
Carl Reiner (March 20, 1922 – June 29, 2020) was an American actor, stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, and author. During the early years of television comedy from 1950 to 1957, he acted on and contributed sketch material for Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour, starring Sid Caesar, writing alongside Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, and Woody Allen. Reiner teamed up with Brooks and together they released several iconic comedy albums beginning with 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (1960). Reiner was best known as the creator and producer of, and a writer and actor on, The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1965). Reiner formed a comedy duo with Brooks in "The 2000 Year Old Man" and acted in such films as It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), and the Ocean's film series (2001–2007). He co-wrote and directed some of Steve Martin's first and most successful films, including The Jerk (1979), and also directed such comedies as Where's Poppa? (1970), Oh, God! (1977), and All of Me (1984). Reiner appeared in dozens of television specials from 1967 to 2000, and was a guest star on television series from the 1950s until his death. He also voiced characters in animated films and television series, including the TV series Father of the Pride (2004–2005), in which he voiced Sarmoti, and was a reader for books on tape. He wrote more than two dozen books, mostly in his later years. He was the recipient of many awards and honors, including 11 Emmy Awards, one Grammy Award, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Reiner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 20, 1922
- June 29, 2020 (aged 98)
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Actor, director and writer, also producer
- 72 on MovieCove · 120 credits in all
What are Carl Reiner's films like?
Across their 44 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 8 · Wry 2 · Earnest 31
Light 36 · Serious 3 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 19 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 8
Gentle 26 · Charged 13 · Intense 2
Steady 22 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 6
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 16 · Funny 24
Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 26 · Relentless 0
Casual 34 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 37 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 1
Resolved 37 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
Usually the Shapeshifter: 2 of 7 analyzed roles.
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- Allyas Bud in Happy Anniversary (1959)
- Shapeshifteras Alan Brady in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
- Shapeshifteras Walt Whittaker in The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
- Mentoras Anatole in Alice of Wonderland in Paris (1966)
- Heraldas Mel Fellini in Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988)
- Heraldas Alan Brady in The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited (2004)
- Mentoras Santa in Merry Madagascar (2009)
Moods and endings
- Happy33
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous4
- Cyclical1
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 Carl Reiner's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 43 of their 72 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (16).
- The Carol Burnett Show (1967) · actor · free
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) · actor, writer, producer · free
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) · actor · free
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967) · actor · free
- The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966) · actor · free
- The Majestic (2001) · actor · free
- All of Me (1984) · director · free
- Where's Poppa? (1970) · director · free
- The Man with Two Brains (1983) · director, writer · free
- The Bernie Mac Show (2001) · actor · free
- The End (1978) · actor · free
- Mad About You (1992) · actor · free
- +4 more
- House (2004) · actor
- Boston Legal (2004) · actor
- Frasier (1993) · actor
- Bob's Burgers (2011) · actor
- Family Guy (1999) · actor
- King of the Hill (1997) · actor
- The Bernie Mac Show (2001) · actor
- American Dad! (2005) · actor
- Ally McBeal (1997) · actor
- Mad About You (1992) · actor
- The Cleveland Show (2009) · actor, writer
- The Carol Burnett Show (1967) · actor · free
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) · actor, writer, producer · free
- Frasier (1993) · actor · free
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) · actor · free
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967) · actor · free
- The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966) · actor · free
- Hot in Cleveland (2010) · actor · free
- Where's Poppa? (1970) · director · free
- Summer Rental (1985) · director · free
- The Right to Remain Silent (1996) · actor · free
- Good Boy (2003) · actor · free
- The Carol Burnett Show (1967) · actor · free
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) · actor, writer, producer · free
- The Sixties (2014) · actor · free
- Frasier (1993) · actor · free
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) · actor · free
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967) · actor · free
- The Majestic (2001) · actor · free
- Where's Poppa? (1970) · director · free
- Crossing Jordan (2001) · actor · free
- Mad About You (1992) · actor · free
- Fatal Instinct (1993) · actor, director · free
- The Carol Burnett Show (1967) · actor
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) · actor, writer, producer
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) · actor
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967) · actor
- The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966) · actor
- All of Me (1984) · director
- Crossing Jordan (2001) · actor
- Happy Anniversary (1959) · actor
- Alice of Wonderland in Paris (1966) · actor · free
- Howdy, show their 4 titles on Howdy
- Shout! TV, show their 4 titles on Shout! TV
- FOX One, show their 3 titles on FOX One
- Cinemax, show their 2 titles on Cinemax
- Dove Channel, show their 2 titles on Dove Channel
- ScreenPix, show their 2 titles on ScreenPix
- CNN All Access, show their title on CNN All Access
- Great American Pure Flix, show their title on Great American Pure Flix
- MovieSphere+, show their title on MovieSphere+
- UP Faith & Family, show their title on UP Faith & Family
Subscription and free streaming for Carl Reiner'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
120 credits, 72 with a MovieCove page; 96 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Home Movie: The Princess Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Forky Asks a Question (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Toy Story 4(2019)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Duck Duck Goose(2018)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Justice League Action(2016)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Shimmer and Shine(2015)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
Angie Tribeca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Young & Hungry(2014)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Dumbbells (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

