Direction: Ken Kwapis

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Ken Kwapis. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Parks and Recreation (TV Series)

2009 · Series · 20 min. · United States

Direction Greg Daniels · Michael Schur · Dean Holland · Ken Whittingham

Cast Amy Poehler · Nick Offerman · Aubrey Plaza · Chris Pratt

Plot TV Series (2009-2015). 7 Seasons. 125 Episodes. The series follows Leslie Knope, the head of the Parks and Recreation department in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. Knope takes on...

8.0

4K votes

8.0

4K votes

Freaks and Geeks (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 44 min. · United States

Direction Paul Feig · Jake Kasdan · Judd Apatow · Bryan Gordon

Cast Linda Cardellini · James Franco · Seth Rogen · Jason Segel

Plot TV Series (1999-2000). 1 Season. 18 Episodes. It's the 1980s and at McKinley High, there's two different groups of teenagers, the Freaks with cool and charismatic Daniel DeSario (James Franco)...

8.0

7K votes

8.0

7K votes

The Office (TV Series)

2005 · Series · 24 min. · United States

Direction Greg Daniels · Ricky Gervais · Stephen Merchant · Paul Feig

Cast Steve Carell · Rainn Wilson · John Krasinski · Jenna Fischer

Plot TV Series (2005-2013). 9 Seasons. 188 Episodes. A mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium. Based on the...

7.9

26K votes

7.9

26K votes

Eerie, Indiana (TV Series)

1991 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction José Rivera · Karl Schaefer · Joe Dante · Bob Balaban

Cast Omri Katz · Justin Shenkarow · Francis Guinan · Julie Condra

Plot TV Series (1991-1992). 1 Season. 19 episodes. Marshall Teller (Omri Katz) is a young boy whose family moves to the desolate town of Eerie, Indiana, population of 16,661. While moving...

7.1

119 votes

7.1

119 votes

Malcolm in the Middle (TV Series)

2000 · Series · 20 min. · United States

Direction Linwood Boomer · Todd Holland · Jeffrey Melman · Ken Kwapis

Cast Frankie Muniz · Jane Kaczmarek · Bryan Cranston · Justin Berfield

Plot TV Series (2000-2006). 7 Seasons. 151 Episodes. "Malcolm in the Middle" is the story of a middle-class family comprised of four squabbling brothers and their parents, who are just trying...

7.0

72K votes

7.0

72K votes

Amazing Stories (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 25 min. · United States

Direction Steven Spielberg · Lesli Linka Glatter · Phil Joanou · Paul Bartel

Cast Priscilla Pointer · Brad Bird · Douglas Seale · JoAnn Willette

Plot TV Series (1985-1987). 2 Seasons. 45 Episodes. Television series created, produced, and twice directed by Steven Spielberg. Truly amazing, and sometimes odd stories are narrated. Many famous actors and actresses...

6.9

6K votes

6.9

6K votes

One Mississippi (TV Series)

2015 · Series · 26 min. · United States

Direction Tig Notaro · Diablo Cody · Nicole Holofcener · Ken Kwapis

Cast Tig Notaro · Noah Harpster · John Rothman · Beth Burvant

Plot This semi-autobiographical dark comedy starring Tig Notaro follows her as she returns to her hometown after the sudden death of her mother. Still reeling from her own declining health problems,...

6.7

313 votes

6.7

313 votes

E.R. (TV Series)

1994 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Michael Crichton · Christopher Chulack · Jonathan Kaplan · Richard Thorpe

Cast Noah Wyle · Maura Tierney · Laura Innes · George Clooney

Plot TV Series (1994-2009). 15 Seasons. 331 Episodes. Created by best-selling author Michael Crichton (“Jurassic Park”), the series centers on the medical personnel in the emergency room of a Chicago hospital....

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6.7

40K votes

6.7

40K votes

The Larry Sanders Show (TV Series)

1992 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Larry Sanders · Dennis Klein · Todd Holland · Ken Kwapis

Cast Garry Shandling · Jeffrey Tambor · Rip Torn · Wallace Langham

Plot The Larry Sanders Show is a satirical television sitcom that originally aired from August 1992 to May 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the United States. It starred...

