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Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe

Writing

Edgar Allan Poe

Career

Active from 1911 to 2026, with a break from 1937 to 1948, busiest in 1966 and 2010 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado
GoodWatch score69/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Edgar Allan Poe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.6, average 5.4
  • Wholesome
    1.3, average 3.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.0, average 3.0
  • Family Dynamics
    3.1, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Horror 4
  • Gothic Atmosphere 2
  • Literary Adaptation 2
  • Anthology Series 2
  • Uncanny Atmosphere 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

274
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

7 titles
Usher's Legacy
Usher's Legacy

Story

Berenice
Berenice

Original Story

Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat
Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat

Original Story

Uncanny Stories
Uncanny Stories

Short Story

FORTUNATO
FORTUNATO

Original Story

The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death

Original Story

Tell-Tale Heart
Tell-Tale Heart

Writer

2020s

37 titles · average score 54
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart (2026)

Writer

Edgar Allan Poe's The Oval Portrait
Edgar Allan Poe's The Oval Portrait (2025)
GoodWatch score 24

Short Story

The Raven
The Raven (2025)
GoodWatch score 72

Short Story

Bedtime Stories: Tales of Love and Hate
Bedtime Stories: Tales of Love and Hate (2024)

Short Story

Edgar Allen Poe's Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allen Poe's Tell-Tale Heart (2022)

Writer

Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia
Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia (2022)

Short Story

The Fall of Usher
The Fall of Usher (2022)

Short Story

The Tell Tale Heart
The Tell Tale Heart (2021)

Short Story

The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher (2021)

Short Story

Lady Usher
Lady Usher (2021)

Short Story

Lenore
Lenore (2021)

Short Story

The Bloodhound
The Bloodhound (2020)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Story

2010s

40 titles · average score 50
Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart (2019)

Story

New Chilling Tales: The Anthology
New Chilling Tales: The Anthology (2018)

Story

The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart (2016)
GoodWatch score 45

Short Story

Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper
Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper (2016)
GoodWatch score 43

Short Story

The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse (2016)
GoodWatch score 55

Original Story

Extraordinary Tales
Extraordinary Tales (2015)
GoodWatch score 60

Short Story

Animus: The Tell-Tale Heart
Animus: The Tell-Tale Heart (2015)

Short Story

Stonehearst Asylum
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
GoodWatch score 57

Short Story

Tales of Poe
Tales of Poe (2014)
GoodWatch score 42

Short Story

Riddle of the Black Cat
Riddle of the Black Cat (2012)

Short Story

Cask of Amontilado
Cask of Amontilado (2011)

Short Story

The Tell Tale Heart
The Tell Tale Heart (2010)

Story

2000s

29 titles · average score 43
The Tomb
The Tomb (2009)
GoodWatch score 38

Short Story

Tell-Tale
Tell-Tale (2009)
GoodWatch score 53

Short Story

Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit & The Pendulum
Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit & The Pendulum (2009)
GoodWatch score 28

Short Story

The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart (2009)
GoodWatch score 67

Short Story

Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher (2008)
GoodWatch score 32

Short Story

Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven (2007)
GoodWatch score 31

Short Story

The Black Cat
The Black Cat (2007)
GoodWatch score 64

Short Story

The Raven
The Raven (2006)
GoodWatch score 20

Author

Lunacy
Lunacy (2005)
GoodWatch score 67

Short Story

The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart (2003)

Story

The Raven
The Raven (2003)

Short Story

Usher
Usher (2002)
GoodWatch score 43

Short Story

1990s

12 titles · average score 53
William Wilson
William Wilson (1999)

Short Story

The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado (1998)

Short Story

Morella
Morella (1997)

Short Story

The Gold Bug
The Gold Bug (1996)

Short Story

Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery
Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery (1995)
GoodWatch score 69

Short Story

The Black Cat
The Black Cat (1995)

Short Story

Tale of a Vampire
Tale of a Vampire (1993)
GoodWatch score 55

Short Story

Fool's Fire
Fool's Fire (1992)

Short Story

The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
GoodWatch score 52

Short Story

Two Evil Eyes
Two Evil Eyes (1990)
GoodWatch score 59

Short Story

The Haunting of Morella
The Haunting of Morella (1990)
GoodWatch score 40

Short Story

Haunting Fear
Haunting Fear (1990)
GoodWatch score 46

Short Story

1980s

30 titles · average score 52
Buried Alive
Buried Alive (1989)
GoodWatch score 41

Short Story

The House of Usher
The House of Usher (1989)
GoodWatch score 44

Short Story

The Black Cat
The Black Cat (1989)
GoodWatch score 46

Short Story

Masque of the Red Death
Masque of the Red Death (1989)
GoodWatch score 63

Short Story

The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death (1989)
GoodWatch score 61

Short Story

The Raven
The Raven (1988)

Story

The Power of Speech
The Power of Speech (1988)
GoodWatch score 59

Short Story

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986)
GoodWatch score 58

Short Story

The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope
The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope (1983)
GoodWatch score 71

Short Story

El Caso del Señor Valdemar
El Caso del Señor Valdemar (1982)

Writer

The Black Cat
The Black Cat (1981)
GoodWatch score 42

Short Story

The Black Cat
The Black Cat (1980)