The Sixties(2014)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Bob's Burgers(2011)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Hot in Cleveland(2010)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Merry Madagascar(2009)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
The Cleveland Show(2009)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
Parks and Recreation(2009)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Ocean's Thirteen(2007)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
American Dad!(2005)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Ocean's Twelve(2004)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
House(2004)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Boston Legal(2004)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Father of the Pride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Good Boy(2003)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Two and a Half Men(2003)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Globehunters(2002)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Life with Bonnie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

The Majestic(2001)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Ocean's Eleven(2001)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Bernie Mac Show(2001)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Crossing Jordan(2001)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Family Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Beggars and Choosers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Family Guy(1999)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Hercules(1998)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Slums of Beverly Hills(1998)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Ally McBeal(1997)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
That Old Feeling(1997)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
King of the Hill(1997)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Duckman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Fatal Instinct(1993)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Frasier(1993)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Mad About You(1992)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
The Larry Sanders Show(1992)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Sibling Rivalry(1990)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Spirit of '76(1990)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Mickey's 60th Birthday(1988)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
In the Mood(1987)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Summer School(1987)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Summer Rental(1985)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
All of Me(1984)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Pinocchio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

The Man with Two Brains(1983)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Faerie Tale Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all filmsTwilight Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Twilight Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Skokie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
The Jerk(1979)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
The End(1978)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The One and Only(1978)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Oh, God!(1977)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Good Heavens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Flannery and Quilt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Medical Story(1975)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Medical Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

The 2000 Year Old Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Free to Be... You & Me(1974)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Lotsa Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Ten from Your Show of Shows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

A Touch of Grace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

The New Dick Van Dyke Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Night Gallery(1969)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Where's Poppa?(1970)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Generation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

The Comic(1969)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
The Movie Game (US) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Good Morning World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Enter Laughing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

That Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Funny Is Funny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

Salute to Stan Laurel(1965)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Art of Love(1965)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Linus the Lionhearted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Burke's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Thrill of It All(1963)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all filmsThe Art Linkletter Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Anatole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The Dick Van Dyke Show(1961)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Gidget Goes Hawaiian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
The Comedy Spot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Gazebo(1959)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The Violinist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Happy Anniversary(1959)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Topaze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

To Tell the Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

The Perry Como Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
The Campbell Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Cavalcade of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Career shape
Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 119 titles from 1949 to 2020; peak year 2019.

