John Kilgour

Editor, also producer

Primetime Emmy nominee

Works as: Editor, also producer
Titles: 18 on MovieCove
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)

Known for

What are John Kilgour's films like?

Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight

Survival

28%

Power

22%

Society

17%

Self

15%

Morality

14%

Bonds

4%

Power5 Survival5 Trauma5 Justice5 Community4 Ambition6 Tradition vs change3 Purpose2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

13

Contemplative

9

Dread

6

Melancholic

6

Hopeful

5

Other

9

How their films linger

Thought-provoking12 Haunting5 Unsettling6 Rousing4 Hopeful3 Feel-good2

How their films end

Bittersweet9
Tragic1
Ambiguous5
Cyclical2

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 John Kilgour's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (7).

Also on these channels

HISTORY Vault3 titles, show their 3 titles on HISTORY Vault
A&E Crime Central1 title, show their title on A&E Crime Central
Acorn TV1 title, show their title on Acorn TV
All Reality1 title, show their title on All Reality
Fox Nation1 title, show their title on Fox Nation
MyOutdoorTV1 title, show their title on MyOutdoorTV
Sundance Now1 title, show their title on Sundance Now
The Great Courses1 title, show their title on The Great Courses

Subscription and free streaming for John Kilgour'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

18 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page.

Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes(2025)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Sitting Bull(2025)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial(2024)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Liberty or Death: Boston Tea Party(2023)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Human: The World Within(2021)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
I Survived a Serial Killer(2021)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Beyond the Spotlight(2020)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Living a Nightmare(2020)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
James Patterson's Murder Is Forever(2018)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle(2018)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
People Magazine Investigates: Cults(2018)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen(2018)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story(2017)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
NASCAR: The Rise of American Speed(2016)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Roman Empire(2016)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Gold Fever(2013)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
The Video Guys(2009)
Editor
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Barbarians(2004)
Show Editor
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Across their 18 MovieCove titles from 2004 to 2025.

Highest rated

Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle (2018)

Midcredits 87^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Producing1 of 18Editing17 of 18 · 63^rd

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s8 · crew2020s8 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; 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, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2014, Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera).

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.