Chris Ruggiero
Chris Ruggiero is an Emmy-nominated composer and music producer. His work includes the scores to the Oscar-nominated "Minding The Gap," Nanfu Wang's "Hooligan Sparrow," "I Am Another You," and "One Child Nation," and the celebrated PBS series "Soundbreaking." Ruggiero's compositions have appeared in over 200 television series including The Voice, Pawn Stars, and American Pickers, and in commercials for brands such as Coke, Taco Bell, HSN, Dewars, Coppola Winery, and Liberty Mutual.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Composer
- 18 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
Known for
What are Chris Ruggiero's films like?
Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 14
Light 2 · Serious 7 · Dark 5
Grounded 14 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 4 · Charged 8 · Intense 2
Steady 10 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
Casual 4 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 6
A split, not a type: Resolved 8 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet7
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous4
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 Chris Ruggiero's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).
Subscription and free streaming for Chris Ruggiero'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, 18 with a MovieCove page.
Take Me Home(2026)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Resynator(2024)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Camp Courage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Impossible Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Emily the Criminal(2022)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
To Which We Belong(2021)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Antidote(2020)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Medicating Normal (2020)(2022)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Transhood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Finding Yingying(2020)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Goldie(2019)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Swallow(2019)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
One Child Nation(2019)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Minding the Gap(2018)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Call Her Ganda(2018)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
I Am Another You(2017)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Hooligan Sparrow(2016)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Out Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
What Was Ours(2016)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Indian Point(2015)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Career shape
A full career of 20 titles from 2016 to 2025.
Biggest box office
One Child Nation (2019)
Highest rated
Minding the Gap (2018)
Most popular right now
Take Me Home (2026)
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 Chris Ruggiero's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 18; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th9
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 18 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic4
- Crowd Pleaser10
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the sound and music 51/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 59, detractors 20. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.
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 Chris Ruggiero work with?
People who share at least 2 of Chris Ruggiero's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nathan Halpern shares the most, 13.
Directors
- Nanfu WangShared titles: One Child Nation (2019), I Am Another You (2017), Hooligan Sparrow (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Nanfu Wang
- Ivy MeeropolShared titles: Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (2019), Indian Point (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Ivy Meeropol
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Nathan HalpernShared titles: Take Me Home (2026), The Martha Mitchell Effect (2022), To Which We Belong (2021), Finding Yingying (2020), The Antidote (2020), Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (2019), One Child Nation (2019), Call Her Ganda (2018), Minding the Gap (2018), I Am Another You (2017), Hooligan Sparrow (2016), What Was Ours (2016) and 1 moreSee newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Nathan Halpern
- Anne AlvergueShared titles: The Martha Mitchell Effect (2022), Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Anne Alvergue
- Daniel B. GoldShared titles: Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (2019), Indian Point (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel B. Gold
Producers
- Carolyn HepburnShared titles: Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (2019), One Child Nation (2019), Indian Point (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Carolyn Hepburn
- Christopher ClementsShared titles: Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (2019), One Child Nation (2019), Indian Point (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Christopher Clements
- Julie GoldmanShared titles: Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (2019), One Child Nation (2019), Indian Point (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Julie Goldman
- Sally Jo FiferShared titles: One Child Nation (2019), Minding the Gap (2018), What Was Ours (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Sally Jo Fifer