Biggest box office
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

Highest rated
Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018)

Most popular right now
Hot in Cleveland (2010)
Film career
Peak 2019 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. 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.
- 1959Screen debut· The Gazebo
- 1966First top-billed film· The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
- 1966Breakout· The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
- 2003Career best· Two and a Half Men
Billing
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 Carl Reiner's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 45; across their 41 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up25
- 50th to 74th25
- 25th to 49th14
- Below 25th8
Shape of the crowd
33 of their 72 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved13
- Cult Classic3
- Crowd Pleaser33
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed22
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 32 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 46. 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 Carl Reiner's work okay for kids?
Across up to 13 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run lighter 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 Carl Reiner work with?
People who share at least 2 of Carl Reiner's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bud Molin shares the most, 12.
Directors
- Norman JewisonShared titles: The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966), The Art of Love (1965), The Thrill of It All (1963)See all 3 shared titles with Norman Jewison

- Steve BoettcherShared titles: Dick Van Dyke 100th Celebration (2025), Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Boettcher
Writers
- Steve MartinShared titles: All of Me (1984), The Man with Two Brains (1983), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), The Jerk (1979)See all 4 shared titles with Steve Martin

- Larry GelbartShared titles: Caesar's Writers (1996), Oh, God! (1977), The Thrill of It All (1963)See all 3 shared titles with Larry Gelbart

- George GipeShared titles: The Man with Two Brains (1983), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)See all 2 shared titles with George Gipe
- Aaron RubenShared titles: The Comic (1969), Salute to Stan Laurel (1965)See all 2 shared titles with Aaron Ruben

Actors
- Dick Van DykeShared titles: Dick Van Dyke 100th Celebration (2025), The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited (2004), The Comic (1969), The Art of Love (1965), The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)See all 5 shared titles with Dick Van Dyke

- Mel BrooksShared titles: The Last Laugh (2016), Mel Brooks Live at the Geffen (2015), Caesar's Writers (1996), Free to Be... You & Me (1974)See all 4 shared titles with Mel Brooks

- Betty WhiteShared titles: Dick Van Dyke 100th Celebration (2025), Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018), Hot in Cleveland (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Betty White

- Mary Tyler MooreShared titles: Dick Van Dyke 100th Celebration (2025), The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited (2004), The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)See all 3 shared titles with Mary Tyler Moore

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Bud MolinShared titles: Fatal Instinct (1993), Sibling Rivalry (1990), Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989), Summer School (1987), Summer Rental (1985), All of Me (1984), The Man with Two Brains (1983), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), The Jerk (1979), The One and Only (1978), Oh, God! (1977), Where's Poppa? (1970)See all 12 shared titles with Bud Molin
- Jack ElliottShared titles: Sibling Rivalry (1990), The Jerk (1979), Oh, God! (1977), Where's Poppa? (1970), The Comic (1969)See all 5 shared titles with Jack Elliott
- Patrick WilliamsShared titles: That Old Feeling (1997), All of Me (1984), The One and Only (1978)See all 3 shared titles with Patrick Williams

- Victor J. KemperShared titles: The Jerk (1979), The One and Only (1978), Oh, God! (1977)See all 3 shared titles with Victor J. Kemper

Producers
- George ShapiroShared titles: Sibling Rivalry (1990), Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989), Summer School (1987), Summer Rental (1985)See all 4 shared titles with George Shapiro

- David V. PickerShared titles: The Man with Two Brains (1983), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), The Jerk (1979), The One and Only (1978)See all 4 shared titles with David V. Picker

- William E. McEuenShared titles: The Man with Two Brains (1983), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), The Jerk (1979)See all 3 shared titles with William E. McEuen
- Mike TrinkleinShared titles: Dick Van Dyke 100th Celebration (2025), Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Mike Trinklein
Mixed roles
- Steven SoderberghShared titles: I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac (2011), Ocean's Thirteen (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Steven Soderbergh

- Mark MothersbaughShared titles: Good Boy (2003), The Spirit of '76 (1990)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Mothersbaugh







