Ariela Barer is an American actress and filmmaker. She is best known for co-writing, starring, and producing the 2023 ecological thriller How to Blow Up a Pipeline, based on the Andreas Malm non-fiction book of the same name.
Biography from TMDB.
- October 14, 1998 (28)
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Actor, also writer and producer
- 17 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Ariela Barer's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 4 · Dark 1
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Trickster: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.
- Allyas Sonali Matthews in An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong (2009)
- Tricksteras Gert Yorkes in Runaways (2017)
- Heroas Xochitl in How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022)
- Tricksteras Xochitl in How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous1
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 Ariela Barer's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Ariela Barer'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
25 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page.
See You When I See You(2026)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Disfluency(2021)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Oddities (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The Last of Us(2023)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Jelly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Rebel(2021)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Saved by the Bell(2020)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Line Dry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Ladyworld (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Love Goes Through Your Mind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Runaways(2017)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Atypical(2017)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
One Day at a Time(2017)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
I Didn't Do It(2014)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
Liv and Maddie(2013)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
New Girl(2011)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Modern Family(2009)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Stellina Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Weeds(2005)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Grey's Anatomy(2005)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Deep Cuts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Things You Love Will Disappear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 90th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 25 titles, 23 of them dated from 2005 to 2026; peak year 2023.
Biggest box office
How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022)
Highest rated
See You When I See You (2026)
Most popular right now
Runaways (2017)
Film career
Peak 2023 · their film career is on the way up. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2009Screen debut· An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong
- 2023First top-billed film· How to Blow Up a Pipeline
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 Ariela Barer's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 17 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
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 Ariela Barer work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ariela Barer's MovieCove titles; Kaitlyn Dever shares the most, 2.
- Kaitlyn DeverShared titles: See You When I See You (2026), An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Kaitlyn Dever
