Chris Paine is an American filmmaker. His most notable works to date as director are the documentaries Who Killed the Electric Car? and Revenge of the Electric Car? Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Paine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1963 (63)
- United States
- Producer, director and writer
- 6 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
What are Chris Paine's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous2
- Other1
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 Paine's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Chris Paine'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
9 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Bikes vs Cars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Charge(2011)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Faster & Faster(2004)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Faster(2003)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
No Maps for These Territories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Mailman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles from 1996 to 2018.
How do Chris Paine's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 86th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 61/100 and the pacing 55/100 in their films, across 4 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.
Who does Chris Paine work with?
People who share at least 2 of Chris Paine's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Thaddeus Wadleigh shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Mark NealeShared titles: Charge (2011), Faster (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Neale
Actors
- Elon MuskShared titles: Do You Trust This Computer? (2018), Revenge of the Electric Car (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Elon Musk
- Ewan McGregorShared titles: Charge (2011), Faster (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Ewan McGregor
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Thaddeus WadleighShared titles: Do You Trust This Computer? (2018), Revenge of the Electric Car (2011), Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Thaddeus Wadleigh
- Andy MilburnShared titles: Charge (2011), Faster (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Andy Milburn
- Chris A. PetersonShared titles: Revenge of the Electric Car (2011), Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Chris A. Peterson
- Rochelle WatsonShared titles: Charge (2011), Faster (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Rochelle Watson
Producers
- Jessie DeeterShared titles: Do You Trust This Computer? (2018), Revenge of the Electric Car (2011), Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Jessie Deeter
- Roger G. GilbertsonShared titles: Revenge of the Electric Car (2011), Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Roger G. Gilbertson