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Ari Costa

Producer, director and writer

Ari Costa is Senior Vice President of Physical Production at AGBO. His directorial debut, All Fun and Games, was produced under the Gozie Agbo banner, which champions emerging filmmakers. All Fun and Games was co-written and co-directed by Ari Costa and Eren Celeboglu. Among other film and TV projects for AGBO, Ari was a co-producer on Mosul for Netflix and an executive producer on Netflix mega-hits Extraction and Extraction 2 starring Chris Hemsworth. Ari has been working with the Russo Brothers since 2010 and was an associate producer on the record-breaking box office hits Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. Previously, Ari was in comedy development at NBC on the critically acclaimed, Golden Globe Award-winning shows “The Office,” “30 Rock,” and “Parks and Recreation.” He holds a BA in Film Studies from Emerson College in Boston at Emerson College in Boston before moving to Los Angeles in 2008.

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Works as
Producer, director and writer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 23% in 30 days

What are Ari Costa's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
37%
Morality
31%
Survival
20%
Society
5%
Power
4%
Ideas
2%
Family bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 6

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 4

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 8

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Relentless: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their relentless movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 6

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 2

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 5

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Melancholic
6
Thrilling
4
Hopeful
3
Dread
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Bittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic1
  • 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 Ari Costa's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Ari Costa'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

14 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Whisper Man(2026)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Bluff(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • All Fun and Games(2023)

    Director · Co-Writer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Extraction II(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Internet Kills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director · Writer

  • Extraction(2020)

    Executive Producer · Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Avengers: Endgame(2019)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Mosul(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director

  • Avengers: Infinity War(2018)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Captain America: Civil War(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Leader of the Pack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Story · Writer

  • Extraction 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Grace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles, 9 of them dated from 2012 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

$2.9B worldwide

Highest rated

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing5 of 11: 1 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting4 of 11: 0 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing6 of 11: 5 only producing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score79thOther crew1 of 11: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

11 titles, 5 with more than one role.

By decade

2010s4 · crew2020s5 · crew

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 Ari Costa's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 82nd percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 9 titles divides audiences: 4 are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed1

Most loved · producer

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Midcredits 99th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 63/100 and the pacing 56/100 in their films, across 9 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 Ari Costa's work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and sex & nudity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles62–90 · median 82 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles9–19 · median 13 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity9 titles37–67 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles8–39 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles60–75 · median 64 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Ari Costa work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ari Costa's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Anthony Russo shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers