Frederic Michael Raphael FRSL (born 14 August 1931) is an American-born British novelist, biographer, journalist and Oscar-winning screenwriter, known for writing the screenplays for Darling, Far from the Madding Crowd, Two for the Road, and Stanley Kubrick's last film Eyes Wide Shut. Raphael rose to prominence in the early 1960s with the publication of several acclaimed novels, but most notably with the release of the John Schlesinger film Darling, starring Julie Christie and Dirk Bogarde, a romantic drama set in Swinging London, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1966. Two years later he was nominated again in the same category, this time for his work on Stanley Donen’s Two for the Road, starring Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney. Since the death of screenwriter D. M. Marshman Jr. in 2015, he is the earliest surviving recipient of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and the sole surviving recipient of the now retired BAFTA category of Best British Screenplay. In addition to his work in film and television, he has written over 20 novels, and a number of non-fiction books, including biographies of Lord Byron, W. Somerset Maugham and Flavius Josephus, as well as a memoir of his time working with Stanley Kubrick, entitled Eyes Wide Open. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frederic Raphael, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 14, 1931 (95)
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Writer and director
- 13 on MovieCove · 34 credits in all
What are Frederic Raphael's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds 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 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 9
Light 2 · Serious 6 · Dark 4
Grounded 4 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2
Gentle 2 · Charged 8 · Intense 2
Steady 2 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 5
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet8
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
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 Frederic Raphael's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Frederic Raphael'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
34 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Rabbit Fever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Coast to Coast(2003)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Eyes Wide Shut(1999)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Picture Windows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Picture Windows: Armed Response (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The King's Whore(1990)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
After the War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Oxbridge Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Richard's Things(1980)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
The Best of Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Of Mycenae and Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
The Serpent Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
School Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Something's Wrong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Premiere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Rogue Male(1976)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
The Glittering Prizes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Daisy Miller(1974)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Un monsieur bien rangé (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Un monsieur bien rangé (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
A Severed Head (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Two for the Road(1967)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Darling(1965)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Nothing But the Best(1964)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Drama 61-67 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Why Bother to Knock!(1961)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all filmsTheatre '70 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Bachelor of Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
This Man, This Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 33 titles, 32 of them dated from 1958 to 2006.
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 Frederic Raphael's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 13; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the dialogue 61/100 and the plot and story 49/100 in their films, across 12 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.
Is Frederic Raphael'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 Frederic Raphael work with?
People who share at least 2 of Frederic Raphael's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Clive Donner shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Clive DonnerShared titles: Rogue Male (1976), Nothing But the Best (1964)See all 2 shared titles with Clive Donner
- John SchlesingerShared titles: Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), Darling (1965)See all 2 shared titles with John Schlesinger
Actors
- Alan BatesShared titles: Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), Nothing But the Best (1964)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Bates
- Alison LeggattShared titles: Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), Nothing But the Best (1964)See all 2 shared titles with Alison Leggatt
- Julie ChristieShared titles: Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), Darling (1965)See all 2 shared titles with Julie Christie
Cinematographers and editors
- Jim ClarkShared titles: Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), Darling (1965)See all 2 shared titles with Jim Clark
- Nicolas RoegShared titles: Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), Nothing But the Best (1964)See all 2 shared titles with Nicolas Roeg
Producers
- Mark ShivasShared titles: Richard's Things (1980), Rogue Male (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Shivas
- Joseph JanniShared titles: Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), Darling (1965)See all 2 shared titles with Joseph Janni