Lionel Rogosin was an independent American filmmaker. Rogosin worked in political cinema, non-fiction partisan filmmaking and docufiction, influenced by Italian neorealism and Robert Flaherty.
Biography from TMDB.
- January 23, 1924
- December 8, 2000 (aged 76)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Director, producer and writer
- 4 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
What are Lionel Rogosin's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 4 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
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 Lionel Rogosin's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Lionel Rogosin'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
12 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Cinématon XIII (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Arab-Israeli Dialogue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Woodcutters of the Deep South (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Black Fantasy(1972)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Black Roots(1970)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Good Times, Wonderful Times (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
How Do You Like Them Bananas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Oysters Are in Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Come Back, Africa(1959)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
On the Bowery(1956)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles from 1956 to 1981.
How do Lionel Rogosin's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 4 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed1
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 Lionel Rogosin work with?
People who share at least 2 of Lionel Rogosin's MovieCove titles; J. Robert Wagoner shares the most, 2.
- J. Robert WagonerShared titles: Black Fantasy (1972), Black Roots (1970)See all 2 shared titles with J. Robert Wagoner
- Carl LernerShared titles: Come Back, Africa (1959), On the Bowery (1956)See all 2 shared titles with Carl Lerner