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Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand

Actor, producer, director, writer and composer · Born April 24, 1942 (84) · Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Barbara Joan 'Barbra' Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). With sales exceeding 150 million records worldwide, she is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the second highest-certified female artist in the United States, with 68.5 million certified album units. Billboard ranked her as the greatest female artist on the Billboard 200 chart and the top Adult Contemporary female artist of all time. Her accolades include two Academy Awards, 10 Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award, five Emmy Awards, four Peabody Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and nine Golden Globes. She began her career by performing in nightclubs and Broadway theaters in the early 1960s. Following her guest appearances on various television shows, she signed to Columbia Records, insisting that she retain full artistic control, and accepting lower pay in exchange, an arrangement that continued throughout her career, and released her debut The Barbra Streisand Album (1963), which won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Throughout her recording career, she has topped the US Billboard 200 chart with 11 albums—a record for a woman—including People (1964), The Way We Were (1974), Guilty (1980), and The Broadway Album (1985). She also achieved five number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100—"The Way We Were", "Evergreen", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", and "Woman in Love". Following her established recording success in the 1960s, she ventured into film by the end of that decade. She starred in the critically acclaimed Funny Girl (1968), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Additional fame followed with films including the extravagant musical Hello, Dolly! (1969), the screwball comedy What's Up, Doc? (1972), and the romantic drama The Way We Were (1973). She won a second Academy Award for writing the love theme from A Star Is Born (1976), the first woman to be honored as a composer. With the release of Yentl (1983), she became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film. The film won an Oscar for Best Score and a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Musical. She also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, becoming the first (and for 37 years, the only) woman to win that award. She later directed The Prince of Tides (1991) and The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996).

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Born
April 24, 1942 (84)
From
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Works as
Actor, producer, director, writer and composer
Titles
38 on MovieCove · 59 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Up 15% in 30 days

What are Barbra Streisand's films like?

Across their 40 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Documentary8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 90th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Music4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 94th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Music movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
26%
Bonds
24%
Society
17%
Morality
11%
Ideas
10%
Power
8%
Survival
5%
Romantic love13 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy10 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth9 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt6 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 40 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 23 · Serious 5 · Dark 12

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 30 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 15 · Charged 17 · Intense 8

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 25 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 6

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 7

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 25 · Even-paced 15 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 23 · Engaged 15 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 35 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

20 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 12 of 20 analyzed roles.

Hero
12 of 20
Shapeshifter
6 of 20
Mentor
2 of 20
Show the 20 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
20
Tense
11
Romantic
11
Joyful
11
Melancholic
12
Other
42

How their films linger

Hopeful21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy17
  • Bittersweet18
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Barbra Streisand's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 38 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Barbra Streisand's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

59 credits, 38 with a MovieCove page; 72 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Funny Girl: Barbra Streisand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Narrator

  • Song to Woody: Greenwich Village, the Folk Revival, and Bob Dylan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Composer

  • Disclosure(2020)

    as Yentl (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Mike Wallace Is Here(2019)

    as (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • They'll Love Me When I'm Dead(2018)

    as Judy Maxwell

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Barbra: The Music... The Mem'ries... The Magic!(2017)

    Director · Executive Producer · Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Barbra: Back to Brooklyn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · Executive Producer · Writer · as Self

  • The Guilt Trip(2012)

    Executive Producer · as Joyce Brewster

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Little Fockers(2010)

    as Rozalin Focker

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard - September 26, 2009(2010)

    Producer · as Performer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Streisand: Live in Concert 2006 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · as Self

  • Meet the Fockers(2004)

    as Rozalin Focker

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Self

  • Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Barbra Streisand

  • Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s(2002)

    as Esther Hoffman (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Varian's War: The Forgotten Hero(2001)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Timeless: Live in Concert(2001)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Herself

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • What Makes a Family(2001)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Frankie & Hazel(2000)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples(1998)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Long Island Incident(1998)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Families(1998)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women(1997)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • My Brother's War(1997)

    Creative Consultant

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Mirror Has Two Faces(1996)

    Director · Music Supervisor · Producer · Theme Song Performance · as Rose Morgan

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story(1995)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Barbra: The Concert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Director · as Self

  • The Prince of Tides(1991)

    Director · Producer · as Susan Lowenstein

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • On s'est tous défilé (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • Nuts(1987)

    Composer · Producer · as Claudia Draper

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • One Voice(1986)

    Producer · Writer · as Self - Performer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Director · as Self

  • Miami Vice(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Pedestrian (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Yentl(1983)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · as Yentl

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • All Night Long(1981)

    as Cheryl Gibbons

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Main Event(1979)

    Producer · as Hillary Kramer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Eyes of Laura Mars(1978)

    Theme Song Performance

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • A Star Is Born(1976)

    Executive Producer · Songs · Writer · as Esther Hoffman

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Funny Lady(1975)

    as Fanny Brice

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • For Pete's Sake(1974)

    as Henrietta 'Henry' Robbins

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer · as Self

  • The Way We Were(1973)

    as Katie Morosky

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Up the Sandbox(1972)

    as Margaret Reynolds

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • What's Up, Doc?(1972)

    as Judy Maxwell

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Owl and the Pussycat(1970)

    as Doris

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • On a Clear Day You Can See Forever(1970)

    as Daisy Gamble

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Hello, Dolly!(1969)

    as Dolly Levi

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Funny Girl(1968)

    as Fanny Brice

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • A Happening in Central Park (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Performer

  • Barbra in Movieland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Actor

  • The Look of Funny Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Actor

  • This is Streisand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Actor

  • The Belle of 14th Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Performer

  • Color Me Barbra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Performer

  • [Untitled: #16] (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Actor

  • My Name Is Barbra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Performer

  • A Bob Hope Comedy Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Performer

  • Catherine the Great (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 58 titles, 56 of them dated from 1963 to 2024; peak year 1973.

Biggest box office

Meet the Fockers (2004)

$523M worldwide

Highest rated

What's Up, Doc? (1972)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Meet the Fockers (2004)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19632024

Peak 1973 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 14 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting36 of 58: 29 only acting, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thDirecting11 of 58: 4 only directing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score74thWriting6 of 58: 1 only writing, 5 with another roleProducing19 of 58: 8 only producing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score60thMusic4 of 58: 3 only music, 1 with another roleOther crew4 of 58: 2 only other crew, 2 with another role

58 titles, 11 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 7 of them.

By decade

1960s11 · acting1970s11 · 9 acting · 4 crew1980s7 · 4 acting · 5 crew1990s9 · 2 acting · 9 crew2000s9 · 3 acting · 6 crew2010s6 · 4 acting · 3 crew2020s3 · 2 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 1st · top billed in 74% of 19 roles
687383

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Barbra Streisand's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 37; across their 40 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Reach · how many have seen their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Midcredits score across 38 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 38 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (2002)

96th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Disclosure (2020)

Midcredits 98th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 28 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Barbra Streisand's work okay for kids?

Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore10 titles11–40 · median 20 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity12 titles19–62 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity11 titles6–60 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs10 titles22–56 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense10 titles7–41 · median 11 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Barbra Streisand work with?

People who share at least 2 of Barbra Streisand's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Cis Corman shares the most, 11.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles