Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist and playwright. He was a leading figure in English-language Modernist poetry where he reinvigorated the art through his use of language, writing style, and verse structure. He is also noted for his critical essays, which often re-evaluated long-held cultural beliefs. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, to a prominent Boston Brahmin family, he moved to England in 1914 at the age of 25 and went on to settle, work, and marry there. He became a British subject in 1927 at the age of 39 and renounced his American citizenship. Eliot first attracted widespread attention for "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915), which, at the time of its publication, was considered outlandish. It was followed by The Waste Land (1922), "The Hollow Men" (1925), "Ash Wednesday" (1930), and Four Quartets (1943). He wrote seven plays, including Murder in the Cathedral (1935) and The Cocktail Party (1949). He was awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry". Description above from the Wikipedia article T. S. Eliot, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 26, 1888
- January 4, 1965 (aged 76)
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Writer and actor
- 5 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are T.S. Eliot's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Morality.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
Grounded 1 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 3
Gentle 3 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Shadowas 4th Tempter in Murder in the Cathedral (1951)
Moods and endings
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 T.S. Eliot's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for T.S. Eliot'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
19 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Strati (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Four Quartets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
A Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Cats(2019)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all filmsA Lovesong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Till Human Voices Wake Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Turning(2013)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Love Flesh(2011)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Waste Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Cats(1998)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
The Waste Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Ashes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Cocktailparty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Theatre 625 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
The Elder Statesman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
The Cocktail Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Murder in the Cathedral(1951)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all filmsCover to Cover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
Career shape
A full career of 18 titles from 1936 to 2026.
How do T.S. Eliot's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 5 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 48/100 and the plot and story 22/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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.
Who does T.S. Eliot work with?
People who share at least 2 of T.S. Eliot's MovieCove titles; Andrew Lloyd Webber shares the most, 2.
- Andrew Lloyd WebberShared titles: Cats (2019), Cats (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Lloyd Webber
