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Robert B. Parker

Career

Active from 1985 to 2009, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert B. Parker Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    0.7, average 3.0
  • Wonder
    1.5, average 3.4
  • Family Dynamics
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Uncanny
    0.9, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Small Town Crime 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Crime Drama 2
  • New England Setting 2
  • Haunted Protagonist 2
  • Atmospheric Cinematography 2
  • Gritty Realism 2
  • Private Investigator 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Spenser Confidential 2
Spenser Confidential 2

Characters

2020s

1 title · average score 49
Spenser Confidential
Spenser Confidential (2020)
GoodWatch score 49

Characters

2010s

4 titles · average score 65
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015)
GoodWatch score 65

Characters

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)
GoodWatch score 65

Characters

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011)
GoodWatch score 64

Characters

Jesse Stone: No Remorse
Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)
GoodWatch score 66

Thanks, Characters

2000s

9 titles · average score 66
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009)
GoodWatch score 66

Novel

Appaloosa
Appaloosa (2008)
GoodWatch score 67

Novel

Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)
GoodWatch score 70

Novel

Jesse Stone: Night Passage
Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006)
GoodWatch score 68

Novel

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
GoodWatch score 68

Novel

Stone Cold
Stone Cold (2005)
GoodWatch score 68

Novel

Monte Walsh
Monte Walsh (2003)
GoodWatch score 68

Teleplay

Walking Shadow
Walking Shadow (2001)

Novel, Teleplay

Thin Air
Thin Air (2000)
GoodWatch score 58

Teleplay

1990s

6 titles · average score 60
Small Vices
Small Vices (1999)
GoodWatch score 48

as Ives

Poodle Springs
Poodle Springs (1998)
GoodWatch score 49

Novel

Spenser: A Savage Place
Spenser: A Savage Place (1995)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer

Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes (1994)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer

Spenser: The Judas Goat
Spenser: The Judas Goat (1994)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer

Spenser: Ceremony
Spenser: Ceremony (1993)
GoodWatch score 68

Novel, Writer