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Fred Roos

Fred Roos

Producer, also actor · Died May 18, 2024, aged 89 · Santa Monica, California, USA

Oscar winner · Primetime Emmy nominee

Frederick Ried Roos (May 22, 1934 – May 18, 2024) was an American film producer and casting director. He was best known for his contributions to the New Hollywood movement, particularly through his collaborations with director Francis Ford Coppola.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 22, 1934
Died
May 18, 2024 (aged 89)
From
Santa Monica, California, USA
Works as
Producer, also actor
Titles
69 on MovieCove · 78 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 27% in 30 days

What are Fred Roos' films like?

Across their 46 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy18 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 91st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

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

share of theme weight
Bonds
30%
Self
29%
Morality
13%
Society
11%
Survival
9%
Power
6%
Ideas
4%
Romantic love14 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose12 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation7 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship5 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 46 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 20 · Serious 15 · Dark 11

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 19 · Stylized 15 · Heightened 12

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

Gentle 17 · Charged 19 · Intense 10

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

A split, not a type: Steady 21 · Shifting 20 · Whiplash 5

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 19 · Some laughs 23 · Funny 4

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 31 · Even-paced 13 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 24 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 6

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 18 · Affecting 16 · Heavy 12

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 29 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 11

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
22
Tense
18
Hopeful
16
Contemplative
14
Warm
11
Other
47

How their films linger

Bittersweet17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet26
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous8

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 Fred Roos' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 45 of their 69 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (27).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Fred Roos' 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

78 credits, 69 with a MovieCove page; 9 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Reunion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • Fairyland(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Megalopolis(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Priscilla(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Wonderwell(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Old Way(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Life Upside Down(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Love Is Love Is Love(2020)

    Casting · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • On the Rocks(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • I'll Find You(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Making Babies(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Stella's Last Weekend(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Benched(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Beguiled(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Paris Can Wait(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Congressman(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Silver Skies(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • No Stranger Than Love(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • St. Vincent(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Palo Alto(2013)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Bling Ring(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Story of Luke(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Twixt(2011)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Somewhere(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Tetro(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Youth Without Youth(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Expired (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Producer

  • Marie Antoinette(2006)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Young Black Stallion(2003)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Lost in Translation(2003)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Town & Country(2001)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Virgin Suicides(1999)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Radioland Murders(1994)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Secret Garden(1993)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse(1991)

    Executive Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Godfather Part III(1990)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Outsiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 13 episodes · Producer

  • Wait Until Spring, Bandini(1989)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • New York Stories(1989)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Tucker: The Man and His Dream(1988)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Barfly(1987)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Gardens of Stone(1987)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Seven Minutes in Heaven(1986)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • One Magic Christmas(1985)

    Associate Producer · Executive In Charge Of Production

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Rumble Fish(1983)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Black Stallion Returns(1983)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Outsiders(1983)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Hammett(1982)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Escape Artist(1982)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • One from the Heart(1981)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Black Stallion(1979)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Apocalypse Now(1979)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 4 episodes · Co-Producer

  • The Godfather Part II(1974)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Conversation(1974)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • American Graffiti(1973)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Dillinger(1973)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Outside Man(1972)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The King of Marvin Gardens(1972)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Fat City(1972)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Godfather(1972)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The People(1972)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Cisco Pike(1971)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Christian Licorice Store(1971)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Two-Lane Blacktop(1971)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Drive, He Said(1971)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Summertree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Casting

  • Jump(1971)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Five Easy Pieces(1970)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Grasshopper(1970)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Mayberry R.F.D.(1968)

    Show 5 episodes · Casting

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • Petulia(1968)

    Casting

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Back Door to Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Producer

  • Cordillera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Producer

  • Flight to Fury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Producer · Story

  • The Andy Griffith Show(1960)

    Show 60 episodes · Casting Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • I Love Amsterdam and... You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 75 titles, 74 of them dated from 1960 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Lost in Translation (2003)

$119M worldwide

Highest rated

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Midcredits 99th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing1 of 75: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing57 of 75: 54 only producing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score57thOther crew20 of 75: 18 only other crew, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score61st

75 titles, 3 with more than one role — producing and other crew overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1960s6 · crew1970s20 · crew1980s13 · crew1990s5 · crew2000s8 · crew2010s13 · crew2020s9 · 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.

Awards

an Oscar from 3 major nominations, 1975–1992.

WinNomination
  1. 1992
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Informational Special
  2. 1980
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Picture
  3. 1975
    • Oscar, won · Best Picture

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Fred Roos' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 67; across their 46 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Approval · how many liked their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Reach · how many have seen their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Midcredits score across 69 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up22
  • 50th to 74th24
  • 25th to 49th15
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

28 of their 69 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved12
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser28
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed21

Most divisive · producer

Life Upside Down (2023)

88th percentile spread · 36% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Godfather Part II (1974)

Midcredits 99th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 45 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

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 Fred Roos' work okay for kids?

Across up to 25 MovieCove titles with content scores, alcohol & drugs runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore19 titles16–69 · median 51 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity25 titles15–61 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity19 titles18–82 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs19 titles31–70 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense18 titles18–71 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all 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 Fred Roos work with?

People who share at least 2 of Fred Roos' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Francis Ford Coppola shares the most, 23.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles