Portrait of Arthur Laurents

Writing

Arthur Laurents

Career

Active from 1948 to 2025, with a break from 1996 to 2014, busiest in 1949 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score75/100
Highest rated
Poster for Caught
Caught
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Arthur Laurents Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.9, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.7, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.5, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Family Drama 2
  • Emotional Depth 2
  • Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

19
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Rope
Rope

Original Film Writer

2020s

3 titles ยท average score 80
National Theatre Live: West Side Story
National Theatre Live: West Side Story (2028)

Book

West Side Story
West Side Story (2025)

Writer, Theatre Play

West Side Story
West Side Story (2021)
GoodWatch score 80

Theatre Play

2010s

1 title ยท average score 79
Gypsy
Gypsy (2015)
GoodWatch score 79

Writer, Musical

1990s

3 titles ยท average score 70
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall (1995)

Writer

Gypsy
Gypsy (1994)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer, Theatre Play

Gypsy: Live from the Southern Arizona Light Opera Company
Gypsy: Live from the Southern Arizona Light Opera Company (1992)

Theatre Play, Writer

1970s

2 titles ยท average score 67
The Turning Point
The Turning Point (1977)
GoodWatch score 66

Producer, Writer

The Way We Were
The Way We Were (1973)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer

1960s

2 titles ยท average score 77
Gypsy
Gypsy (1962)
GoodWatch score 71

Theatre Play

West Side Story
West Side Story (1961)
GoodWatch score 83

Book

1950s

3 titles ยท average score 80
Bonjour Tristesse
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
GoodWatch score 76

Screenplay

Anastasia
Anastasia (1956)
GoodWatch score 81

Screenplay

Summertime
Summertime (1955)
GoodWatch score 82

Theatre Play

1940s

4 titles ยท average score 78
Caught
Caught (1949)
GoodWatch score 85

Screenplay

Home of the Brave
Home of the Brave (1949)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer

Anna Lucasta
Anna Lucasta (1949)

Writer

Rope
Rope (1948)
GoodWatch score 82

Screenplay