(2020)

  Writer

  Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films72^nd
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  Ken Burns Presents: The Gene(2020)

  Show 2 episodes · Director · Producer

  Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows85^th
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  American Muslim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

  Consulting Producer
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  Bias(2018)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~74^th
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  The Push: Owning Your Reality Is Where the Journey Begins(2018)

  Writer

  Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~56^th
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  Hot Grease (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

  Writer
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  Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton(2017)

  Producer · Writer

  Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films87^th
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  Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman(2017)

  Writer

  Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~78^th
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  Code: Debugging the Gender Gap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

  Story
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  Mission Blue(2014)

  Producer · Writer

  Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films96^th
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  Ethel(2012)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films94^th
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  Finding Your Roots(2012)

  Show Producer

  Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows91^st
• This Emotional Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

  Director
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  This Emotional Life(2010)

  Show Producer

  Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows86^th
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  Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House(2008)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films69^th
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  Ghosts of Abu Ghraib(2007)

  Producer · Writer

  Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films89^th
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  Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable(2004)

  Producer · Writer

  Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films32^nd
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  The Nazi Officer's Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

  Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 13 titles from 2003 to 2023.

Biggest box office

The Librarians (2025)

$349K worldwide

Highest rated

Mission Blue (2014)

Midcredits 96^th

Most popular right now

Finding Your Roots (2012)

Awards

a Primetime Emmy and 1 other major award from 5 major nominations, 2007–2022.

1. 2022
   • Writers Guild Award, won · Adapted Short Form New Media
2. 2021
   • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program
   • +1 other major body · 1 nomination

     • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Documentary Screenplay
3. 2013
   • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
4. 2007
   • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Nonfiction Special

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 Jack Youngelson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 83^rd percentile, the median of all 12; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 17 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

337

• Universally Loved3
• Loved with Detractors1
• Divisive1
• Cult Classic3
• Crowd Pleaser7
• Mixed2

Most divisive · writer

All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020)

96^th percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer, producer

Mission Blue (2014)

Midcredits 96^th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 52/100 and the plot and story 57/100 in their films, across 8 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.

Who does Jack Youngelson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jack Youngelson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rory Kennedy shares the most, 5.