Michael Cormac "Mike" Newell (born 28 March 1942) is an English director and producer of motion pictures for the screen and for television. After the release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 2005, Newell became the third most commercially successful British director in recent years, behind Christopher Nolan and David Yates, as confirmed by the UK Film Council in their 2010 Statistical Yearbook. Newell won the BAFTA Award for Best Direction in 1994 for Four Weddings and a Funeral and the BAFTA Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in Directing for his career prior to 2005. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mike Newell (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 28, 1942 (84)
- St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Director and producer
- 27 on MovieCove · 90 credits in all
Known for
What are Mike Newell's films like?
Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 23
Light 9 · Serious 9 · Dark 6
A split, not a type: Grounded 14 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 4
Gentle 6 · Charged 10 · Intense 8
Steady 11 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 2
A split, not a type: Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 2
Casual 11 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 7 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 9
Resolved 16 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet17
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous1
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 Mike Newell's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Mike Newell'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
90 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Spirit of 1926 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
578 Magnum(2022)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Interestings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Enchanted Kingdom(2014)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Great Expectations(2012)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Huff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Mona Lisa Smile(2003)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
I Capture the Castle(2003)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Traffic(2000)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
High Fidelity(2000)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Pushing Tin(1999)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Best Laid Plans(1999)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
200 Cigarettes(1999)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Photographing Fairies(1997)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Donnie Brasco(1997)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
An Awfully Big Adventure(1995)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Into the West(1992)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Enchanted April(1991)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Common Ground (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Smith And Jones In Small Doses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Soursweet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Amazing Grace and Chuck(1987)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Good Father(1985)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Dance with a Stranger(1985)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Birth of a Nation(1983)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Tales Out of School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Blood Feud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Blood Feud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Bad Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Little Girls Don't (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
The Awakening(1980)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Destiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
The Mayor's Charity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
BBC2 Play of the Week (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
The Man in the Iron Mask(1977)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all filmsThe Sunday Drama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Childhood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Buffet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Jack Flea's Birthday Celebration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Red Letter Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Comedy Premiere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
The Boundary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Brassneck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Mrs. Acland's Ghosts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
The Gift of Friendship (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Late Night Drama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
The Childhood Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Ms or Jill and Jack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Wessex Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Second City Firsts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Just Your Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
The Man from Haven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Late Night Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Not Counting the Savages (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
The Guardians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Budgie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Big Soft Nelly Mrs. Mouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
The Adventures of Don Quick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Play for Today (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Diamond Crack Diamond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Confession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Parkin's Patch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Hadleigh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Big Breadwinner Hog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Her Majesty's Pleasure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Spindoe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
The Visitors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
City '68 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
None of That (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
ITV Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Escape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
The Fellows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Thirty-Minute Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud Carver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Coronation Street(1960)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows
The Duchess and I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 90 titles, 89 of them dated from 1960 to 2022.
Biggest box office
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Highest rated
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
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.
How do Mike Newell's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 26; across their 24 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th9
- 25th to 49th7
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
11 of their 27 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved6
- Crowd Pleaser11
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the atmosphere 73/100 and the pacing 46/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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 Mike Newell's work okay for kids?
Across up to 13 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.
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 Mike Newell work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mike Newell's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mick Audsley shares the most, 6.
Actors
- Jim BroadbentShared titles: Enchanted April (1991), The Good Father (1985), Birth of a Nation (1983)See all 3 shared titles with Jim Broadbent
- Ralph FiennesShared titles: Great Expectations (2012), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Ralph Fiennes
- Robbie ColtraneShared titles: Great Expectations (2012), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Robbie Coltrane
- Alfred MolinaShared titles: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Enchanted April (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Alfred Molina
Composers and editors
- Mick AudsleyShared titles: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Love in the Time of Cholera (2007), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Mona Lisa Smile (2003), High Fidelity (2000), Dance with a Stranger (1985)See all 6 shared titles with Mick Audsley
- Patrick DoyleShared titles: Enchanted Kingdom (2014), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Donnie Brasco (1997), Into the West (1992)See all 4 shared titles with Patrick Doyle
- Richard HartleyShared titles: Great Expectations (2012), An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), Dance with a Stranger (1985), The Good Father (1985)See all 4 shared titles with Richard Hartley
- Jon GregoryShared titles: Pushing Tin (1999), Donnie Brasco (1997), An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)See all 4 shared titles with Jon Gregory
Producers
- Alan GreenspanShared titles: High Fidelity (2000), 200 Cigarettes (1999), Best Laid Plans (1999), Pushing Tin (1999), Donnie Brasco (1997), Photographing Fairies (1997)See all 6 shared titles with Alan Greenspan
- Mark ShivasShared titles: I Capture the Castle (2003), An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), Enchanted April (1991)See all 3 shared titles with Mark Shivas
- Patrick McCormickShared titles: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Donnie Brasco (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Patrick McCormick
- Tim BevanShared titles: High Fidelity (2000), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Tim Bevan