Story

1970s

23 titles · average score 55
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart (1979)

Story

The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher (1979)
GoodWatch score 58

Short Story

The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado (1978)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer

The Imp of the Perverse
The Imp of the Perverse (1975)

Writer

Night of the Skull
Night of the Skull (1974)
GoodWatch score 60

Story

The Mansion of Madness
The Mansion of Madness (1973)
GoodWatch score 49

Short Story

The Oval Portrait
The Oval Portrait (1973)
GoodWatch score 33

Short Story

One Minute Before Death
One Minute Before Death (1972)
GoodWatch score 38

Story

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
GoodWatch score 83

Short Story

Murders in the Rue Morgue
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
GoodWatch score 32

Short Story

An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe
An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (1970)
GoodWatch score 74

Short Story

Mask of the Red Death
Mask of the Red Death (1970)

Short Story

1960s

36 titles · average score 66
El Cuervo
El Cuervo (1969)

Writer

Witchfinder General
Witchfinder General (1968)
GoodWatch score 80

Poem

Spirits of the Dead
Spirits of the Dead (1968)
GoodWatch score 75

Short Story

Toby Dammit
Toby Dammit (1968)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Story

El Tonel
El Tonel (1966)

Writer

El Pacto
El Pacto (1966)

Writer

Terror-Creatures from the Grave
Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965)
GoodWatch score 47

Novel

The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
GoodWatch score 78

Short Story

The Raven
The Raven (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

Short Story

The Haunted Palace
The Haunted Palace (1963)
GoodWatch score 71

Short Story

The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
GoodWatch score 76

Short Story

House of Usher
House of Usher (1960)
GoodWatch score 72

Short Story

1950s

17 titles · average score 51
Ligeia
Ligeia (1959)

Short Story

The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart (1958)

Story

The Telltale Heart
The Telltale Heart (1958)

Short Story

Manfish
Manfish (1956)
GoodWatch score 28

Short Story

Bérénice
Bérénice (1954)
GoodWatch score 59

Short Story

Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
GoodWatch score 51

Short Story

Asylum
Asylum (1954)

Short Story

The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart (1953)
GoodWatch score 74

Short Story

The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart (1953)

Short Story

The Raven
The Raven (1951)

Short Story

The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher (1950)
GoodWatch score 45

Short Story

El barril de amontillado
El barril de amontillado (1950)

Short Story

1940s

7 titles · average score 57
Unusual Tales
Unusual Tales (1949)
GoodWatch score 65

Short Story

Edgar Allan Poe Centenary
Edgar Allan Poe Centenary (1949)

Story

Tell-Tale Heart
Tell-Tale Heart (1947)

Short Story

The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher (1942)
GoodWatch score 59

Short Story

The Mystery of Marie Roget
The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
GoodWatch score 43

Short Story

The Black Cat
The Black Cat (1941)
GoodWatch score 55

Short Story

The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart (1941)
GoodWatch score 65

Short Story

1930s

12 titles · average score 66
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart (1939)

Short Story

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (1936)
GoodWatch score 68

Short Story, Writer

The Raven
The Raven (1935)
GoodWatch score 64

Short Story

The Crime of Doctor Crespi
The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)
GoodWatch score 53

Short Story

The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart (1934)

Novel

The Black Cat
The Black Cat (1934)
GoodWatch score 79

Short Story

The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart (1934)

Short Story

The Oval Portrait
The Oval Portrait (1934)

Short Story

Murders in the Rue Morgue
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
GoodWatch score 68

Short Story

The Living Dead
The Living Dead (1932)

Short Story

Feathered shadows
Feathered shadows (1931)

Short Story

The Strange Bride
The Strange Bride (1930)

Story

1920s

7 titles · average score 73
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer, Short Story

The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
GoodWatch score 87

Short Story

The Telltale Heart
The Telltale Heart (1928)
GoodWatch score 68

Short Story

Prelude
Prelude (1927)
GoodWatch score 71

Short Story

A Spectre Haunts Europe
A Spectre Haunts Europe (1923)

Short Story

Ligeia
Ligeia (1922)

Short Story

Annabelle Lee
Annabelle Lee (1921)

Short Story

1910s

14 titles · average score 61
Eerie Tales
Eerie Tales (1919)
GoodWatch score 62

Short Story

The Plague of Florence
The Plague of Florence (1919)
GoodWatch score 64

Short Story

The Double Murder in the Rue Morgue
The Double Murder in the Rue Morgue (1916)

Novel

The Raven
The Raven (1915)

Short Story

The Avenging Conscience
The Avenging Conscience (1914)
GoodWatch score 61

Short Story

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1914)

Short Story

The Student of Prague
The Student of Prague (1913)
GoodWatch score 58

Short Story

The Bells
The Bells (1913)

Original Story

The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum (1913)

Short Story

Dr. Goudron's System
Dr. Goudron's System (1913)

Short Story

The Mask of the Red Death
The Mask of the Red Death (1911)

Story

The Oval Portrait
The Oval Portrait (1910)

Short Story

1900s

3 titles · average score 55
The Sealed Room
The Sealed Room (1909)
GoodWatch score 55

Short Story

The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum (1909)

Short Story

Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery
Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery (1908)

Short Story