Portrait of Sinclair Lewis

Writing

Sinclair Lewis

Career

Active from 1919 to 1997, with a break from 1970 to 1996, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sinclair Lewis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.5, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.0, average 4.1
  • Scare
    0.6, average 2.6
  • Adrenaline
    3.1, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Class Conflict 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

3 titles ยท average score 86
Babbitt
Babbitt (1969)

Novel

Shadow on the Land
Shadow on the Land (1968)

Novel

Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry (1960)
GoodWatch score 86

Novel

1950s

1 title
Majesty on a Detour
Majesty on a Detour (1958)

Novel

1940s

5 titles ยท average score 63
Cass Timberlane
Cass Timberlane (1947)
GoodWatch score 62

Novel

Bongo
Bongo (1947)
GoodWatch score 64

Story

Fun and Fancy Free
Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Story

This Is the Life
This Is the Life (1944)

Theatre Play

Untamed
Untamed (1940)

Novel

1930s

6 titles ยท average score 65
Dodsworth
Dodsworth (1936)
GoodWatch score 84

Novel

I Married a Doctor
I Married a Doctor (1936)

Writer

Babbitt
Babbitt (1934)
GoodWatch score 52

Novel

Ann Vickers
Ann Vickers (1933)
GoodWatch score 54

Novel

Arrowsmith
Arrowsmith (1931)
GoodWatch score 72

Novel

Newly Rich
Newly Rich (1931)

Writer

1920s

6 titles ยท average score 56
Mantrap
Mantrap (1926)
GoodWatch score 69

Novel

Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)
GoodWatch score 43

as Allegorical figures

Babbitt
Babbitt (1924)

Novel

Main Street
Main Street (1923)

Novel

The Ghost Patrol
The Ghost Patrol (1923)

Story

Free Air
Free Air (1922)

Original Film Writer

1910s

1 title
The Unpainted Woman
The Unpainted Woman (1919)

Story