Paul McGuigan (born 19 September 1963) is a Scottish film and television director.
Biography from TMDB.
- September 19, 1963 (63)
- Bellshill, Scotland, UK
- Director and producer
- 23 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
What are Paul McGuigan's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
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 2 · Earnest 6
Light 1 · Serious 4 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 4
A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 3
Steady 1 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet7
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous5
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 Paul McGuigan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (5).
- BritBox
- Shout! TV, show their 2 titles on Shout! TV
- ViX, show their 2 titles on ViX
- BroadwayHD, show their title on BroadwayHD
- Lionsgate+, show their title on Lionsgate+
- MovieSphere+, show their title on MovieSphere+
- PBS Masterpiece, show their title on PBS Masterpiece
- Wonder Project, show their title on Wonder Project
Subscription and free streaming for Paul McGuigan'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
28 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page.
R.J. Decker(2026)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Will Trent(2023)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Inside Man(2022)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
Big Sky(2020)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Dracula(2020)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
Emergence(2019)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Rock ’n’ Roll Highway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Luke Cage(2016)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Designated Survivor(2016)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
The Family(2016)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Victor Frankenstein(2015)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Lucky 7(2013)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows
Devious Maids(2013)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Smash(2012)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Monroe(2011)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Sherlock(2010)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
How the Celts Saved Britain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Push(2009)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Lucky Number Slevin(2006)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Wicker Park(2004)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Reckoning(2003)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Gangster No. 1(2000)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Acid House(1998)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all filmsGo Go Archipelago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
The People v Gary McKinnon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 27 titles, 26 of them dated from 1995 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Highest rated
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Most popular right now
Dracula (2020)
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 Paul McGuigan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th10
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
15 of their 23 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser15
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the atmosphere 72/100 and the pacing 46/100 in their films, across 8 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 Paul McGuigan's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run 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 Paul McGuigan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Paul McGuigan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Andrew Hulme shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Damon ThomasShared titles: Dracula (2020), Monroe (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Damon Thomas
- J. Miller TobinShared titles: Emergence (2019), Lucky 7 (2013)See all 2 shared titles with J. Miller Tobin
Writers
- Steven MoffatShared titles: Inside Man (2022), Dracula (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Steven Moffat
Actors
- Dolly WellsShared titles: Inside Man (2022), Dracula (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Dolly Wells
- Lydia WestShared titles: Inside Man (2022), Dracula (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Lydia West
- Stanley TucciShared titles: Inside Man (2022), Lucky Number Slevin (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Stanley Tucci
- Kenneth CranhamShared titles: Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), Gangster No. 1 (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Kenneth Cranham
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Andrew HulmeShared titles: Victor Frankenstein (2015), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), Wicker Park (2004), The Reckoning (2003), Gangster No. 1 (2000), The Acid House (1998)See all 6 shared titles with Andrew Hulme
- Peter SovaShared titles: Push (2009), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), Wicker Park (2004), The Reckoning (2003), Gangster No. 1 (2000)See all 5 shared titles with Peter Sova
- Tony Slater LingShared titles: Inside Man (2022), Dracula (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Tony Slater Ling
- J. RalphShared titles: Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), Lucky Number Slevin (2006)See all 2 shared titles with J. Ralph
Producers
- Ben IrvingShared titles: Inside Man (2022), Dracula (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Ben Irving
- Sue VertueShared titles: Inside Man (2022), Dracula (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Sue Vertue
