From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Callie Khouri (born November 27, 1957, as Carolyn Ann Khouri) is an American screenwriter and film director. In 1992 she won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for the film, Thelma & Louise. Description above from the Wikipedia article Callie Khouri, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 27, 1957 (68)
- San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Director, producer and writer
- 9 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Callie Khouri's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 1
Grounded 4 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
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 Callie Khouri's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Callie Khouri'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
11 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Respect(2021)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Patsy & Loretta(2019)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Nashville(2012)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Mad Money(2008)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Hollis & Rae (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Eye of God(1997)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Something to Talk About(1995)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Thelma & Louise(1991)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The All-Girl Filling Station (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles, 10 of them dated from 1991 to 2022.
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 Callie Khouri's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 8; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
Shape of the crowd
None of their 9 titles divides audiences: 6 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 65/100 and the pacing 49/100 in their films, across 6 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 Callie Khouri's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Callie Khouri work with?
People who share at least 2 of Callie Khouri's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Christopher McDonald shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Christopher McDonaldShared titles: Mad Money (2008), Thelma & Louise (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher McDonald

Composers and cinematographers
- John BaileyShared titles: Mad Money (2008), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)See all 2 shared titles with John Bailey

- Hans ZimmerShared titles: Something to Talk About (1995), Thelma & Louise (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Hans Zimmer

Mixed roles
- T Bone BurnettShared titles: Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind (2022), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)See all 2 shared titles with T Bone Burnett

