Portrait of Max Allan Collins

Writing

Max Allan Collins

Career

Active from 1995 to 2025, busiest in 1995 and 2005 with 2 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for Quarry
Quarry
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Max Allan Collins Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    2.0, average 3.8
  • Wholesome
    1.7, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.6, average 2.7
  • Showbiz
    0.1, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Gritty Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

15
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Untitled Mike Hammer Film
Untitled Mike Hammer Film

Novel, Executive Producer

2020s

3 titles
Death by Fruitcake
Death by Fruitcake (2025)

Writer, Director

Blue Christmas
Blue Christmas (2024)

Writer, Director

Mickey Spillane's Encore for Murder
Mickey Spillane's Encore for Murder (2023)

Director, Writer

2010s

1 title ยท average score 79
The Lego Batman Movie
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
GoodWatch score 79

Thanks

2000s

6 titles ยท average score 71
The Last Lullaby
The Last Lullaby (2008)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay

Eliot Ness: An Untouchable Life
Eliot Ness: An Untouchable Life (2005)

Writer, Director

Caveman: V.T. Hamlin & Alley Oop
Caveman: V.T. Hamlin & Alley Oop (2005)

Director, Writer

A Matter of Principal
A Matter of Principal (2003)

Writer, Short Story

Road to Perdition
Road to Perdition (2002)
GoodWatch score 77

Graphic Novel

Real Time: Siege at Lucas Street Market
Real Time: Siege at Lucas Street Market (2001)

Director, Screenplay

1990s

4 titles ยท average score 43
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane (1998)

Writer, Director

Mommy's Day
Mommy's Day (1997)
GoodWatch score 39

Director, Writer

Mommy
Mommy (1995)
GoodWatch score 47

Director, Writer

The Expert
The Expert (1995)
GoodWatch score 42

Screenplay