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Howard Deutch

Howard Deutch

Director and producer, also actor · Born September 14, 1950 (76) · New York City, New York, USA

Howard Deutch is an American film and television director, best known for his collaboration with screenwriter John Hughes on the feature length films "Pretty in Pink" and "Some Kind of Wonderful".

Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 14, 1950 (76)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Director and producer, also actor
Titles
30 on MovieCove · 37 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 17% in 30 days

What are Howard Deutch's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
45%
Self
26%
Morality
13%
Society
10%
Power
4%
Ideas
2%
Survival
1%
Family bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 12 · Serious 2 · Dark 1

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

Grounded 13 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 11 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

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

A split, not a type: Steady 9 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

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 3 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 7

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

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 8 · 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 13 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 14 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
8
Warm
7
Tense
6
Joyful
5
Hopeful
5
Other
17

How their films linger

Feel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet7
  • 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 Howard Deutch's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 26 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Howard Deutch'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

37 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Will Trent(2023)

    Show 59 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Buried in Barstow(2022)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Filthy Rich(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows

  • BH90210(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Proven Innocent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 12 episodes · Director · Co-Executive Producer

  • The Year of Spectacular Men(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Young Sheldon(2017)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Outcast(2016)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Co-Executive Producer · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Empire(2015)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • The Lizzie Borden Chronicles(2015)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Jane the Virgin(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Strain(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Getting On(2013)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Fra Sydhavn til West Coast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Instruktør

  • Emily Owens, M.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • American Horror Story(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Warehouse 13(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Hung(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • My Best Friend's Girl(2008)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • True Blood(2008)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Whole Ten Yards(2004)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Gleason(2002)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Watching Ellie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Replacements(2000)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Odd Couple II(1998)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Grumpier Old Men(1995)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Caroline in the City(1995)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Getting Even with Dad(1994)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Melrose Place(1992)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • Article 99(1992)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Tales from the Crypt(1989)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • The Case of the Missing Time Capsule (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Executive Producer

  • The Great Outdoors(1988)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Some Kind of Wonderful(1987)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Pretty in Pink(1986)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Lucy Boomer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Park La Brea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Associate Producer

Career shape

A full career of 36 titles, 34 of them dated from 1986 to 2023.

Biggest box office

Grumpier Old Men (1995)

$72M worldwide

Highest rated

Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)

Midcredits 79th

Most popular right now

The Replacements (2000)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 36: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting32 of 36: 29 only directing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score65thProducing6 of 36: 3 only producing, 3 with another role

36 titles, 3 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1980s5 · crew1990s6 · crew2000s8 · crew2010s12 · 1 acting · 11 crew2020s3 · crew

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 Howard Deutch's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 13; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 30 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

18 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser18
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · director

BH90210 (2019)

68th percentile spread · 16% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Tales from the Crypt (1989)

Midcredits 90th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 63/100 and the pacing 47/100 in their films, across 14 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 Howard Deutch's work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films and violence & gore and frightening / intense lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles10–30 · median 24 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles28–50 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles48–60 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles31–53 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles6–28 · median 21 · mildlighter 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 Howard Deutch work with?

People who share at least 2 of Howard Deutch's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Seth Flaum shares the most, 8.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers