Portrait of John Osborne

Writing

John Osborne

Career

Active from 1960 to 2016, with a break from 1996 to 2015, busiest in 1968 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
John Osborne Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.6, average 5.4
  • Scare
    1.4, average 2.6
  • Pop Culture
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Crime
    2.5, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Realism 3
  • Social Satire 3
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • British Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

33
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer
Branagh Theatre Live: The Entertainer (2016)

Writer

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 70
England, My England
England, My England (1995)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer

The Entertainer
The Entertainer (1993)

Writer, Theatre Play

1980s

8 titles ยท average score 74
Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger (1989)
GoodWatch score 81

Writer

Colonel Redl
Colonel Redl (1985)
GoodWatch score 75

Screenplay

God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
God Rot Tunbridge Wells! (1985)

Writer

A Better Class of Person
A Better Class of Person (1985)

as Narrator

Very Like a Whale
Very Like a Whale (1981)

Writer

Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler (1981)

Adaptation

Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger (1980)

Writer

Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon (1980)
GoodWatch score 68

as Arborian Priest

1970s

12 titles ยท average score 61
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy (1979)

Writer

The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show

Tomorrow Never Comes
Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)
GoodWatch score 36

as Lyne

Supernatural
Supernatural (1977)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Edward Manners

Almost a Vision
Almost a Vision (1976)

Writer

Luther
Luther (1974)
GoodWatch score 58

Writer

The Gift of Friendship
The Gift of Friendship (1974)

Writer

Ms or Jill and Jack
Ms or Jill and Jack (1974)

Writer

Get Carter
Get Carter (1971)
GoodWatch score 78

as Kinnear

The Hotel in Amsterdam
The Hotel in Amsterdam (1971)

Writer

The Right Prospectus
The Right Prospectus (1970)

Writer

First Love
First Love (1970)
GoodWatch score 59

as Maidanov

1960s

9 titles ยท average score 63
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer

Inadmissible Evidence
Inadmissible Evidence (1968)

Writer

Luther
Luther (1968)

Writer

The Parachute
The Parachute (1968)

as Werner Roger

BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Werner Roger

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)

TV show ยท as Harry Steadman

Tom Jones
Tom Jones (1963)
GoodWatch score 70

Screenplay

The Entertainer
The Entertainer (1960)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay, Theatre Play

A Subject of Scandal and Concern
A Subject of Scandal and Concern (1960)

Writer

1950s

1 title ยท average score 66
Look Back in Anger
Look Back in Anger (1959)
GoodWatch score 66

Theatre Play, Additional Dialogue