John Crowley (born 19 August 1969) is an Irish theatre and film director. He is best known for the films Brooklyn (2015) and his debut feature, Intermission (2003), for which he won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Director. He is a brother of the designer Bob Crowley. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Crowley (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 19, 1969 (57)
- Cork, Ireland
- Director and producer
- 11 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are John Crowley's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
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 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 6 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous3
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 John Crowley's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).
Subscription and free streaming for John Crowley'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
15 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
We Live in Time(2024)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Life After Life(2022)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Modern Love(2019)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
The Goldfinch(2019)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Brooklyn(2015)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
True Detective(2014)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Closed Circuit(2013)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Black Mirror(2011)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Is Anybody There?(2008)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Boy A(2007)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Celebration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Intermission(2003)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all filmsCome and Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Five (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Walk the Blue Fields (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles, 13 of them dated from 2000 to 2024.
Biggest box office
Brooklyn (2015)
Highest rated
Brooklyn (2015)
Most popular right now
We Live in Time (2024)
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
2 BAFTA Awards and 1 other major award from 4 major nominations, 2008–2016.
- BAFTA Award, won
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Director - Fiction/Entertainment
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Single Drama
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Berlinale award, won · Panorama
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 John Crowley's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 11 titles divides audiences: 6 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 52/100 in their films, across 7 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 John Crowley's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.
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 John Crowley work with?
People who share at least 2 of John Crowley's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lucia Zucchetti shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Mark O'RoweShared titles: Boy A (2007), Intermission (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Mark O'Rowe
Actors
- Andrew GarfieldShared titles: We Live in Time (2024), Boy A (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Garfield
- Jim BroadbentShared titles: Brooklyn (2015), Closed Circuit (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Jim Broadbent
- Anne-Marie DuffShared titles: Closed Circuit (2013), Is Anybody There? (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Anne-Marie Duff
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Lucia ZucchettiShared titles: Closed Circuit (2013), Boy A (2007), Intermission (2003)See all 3 shared titles with Lucia Zucchetti
- Joby TalbotShared titles: Closed Circuit (2013), Is Anybody There? (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Joby Talbot
- Rob HardyShared titles: Is Anybody There? (2008), Boy A (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Rob Hardy
Producers
- Alan MoloneyShared titles: Brooklyn (2015), Intermission (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Moloney
- Christine LanganShared titles: Brooklyn (2015), Is Anybody There? (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Christine Langan
- Susan MullenShared titles: Brooklyn (2015), Intermission (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Susan Mullen