Portrait of Chris Menges

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Chris Menges

Titles
73movies4TV shows
Career

Active from 1963 to 2019, busiest in 1983 with 6 main titles.

Directed
4
titles as director
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Kes
Kes
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Chris Menges Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.4, average 1.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.3, average 2.5
  • Scare
    1.6, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 8
  • Character-Driven 7
  • Moral Ambiguity 6
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Coming-of-Age 4
  • Psychological Drama 4
  • British Social Realism 3
  • Bleak 3
  • Coming-of-Age Drama 3
  • Crime Thriller 3
  • Psychological Depth 3
  • Social Realism 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

7
TypeAllMovies5TV shows2
RoleAnyCamera61Appearances7Directing4Other crew2Acting1
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1970s11980s32010s3
GenreAnyDocumentary5Talk1Reality1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

2010s

3 titles · average score 87

1980s

3 titles
Poster for The Guldbagge Awards

TV show · Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner

1970s

1 title
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