Portrait of Terence Davies

Directing

Terence Davies

Career

Active from 1976 to 2024, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Distant Voices, Still Lives
Distant Voices, Still Lives
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Terence Davies Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.1, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    1.8, average 4.8
  • Crime
    1.1, average 3.6
  • Situational Comedy
    0.7, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 3
  • Bleak 2
  • British Cinema 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Biographical Drama 2
  • Introspective 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Melancholic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
The Post Office Girl
The Post Office Girl

Screenplay

2020s

4 titles ยท average score 72
Home! Home!
Home! Home! (2024)

Writer

Passing Time
Passing Time (2023)
GoodWatch score 67

as Narrator (voice)

Benediction
Benediction (2021)
GoodWatch score 76

Writer, Director

But Why?
But Why? (2021)

as Narrator (voice)

2010s

3 titles ยท average score 71
A Quiet Passion
A Quiet Passion (2016)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Writer

Sunset Song
Sunset Song (2015)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Screenplay

The Deep Blue Sea
The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
GoodWatch score 71

Director, Screenplay

2000s

2 titles ยท average score 76
Of Time and the City
Of Time and the City (2008)
GoodWatch score 78

Writer, Director

The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth (2000)
GoodWatch score 75

Screenplay, Director

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 64
The Neon Bible
The Neon Bible (1995)
GoodWatch score 49

Director, Screenplay

The Long Day Closes
The Long Day Closes (1992)
GoodWatch score 79

Writer, Director

1980s

5 titles ยท average score 73
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
GoodWatch score 79

Director, Writer

The Terence Davies Trilogy
The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983)
GoodWatch score 77

Director, Writer

Death and Transfiguration
Death and Transfiguration (1983)
GoodWatch score 71

Director, Writer

Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child (1980)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Writer

Boogie
Boogie (1980)

Director

1970s

4 titles ยท average score 70
The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1977)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

Children
Children (1976)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer, Director

Survivors
Survivors (1975)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Harper