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Lawrence Bender

Lawrence Bender

Producer and actor, also writer · Born October 17, 1957 (69) · New York City, New York, USA

Oscar nominee · BAFTA Award nominee · 2 other major award bodies

Lawrence Bender is an American film producer.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 17, 1957 (69)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Producer and actor, also writer
Titles
55 on MovieCove · 61 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 35% in 30 days

What are Lawrence Bender's films like?

Across their 50 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Drama11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Crime9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Documentary6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 91st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 10th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy 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
Morality
25%
Survival
17%
Bonds
17%
Self
15%
Ideas
10%
Society
10%
Power
6%
Survival12 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds13 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 48 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 10 · Serious 12 · Dark 26

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 24 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 12

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

Gentle 6 · Charged 9 · Intense 33

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

Steady 11 · Shifting 22 · Whiplash 15

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 26 · Some laughs 20 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 29 · Relentless 10

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

Casual 9 · Engaged 31 · Full focus 8

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 12 · Affecting 17 · Heavy 19

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

Resolved 35 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
39
Melancholic
22
Dread
12
Thrilling
13
Absurd
12
Other
40

How their films linger

Hopeful16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 14 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet23
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous14
  • Other1

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 Lawrence Bender's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 38 of their 55 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Lawrence Bender'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

61 credits, 55 with a MovieCove page; 12 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Red Alert(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • The Chicano Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

  • How Kids Roll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Producer

  • Adventures of the Naked Umbrella(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Harder They Fall(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Cops and Robbers(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Two Distant Strangers(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Capone(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Rocketman(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Greta(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Roswell, New Mexico(2019)

    Show 52 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Zoe(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Hacksaw Ridge(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Forest(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Silence(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Flesh and Bone(2015)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Alien Abduction(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Safe(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Countdown to Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Producer

  • Inglourious Basterds(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Goal! III(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Killshot(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Youngest Candidate(2008)

    Producer

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

  • The Junior Defenders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Interviewee

  • 88 Minutes(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • An Inconvenient Truth(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Goal! The Dream Begins(2005)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Great Raid(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Chumscrubber(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Innocent Voices(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Earthsea(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows

  • Dr. Vegas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 10 episodes · Producer

  • Kill Bill: Vol. 2(2004)

    Producer · as Hotel clerk (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Survivors Club(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Kill Bill: Vol. 1(2003)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Nancy Drew(2002)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Stark Raving Mad(2002)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Knockaround Guys(2001)

    Producer · as Bar Patron

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Mexican(2001)

    Producer · as Vegas Onlooker

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Anatomy of a Hate Crime(2001)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter(1999)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Anna and the King(1999)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money(1999)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • A Price Above Rubies(1998)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Jackie Brown(1997)

    Executive Music Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Good Will Hunting(1997)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • From Dusk Till Dawn(1996)

    Executive Producer · as Man in Diner (Uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Four Rooms(1995)

    Producer · as Long Hair Yuppy Scum

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • White Man's Burden(1995)

    Producer · as Bar Patron #1

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Pulp Fiction(1994)

    Producer · as Long Hair Yuppy Scum

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Fresh(1994)

    Producer · as Long Hair Yuppie Drug Purchaser

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Killing Zoe(1993)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Reservoir Dogs(1992)

    Producer · as Young Cop

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Lionheart(1990)

    as Garage Fight Heckler

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Tale of Two Sisters(1989)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Intruder(1989)

    Producer · Writer · as Officer Adams

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Allnighter(1987)

    Grip

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Telephone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Dolly Grip

Career shape

A full career of 56 titles from 1986 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

$321M worldwide

Highest rated

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting12 of 56: 2 only acting, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thWriting1 of 56: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing52 of 56: 41 only producing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score62ndMusic1 of 56: 0 only music, 1 with another roleOther crew2 of 56: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

56 titles, 11 with more than one role — producing and acting overlap on 10 of them.

By decade

1980s4 · 1 acting · 4 crew1990s13 · 7 acting · 12 crew2000s19 · 4 acting · 18 crew2010s12 · crew2020s8 · crew

Billing

usually 17th · top billed in 0% of 6 roles

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.

Awards

1 major award from 9 major nominations, 1993–2010.

WinNomination
  1. 2010
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
  2. 1998
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Picture
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
  3. 1995
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film
    • +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
      • Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Feature
  4. 1993
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best First Feature

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Lawrence Bender's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 51; across their 48 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 48

Approval · how many liked their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 48

Reach · how many have seen their films

91stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 48

Midcredits score across 55 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up16
  • 50th to 74th18
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th10

Shape of the crowd

18 of their 55 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved11
  • Universally Panned1
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser18
  • Broadly Agreed8
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · producer

The Youngest Candidate (2008)

99th percentile spread · 42% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, producer

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 43 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 44. 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 Lawrence Bender's work okay for kids?

Across up to 30 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore27 titles55–96 · median 87 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity30 titles13–67 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity26 titles37–93 · median 81 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs23 titles26–85 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense23 titles43–91 · median 71 · intenseheavier 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 Lawrence Bender work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lawrence Bender's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Quentin Tarantino shares the most, 13.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles