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J. B. Priestley

Career

Active from 1932 to 1991, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Last Holiday
Last Holiday
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
J. B. Priestley Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.3, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.0, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.0, average 4.8
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Class Conflict 3
  • Social Realism 2
  • Slow-Burning Tension 2
  • Ensemble Cast 2
  • Found Family 2
  • British Cinema 2
  • Literary Adaptation 2
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

56
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

3 titles · average score 59
An Inspector Calls
An Inspector Calls (2015)
GoodWatch score 76

Theatre Play

An Inspector Calls
An Inspector Calls (2015)
GoodWatch score 47

Original Story

Thana Theke Aschi
Thana Theke Aschi (2010)
GoodWatch score 55

Author

2000s

1 title · average score 61
Last Holiday
Last Holiday (2006)
GoodWatch score 61

Original Film Writer

1990s

2 titles
A Summer Day's Dream
A Summer Day's Dream (1994)

Theatre Play

The Ghosts of the Green Room
The Ghosts of the Green Room (1991)

Novel

1980s

6 titles
When We Are Married
When We Are Married (1987)

Writer

Time and the Conways
Time and the Conways (1985)

Writer

Time and the Conways
Time and the Conways (1984)

Theatre Play

Dangerous Corner
Dangerous Corner (1983)

Writer

I Have Been Here Before
I Have Been Here Before (1982)

Writer

The Scandalous Affairs of Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon
The Scandalous Affairs of Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon (1981)

Theatre Play

1970s

9 titles · average score 61
Inspector Goole
Inspector Goole (1979)

Novel

31st of June
31st of June (1978)
GoodWatch score 67

Novel

Snuki
Snuki (1978)

Novel

The Golden Fleece
The Golden Fleece (1977)

Theatre Play

Time and the Conways
Time and the Conways (1974)

Author

He Came
He Came (1973)

Writer

Dangerous Corner
Dangerous Corner (1972)
GoodWatch score 65

Story

A Severed Head
A Severed Head (1971)
GoodWatch score 53

Theatre Play

El árbol de los Linden
El árbol de los Linden (1970)

Writer

1960s

10 titles · average score 47
One Pair of Eyes
One Pair of Eyes (1967)

TV show

Level Seven
Level Seven (1966)

Adaptation

Onkel Phils Nachlaß
Onkel Phils Nachlaß (1965)

Writer

An Inspector Calls
An Inspector Calls (1965)

Author

Johnson Over Jordan
Johnson Over Jordan (1965)

Original Story

I Have Been Here Before
I Have Been Here Before (1964)

Theatre Play

The Old Dark House
The Old Dark House (1963)
GoodWatch score 47

Novel

Now Let Him Go
Now Let Him Go (1963)

Theatre Play

The Happy Years of the Thorwalds
The Happy Years of the Thorwalds (1962)

Writer

Poklad
Poklad (1960)

Theatre Play

1950s

8 titles · average score 80
And That on Monday Morning
And That on Monday Morning (1959)

Theatre Play

Monitor
Monitor (1958)

TV show

The Good Companions
The Good Companions (1957)

Novel

Now Let Him Go
Now Let Him Go (1957)

Writer

When We Are Married
When We Are Married (1957)

Writer

An Inspector Calls
An Inspector Calls (1954)
GoodWatch score 74

Writer, Theatre Play

When We Are Married
When We Are Married (1951)

Writer

Last Holiday
Last Holiday (1950)
GoodWatch score 86

Writer, Producer

1940s

7 titles · average score 64
When We Are Married
When We Are Married (1949)

Writer

I Have Been Here Before
I Have Been Here Before (1949)

Theatre Play

They Came to a City
They Came to a City (1944)
GoodWatch score 62

Theatre Play

When We Are Married
When We Are Married (1943)

Writer

The Foreman Went to France
The Foreman Went to France (1942)
GoodWatch score 67

Story

Let the People Sing
Let the People Sing (1942)

Novel

Britain at Bay
Britain at Bay (1940)

as Narrator

1930s

10 titles · average score 65
Jamaica Inn
Jamaica Inn (1939)
GoodWatch score 48

Additional Dialogue

Bees on the Boat-Deck
Bees on the Boat-Deck (1939)

Writer

When We Are Married
When We Are Married (1938)

Writer

The Princess Comes Across
The Princess Comes Across (1936)
GoodWatch score 63

Writer

Laburnum Grove
Laburnum Grove (1936)

Theatre Play

Look Up and Laugh
Look Up and Laugh (1935)

Screenplay

Sing As We Go
Sing As We Go (1934)

Writer

Dangerous Corner
Dangerous Corner (1934)
GoodWatch score 64

Theatre Play

The Good Companions
The Good Companions (1933)
GoodWatch score 66

Novel

The Old Dark House
The Old Dark House (1932)
GoodWatch score 83

Novel