Matt Duffer and his twin brother Ross Duffer (born 1984), known professionally as the Duffer Brothers, are American twin brothers and filmmakers. The brothers are identical twins and work on all their projects together. They are best known as the creators, showrunners, and executive producers of the Netflix supernatural science fiction horror series Stranger Things (2016–2025), and have also written and directed the horror film Hidden (2015) and written and produced episodes of the Fox science fiction series Wayward Pines (2015–2016). The Duffer Brothers founded the production company Upside Down Pictures, which is in an overall deal with Netflix. Description above from the Wikipedia article The Duffer Brothers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 15, 1984 (42)
- Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Writer, producer, director and actor
- 8 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Matt Duffer's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet1
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
- Cyclical1
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 Matt Duffer's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Matt Duffer'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
16 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Untitled Duffer Brothers Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
The Boroughs(2026)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Stranger Things: Tales from '85 Theatrical Preview (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Predator: Badlands(2025)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Hell of a Summer(2023)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Spot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Stranger Things(2016)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Hidden(2015)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Vessel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Abraham's Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Road to Moloch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Eater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Stranger Things: The First Shadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 16 titles, 14 of them dated from 2007 to 2026.
Highest rated
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things - The First Shadow (2025)
Most popular right now
The Boroughs (2026)
Film career
- 2025Screen debut· Predator: Badlands
Awards
1 major award from 17 major nominations, 2017–2022.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
+3 other major bodies · 3 nominations
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Dramatic Series
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best International
+3 other major bodies · 1 win and 3 nominations
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Drama Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · New Series
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
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 Matt Duffer's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
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 Matt Duffer'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 Matt Duffer work with?
People who share at least 2 of Matt Duffer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ross Duffer shares the most, 6.
Actors
- Ross DufferShared titles: One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026), Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen (2026), The Boroughs (2026), Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things - The First Shadow (2025), Beyond Stranger Things (2017), Hidden (2015)See all 6 shared titles with Ross Duffer
- Kate TrefryShared titles: One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026), Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things - The First Shadow (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Kate Trefry
- Shawn LevyShared titles: One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026), Beyond Stranger Things (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Shawn Levy
Producers
- Angus WallShared titles: One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026), Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things - The First Shadow (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Angus Wall
- Hilary LeavittShared titles: Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen (2026), The Boroughs (2026)See all 2 shared titles with Hilary Leavitt
- Kent KubenaShared titles: One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026), Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things - The First Shadow (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Kent Kubena
- Melissa JacobsonShared titles: One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026), Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things - The First Shadow (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Melissa Jacobson