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Portrait of Samuel Beckett

Writing

Samuel Beckett

Career

Active from 1963 to 2026, busiest in 2000 with 11 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Ohio Impromptu
Ohio Impromptu
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Samuel Beckett Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.6, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    0.9, average 4.8
  • Adrenaline
    1.4, average 4.8
  • Crime
    0.3, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Dialogue-Driven 6
  • Samuel Beckett 3
  • Existentialism 3
  • Documentary 2
  • Experimental Film 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Philosophical 2
  • Minimalist Staging 2
  • Existential Drama 2
  • Philosophical Undertones 2
  • Absurdist Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

82
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

4 titles
Beckett Directs Beckett: Endgame by Samuel Beckett
Beckett Directs Beckett: Endgame by Samuel Beckett

Director

The Lost Ones
The Lost Ones

Writer

Dada Knows Best
Dada Knows Best

Original Story

Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot

Theatre Play

2020s

10 titles
GIGI !
GIGI ! (2026)

Original Story

How It Is
How It Is (2026)

Writer

Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot (2025)

Writer

Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot (2025)

Novel

Endgame
Endgame (2023)

Writer

Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot (2021)

Theatre Play

Happy Days
Happy Days (2021)

Writer

Come and Go
Come and Go (2020)

Writer

Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot (2020)

Writer, Author

Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)
Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune) (2020)

Writer

2010s

8 titles
En attendant Godot
En attendant Godot (2019)

Theatre Play

Beckett by Brook
Beckett by Brook (2018)

Writer

Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot (2018)

Theatre Play

The Lost One
The Lost One (2014)

Short Story

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget (2013)

Writer

What Where
What Where (2013)

Writer

Emancipation in the Brain
Emancipation in the Brain (2012)

Novel

Wydalony
Wydalony (2011)

Theatre Play, Short Story

2000s

22 titles · average score 69
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film (2003)

Writer

Ohio Impromptu
Ohio Impromptu (2002)
GoodWatch score 81

Writer

Catastrophe
Catastrophe (2001)
GoodWatch score 63

Theatre Play, Writer

Breath
Breath (2001)
GoodWatch score 55

Writer

Play
Play (2001)
GoodWatch score 73

Theatre Play, Writer

Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot (2001)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer, Theatre Play

Not I
Not I (2000)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer

Krapp's Last Tape
Krapp's Last Tape (2000)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer

Rockaby
Rockaby (2000)

Writer

Footfalls
Footfalls (2000)

Writer

Happy Days
Happy Days (2000)

Writer, Theatre Play

Endgame
Endgame (2000)
GoodWatch score 74

Writer

1990s

3 titles
Waiting for Godot in San Quentin
Waiting for Godot in San Quentin (1998)

Writer

NEKO-MIMI
NEKO-MIMI (1994)

Dialogue

Be Again
Be Again (1994)

Writer

1980s

13 titles · average score 67
En attendant Godot
En attendant Godot (1989)

Theatre Play

Endgame
Endgame (1989)

Theatre Play

Ostatnia Taśma
Ostatnia Taśma (1989)

Screenplay

Beckett Directs Beckett: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Beckett Directs Beckett: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (1988)

Director, Writer

Beckett Directs Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett
Beckett Directs Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett (1988)

Director

Godot in San Quentin
Godot in San Quentin (1988)

Writer

My Case
My Case (1986)
GoodWatch score 67

Short Story

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby' (1983)

Writer, Theatre Play

Night and Dreams
Night and Dreams (1983)

Director, Writer

Quad I+II
Quad I+II (1981)

Writer, Director

Rockaby
Rockaby (1981)

Writer

Happy Days
Happy Days (1980)

Writer

1970s

12 titles · average score 73
Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett)
Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett) (1979)

Writer

He Joe
He Joe (1979)

Director, Writer

Happy Days
Happy Days (1979)

Director, Writer

...but the clouds...
...but the clouds... (1977)

Writer

Ghost Trio
Ghost Trio (1977)

Writer

... nur noch Gewölk ...
... nur noch Gewölk ... (1977)

Writer, Director

Ghost Trio
Ghost Trio (1977)

Writer, Director

Warten auf Godot
Warten auf Godot (1976)

Director

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

Not I
Not I (1973)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Writer

Krapp's Last Tape
Krapp's Last Tape (1972)

Writer

Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot (1971)

Theatre Play

1960s

10 titles · average score 73
Atto senza parole
Atto senza parole (1969)

Theatre Play

Comédie
Comédie (1966)

Writer, Director

Eh, Joe?
Eh, Joe? (1966)

Writer

He Joe
He Joe (1966)

Director, Writer

Atto senza parole secondo
Atto senza parole secondo (1966)

Theatre Play

Film
Film (1965)
GoodWatch score 73

Writer, Director

Beginning to End
Beginning to End (1965)

Writer

Glade Dage
Glade Dage (1964)

Original Story

Tous ceux qui tombent
Tous ceux qui tombent (1963)

Radio Play

Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot (1961)

Theatre Play