Portrait of Sophocles

Writing

Sophocles

Career

Active from 1910 to 2025, with a break from 1911 to 1964, busiest in 2025 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month
GoodWatch score61/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sophocles Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.2, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    2.9, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    1.8, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    51
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    15 titles
    Edipo a Colono 2025
    Edipo a Colono 2025 (2025)

    Writer

    Elettra 2025
    Elettra 2025 (2025)

    Writer

    アンティゴネイタス
    アンティゴネイタス (2025)

    Original Story

    Philharmonie de Paris: Antigone
    Philharmonie de Paris: Antigone (2025)

    Writer

    Antigone
    Antigone (2024)

    Writer

    Edipo Re (Teatro Greco di Siracusa)
    Edipo Re (Teatro Greco di Siracusa) (2022)

    Writer

    Atlantis
    Atlantis (2021)

    Original Story

    Return
    Return (2021)

    Original Story

    ITA Live: Oedipus
    ITA Live: Oedipus (2021)

    Theatre Play

    Antígona Pajubá
    Antígona Pajubá (2021)

    Theatre Play

    Elektra - Wiener Staatsoper
    Elektra - Wiener Staatsoper (2020)

    Novel

    The Oedipus Project
    The Oedipus Project (2020)

    Original Story

    2010s

    5 titles · average score 82
    Antigone
    Antigone (2019)
    GoodWatch score 82

    Theatre Play

    Sophocles' Oedipus Rex
    Sophocles' Oedipus Rex (2018)

    Writer

    Antigone at the Barbican
    Antigone at the Barbican (2015)

    Original Story

    Elektra
    Elektra (2013)

    Theatre Play

    National Theatre Live: Antigone
    National Theatre Live: Antigone (2012)

    Theatre Play

    2000s

    2 titles
    Los sabuesos de Sófocles
    Los sabuesos de Sófocles (2004)

    Original Story

    L'origine du monde
    L'origine du monde (2001)

    Original Story

    1990s

    3 titles · average score 61
    Oedipus Mayor
    Oedipus Mayor (1996)
    GoodWatch score 59

    Original Story

    Elektra
    Elektra (1994)

    Original Story

    Antigone
    Antigone (1992)
    GoodWatch score 63

    Original Story

    1980s

    7 titles
    Oidipus Rex
    Oidipus Rex (1988)

    Theatre Play

    Elettra
    Elettra (1987)

    Theatre Play

    Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
    Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)

    Theatre Play

    Theban Plays: Antigone
    Theban Plays: Antigone (1986)

    Theatre Play

    Electra
    Electra (1986)

    Theatre Play

    Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
    Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus (1986)

    Theatre Play

    Elettra, l'attesa
    Elettra, l'attesa (1986)

    Theatre Play

    1970s

    9 titles
    Elektra
    Elektra (1978)

    Theatre Play

    Vládca Oidipus
    Vládca Oidipus (1978)

    Theatre Play

    O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro
    O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro (1976)

    Theatre Play

    Oedipus at Colonus
    Oedipus at Colonus (1976)

    Writer

    Antigone
    Antigone (1974)

    Theatre Play

    Electra
    Electra (1974)

    Theatre Play

    Οιδίπους τύρρανος
    Οιδίπους τύρρανος (1974)

    Theatre Play

    Oedipus Rex
    Oedipus Rex (1972)

    Theatre Play

    Antigone
    Antigone (1971)

    Theatre Play

    1960s

    4 titles · average score 68
    The Year of the Cannibals
    The Year of the Cannibals (1969)
    GoodWatch score 58

    Theatre Play

    Oedipus the King
    Oedipus the King (1968)
    GoodWatch score 62

    Theatre Play

    Oedipus Rex
    Oedipus Rex (1967)
    GoodWatch score 81

    Theatre Play

    Antigone
    Antigone (1961)
    GoodWatch score 74

    Original Story

    1950s

    4 titles · average score 50
    Hercules Unchained
    Hercules Unchained (1959)
    GoodWatch score 38

    Theatre Play

    Antigone
    Antigone (1958)

    Theatre Play

    Oedipus Rex
    Oedipus Rex (1957)
    GoodWatch score 63

    Original Story

    Oidipus vladař
    Oidipus vladař (1956)

    Theatre Play

    1910s

    2 titles
    Oedipus Rex
    Oedipus Rex (1911)

    Theatre Play

    Oedipe roi
    Oedipe roi (1910)

    Writer