Portrait of Douglas Adams

Writing

Douglas Adams

Career

Active from 1963 to 2017, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score73/100
Highest rated
Poster for Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Flying Circus
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 5.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 7.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Douglas Adams Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Tension
    3.8, average 6.0
  • Pathos
    3.3, average 5.3
  • Violence
    2.2, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Cult Classic 2
  • Quirky Characters 2
  • Witty Dialogue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

23
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title ยท average score 33
Faraway Eyes
Faraway Eyes (2021)
GoodWatch score 33

Thanks

2010s

1 title ยท average score 71
Doctor Who: Shada
Doctor Who: Shada (2017)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer, Script Editor

2000s

6 titles ยท average score 64
A Matter of Time
A Matter of Time (2007)

as (archive footage)

Parrot Fashion
Parrot Fashion (2007)

as (archive footage)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
GoodWatch score 64

Novel, Screenplay

Paris in the Springtime
Paris in the Springtime (2005)

as (archive footage)

Doctor Who: Shada
Doctor Who: Shada (2003)

Writer

Rockstar
Rockstar (2000)

as Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 71
Doctor Who: Shada
Doctor Who: Shada (1992)
GoodWatch score 71

Script Editor, Writer

Hyperland
Hyperland (1990)

Writer

1980s

3 titles ยท average score 70
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Man in Pub (uncredited) / Man in Ocean (uncredited)

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
GoodWatch score 76

as Man in Ocean

Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon
Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon (1980)

Script Editor

1970s

8 titles ยท average score 63
Doctor Who: City of Death
Doctor Who: City of Death (1979)

Script Editor, Writer

Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden
Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden (1979)

Script Editor

Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks (1979)

Script Editor

Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor (1979)

Script Editor

Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit (1979)

Script Editor

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

TV show

Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet (1978)

Writer

Out of the Trees
Out of the Trees (1976)

Writer

1960s

2 titles ยท average score 82
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show ยท Writer

Omnibus
Omnibus (1967)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Self