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Michael Radford

Career

Active from 1980 to 2025, busiest in 2002 with 2 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Michael Radford Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7
  • Scare
    1.6, average 2.6
  • Physical Comedy
    1.5, average 2.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.2, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Friendship 2
  • Overcoming Adversity 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Complex Characters 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Melancholy 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
Sweethearts
Sweethearts

Writer

2020s

2 titles · average score 76
Desperate Journey
Desperate Journey (2025)

Writer

Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me (2023)
GoodWatch score 76

as Sé stesso

2010s

4 titles · average score 51
The Music of Silence
The Music of Silence (2017)
GoodWatch score 32

Director, Writer

Elsa & Fred
Elsa & Fred (2014)
GoodWatch score 48

Director, Screenplay

The Mule
The Mule (2013)
GoodWatch score 54

Co-Producer, Director

Michel Petrucciani
Michel Petrucciani (2011)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay, Director

2000s

5 titles · average score 59
Flawless
Flawless (2007)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice (2004)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Screenplay

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Screenplay

Addicted to the Stars
Addicted to the Stars (2002)

Director

Dancing at the Blue Iguana
Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2001)
GoodWatch score 43

Director, Writer

1990s

2 titles · average score 71
B. Monkey
B. Monkey (1999)
GoodWatch score 56

Scenario Writer, Director

The Postman
The Postman (1994)
GoodWatch score 87

Director, Screenplay

1980s

5 titles · average score 63
White Mischief
White Mischief (1987)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Screenplay

Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
GoodWatch score 69

Director, Screenplay

Another Time, Another Place
Another Time, Another Place (1983)
GoodWatch score 51

Screenplay, Director

Van Morrison in Ireland
Van Morrison in Ireland (1981)

Director

The White Bird Passes
The White Bird Passes (1980)

Director, Writer

1970s

2 titles
The Last Stronghold of the Pure Gospel
The Last Stronghold of the Pure Gospel (1979)

Producer

Love Is Like a Violin
Love Is Like a Violin (1977)

Producer