Max

6.4

85 votes

6.4

85 votes

Outsourced (TV Series)

2010 · Series · 20 min. · United States

Direction Ken Kwapis · Victor Nelli Jr. · Reginald Hudlin

Cast Ben Rappaport · Rebecca Hazlewood · Thushari Jayasekera · Anisha Nagarajan

Plot TV Series (2010-2011). 1 Season. 22 Episodes. Outsourced is set in a call center in Mumbai, India, where an American novelties company has recently outsourced its order processing. A lone...

6.2

193 votes

6.2

193 votes

Grounded for Life (TV Series)

2001 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Bill Martin · Mike Schiff · John Blanchard · Dennie Gordon

Cast Donal Logue · Megyn Price · Kevin Corrigan · Lynsey Bartilson

Plot Thirty-something Irish Catholic couple Sean and Claudia deal with their three children as well as Sean's judgmental father and his carefree brother.

6.1

66 votes

6.1

66 votes

Santa Clarita Diet (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Victor Fresco · Ruben Fleischer · Marc Buckland · Ken Kwapis

Cast Drew Barrymore · Timothy Olyphant · Liv Hewson · Skyler Gisondo

Plot TV Series (2017-2019). 3 Seasons. 30 Episodes. Like many people in Santa Clarita, Drew is a part time zombie and can be occasionally found eating other people.

5.9

4K votes

5.9

4K votes

A Walk in the Woods

2015 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Ken Kwapis

Cast Robert Redford · Emma Thompson · Kristen Schaal · Nick Nolte

Plot After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian...

5.5

3K votes

5.5

3K votes

Lane Changeh (Amazing Stories) (TV)

1987 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Ken Kwapis

Cast Kathy Baker · Priscilla Pointer · Cletus Young · Misty Forrest

Plot One stormy night on a deserted highway, a distraught wife driving toward an impending divorce glimpses her past through the windshield after picking up a mysterious woman who ran out...

5.4

196 votes

5.4

196 votes

Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird

1985 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Ken Kwapis

Cast Caroll Spinney · Jim Henson · Frank Oz · John Candy

Plot Oscar, Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster and other members of the Sesame Street gang join Big Bird in a cross country adventure. Featuring guest stars Chevy Chase, Sandra Bernhard, John Candy,...

5.4

83 votes

5.4

83 votes

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

2005 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Ken Kwapis

Cast Alexis Bledel · Amber Tamblyn · America Ferrera · Blake Lively

Plot Coming of Age Adventure based on Ann Brashares' best-selling novel about a special 16th summer in the lives of four lifelong friends—Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Blake Lively and Alexis Bledel—who...

5.3

4K votes

5.3

4K votes

He's Just Not That Into You

2009 · Movie · 129 min. · United States

Direction Ken Kwapis

Cast Scarlett Johansson · Drew Barrymore · Jennifer Aniston · Jennifer Connelly

Plot A group of interconnected, Baltimore-based twenty- and thirty-somethings navigate their various relationships from the shallow end of the dating pool through the deep, murky waters of married life, trying to...

Max

5.3

18K votes

5.3

18K votes

Big Miracle

2012 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Ken Kwapis

Cast Drew Barrymore · John Krasinski · Dermot Mulroney · Kristen Bell

Plot A nonprofit aid worker and a government worker spark as they work together in the effort to free three California gray whales who have become trapped under the ice of...

Max

5.2

3K votes

5.2

3K votes

He Said, She Said

1991 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

4.8

644 votes

4.8

644 votes

The Bernie Mac Show (TV Series)

2001 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Larry Wilmore · Lee Shallat Chemel · Ken Kwapis · Victor Nelli Jr.

Cast Bernie Mac · Kellita Smith · Camille Winbush · Jeremy Suarez

Plot TV Series (2001-2006). 5 Seasons. The Bernie Mac Show offers some of the funniest parenting on television--and some of the most honest. Stand-up comedian Bernie and his wife, Wanda (Kellita...

4.5

247 votes

4.5

247 votes