Luke Davies is an Australian writer of poetry, novels, and screenplays. His best known works are Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction (which was adapted for the screen in 2006) and the screenplay for the film Lion (2016), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Davies also co-wrote the screenplay for the 2020 film News of the World and the 2026 film Tenzing. Description above from the Wikipedia article Luke Davies, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1962 (64)
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Writer, director and producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Luke Davies' films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival 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 8
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 5
Grounded 9 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 4
Steady 3 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
A split, not a type: Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 5
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet5
- 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 Luke Davies' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Luke Davies' 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
14 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Tenzing(2026)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Phallacy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
News of the World(2020)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Angel of Mine(2019)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Catch-22(2019)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Beautiful Boy(2018)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Lion(2016)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Life(2015)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Unleaded (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Reclaim(2014)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Florence Has Left the Building (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Heroes & Demons(2012)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Air (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Candy(2006)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles from 2006 to 2026.
Film career
- 2006Screen debut· Candy
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 Luke Davies' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 54/100 and the plot and story 47/100 in their films, across 8 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 Luke Davies' work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run 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 Luke Davies work with?
People who share at least 2 of Luke Davies' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Emile Sherman shares the most, 4.
Producers
- Emile ShermanShared titles: Tenzing (2026), Lion (2016), Life (2015), Candy (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Emile Sherman
- Iain CanningShared titles: Tenzing (2026), Lion (2016), Life (2015), Candy (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Iain Canning
- Libby SharpeShared titles: Tenzing (2026), Lion (2016), Candy (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Libby Sharpe
- David MichôdShared titles: Tenzing (2026), Catch-22 (2019)See all 2 shared titles with David Michôd
