Portrait of Dennis Lehane

Writing

Dennis Lehane

Career

Active from 2002 to 2025, busiest in 2010 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score75/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Wire
The Wire
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dennis Lehane Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    0.4, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    1.1, average 3.4
  • Physical Comedy
    0.3, average 2.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.3, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Moral Ambiguity 6
  • Realistic Dialogue 2
  • Slow-Burn Suspense 2
  • High-Stakes Suspense 2
  • Gritty Crime Thriller 2
  • Boston Noir 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

10
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
A Bostonian
A Bostonian

Short Story

Colt
Colt

Writer

2010s

4 titles ยท average score 68
Gone Baby Gone
Gone Baby Gone (2018)
GoodWatch score 77

Screenplay

Live by Night
Live by Night (2016)
GoodWatch score 49

Novel, Executive Producer

The Drop
The Drop (2014)
GoodWatch score 75

Screenplay, Executive Producer

Shutter Island
Shutter Island (2010)
GoodWatch score 72

Executive Producer, Novel

2000s

3 titles ยท average score 82
Gone Baby Gone
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
GoodWatch score 73

Novel

Mystic River
Mystic River (2003)
GoodWatch score 81

Novel

The Wire
The Wire (2002)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show ยท as Off. Sullivan

1980s

1 title ยท average score 69
American Playhouse
American Playhouse (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Storekeeper