Portrait of Cormac McCarthy

Writing

Cormac McCarthy

Career

Active from 1946 to 2014, with a break from 1947 to 1976, busiest in 2009 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Cormac McCarthy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    0.5, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.5, average 2.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.3, average 2.2
  • Satire & Parody
    0.7, average 2.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 2
  • Existential Dread 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

4 titles
Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian

Novel, Executive Producer

Outer Dark
Outer Dark

Novel

Stella Maris
Stella Maris

Novel

The Passenger
The Passenger

Novel

2010s

4 titles · average score 53
Child of God
Child of God (2014)
GoodWatch score 44

Novel

The Counselor
The Counselor (2013)
GoodWatch score 43

Writer, Executive Producer

The Sunset Limited
The Sunset Limited (2011)
GoodWatch score 71

Theatre Play, Writer

Blood Meridian Test Reel
Blood Meridian Test Reel (2011)

Original Story

2000s

4 titles · average score 69
The Road
The Road (2009)
GoodWatch score 70

Novel

Outer Dark
Outer Dark (2009)

Writer

No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men (2007)
GoodWatch score 88

Novel

All the Pretty Horses
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
GoodWatch score 49

Novel

1990s

1 title
Looking for Cormac
Looking for Cormac (1995)

as The object

1970s

1 title
The Gardener's Son
The Gardener's Son (1977)

Writer

1940s

1 title
Dairying In Tennessee
Dairying In Tennessee (1946)

as Jimmy