Portrait of Joyce Carol Oates

Writing

Joyce Carol Oates

Career

Active from 1976 to 2027, busiest in 2017 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for Double Lover
Double Lover
GoodWatch score64/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Joyce Carol Oates Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7
  • Fantasy
    0.3, average 1.7
  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Wonder
    2.1, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 2
  • Intense Character Study 2
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

18
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles ยท average score 46
Portrait of Norma Jeane
Portrait of Norma Jeane (2027)

Writer

Blonde
Blonde (2022)
GoodWatch score 46

Novel

2010s

6 titles ยท average score 56
Double Lover
Double Lover (2017)
GoodWatch score 64

Novel

Vengeance: A Love Story
Vengeance: A Love Story (2017)
GoodWatch score 47

Novel

Mark of Satan
Mark of Satan (2014)

Original Story

Foxfire
Foxfire (2013)
GoodWatch score 59

Novel

ZOMBIE
ZOMBIE (2011)

Novel

The Gathering Squall
The Gathering Squall (2011)

Original Story

2000s

3 titles ยท average score 57
Small Avalanches
Small Avalanches (2007)

Novel

Smรฅ skred
Smรฅ skred (2003)

Short Story

We Were the Mulvaneys
We Were the Mulvaneys (2002)
GoodWatch score 57

Novel

1990s

4 titles ยท average score 64
Getting to Know You
Getting to Know You (1999)
GoodWatch score 80

Original Story

Foxfire
Foxfire (1996)
GoodWatch score 63

Book

Lies of the Twins
Lies of the Twins (1991)
GoodWatch score 48

Novel

Norman and the Killer
Norman and the Killer (1991)

Short Story

1980s

2 titles ยท average score 73
The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Joyce Carol Oates (voice)

Smooth Talk
Smooth Talk (1985)
GoodWatch score 63

Novel

1970s

1 title
In the Region of Ice
In the Region of Ice (1976)

Novel