Writing
William Faulkner
- Career
Active from 1933 to 2018, with a break from 2002 to 2012, with up to 2 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 0top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
To Have and Have Not86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.7, average 5.4
- Pop Culture0.8, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.7, average 2.7
- Absurdist Humor1.0, average 2.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 4
- Historical Setting 4
- Complex Characters 3
- Southern Gothic Drama 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Melancholy 3
- Southern Gothic 2
- Mississippi 2
- Redemption 2
- Classic Film Noir 2
- Moral Ambiguity 2
- Intense Character Study 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Howard HawksDirectorThe Big Sleep, To Have and Have Not, Land of the Pharaohs, The Road to Glory, Today We Live
James FrancoActorAs I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury, Mississippi Requiem
Harriet Frank Jr.WriterThe Long, Hot Summer, The Reivers, The Sound and the Fury- SSidney HickoxCinematographerThe Big Sleep, To Have and Have Not, Northern Pursuit
- IIrving RavetchWriterThe Long, Hot Summer, The Reivers, The Sound and the Fury
Alex NorthComposerThe Long, Hot Summer, The Sound and the Fury, Sanctuary
Will GeerActorThe Reivers, Intruder in the Dust
Joanne WoodwardActorThe Long, Hot Summer, The Sound and the Fury
Ahna O'ReillyActorAs I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury
Lee RemickActorThe Long, Hot Summer, Sanctuary
Lauren BacallActorThe Big Sleep, To Have and Have Not
Warner BaxterActorThe Road to Glory, Slave Ship
Movies and TV shows
32Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by
2010s
4 titles · average score 42
GoodWatch score 36Novel
GoodWatch score 47Novel
2000s
2 titles · average score 66
GoodWatch score 66Short Story
Story
1990s
2 titles · average score 60
GoodWatch score 67Novel
GoodWatch score 54Novel
1980s
4 titles · average score 64
1970s
2 titles · average score 67
GoodWatch score 67Story, Short Story
Short Story
1960s
2 titles · average score 59
GoodWatch score 61Novel
GoodWatch score 57Novel
1950s
5 titles · average score 67
GoodWatch score 59Novel
GoodWatch score 79Short Story, Novel
Novel
GoodWatch score 69Novel
GoodWatch score 60Writer
1940s
7 titles · average score 74
GoodWatch score 85Novel
GoodWatch score 68Screenplay
GoodWatch score 85Screenplay
GoodWatch score 86Screenplay
GoodWatch score 82Writer
GoodWatch score 56Writer
GoodWatch score 58Writer
1930s
4 titles · average score 60
GoodWatch score 57Story
GoodWatch score 74Screenplay
GoodWatch score 76Novel
GoodWatch score 34Dialogue, Story