Jack Thorne (born 6 December 1978) is a British playwright, screenwriter, and producer. Thorne is best known for writing the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016), the films Wonder (2017), Enola Holmes (2020) and the latter's sequel (2022), and the television programme His Dark Materials (2019–2022). Between 2010 and 2015, Thorne co-wrote three connected mini-series based on the film This Is England – This Is England '86, This Is England '88and This Is England '90 – with director Shane Meadows. In 2023, Thorne's four-part mini-series Best Interests was released starring Michael Sheen and Sharon Horgan. It was nominated for several awards and won Best Limited Series at the Banff Rockie Awards. Thorne's two 2025 mini-series, Toxic Town and Adolescence, were released on Netflix to widespread critical acclaim. In 2026, the first-ever TV series adaptation of William Golding's 1954 novel Lord of the Flies was released, with Thorne serving as screenwriter, and it received positive reviews. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Thorne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 6, 1978 (47)
- Bristol, England, UK
- Writer and producer
- 35 on MovieCove · 70 credits in all
What are Jack Thorne's films like?
Across their 29 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 17
A split, not a type: Light 7 · Serious 4 · Dark 6
Grounded 7 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 2
Gentle 3 · Charged 8 · Intense 6
A split, not a type: Steady 8 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 0
Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 2
Casual 6 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 6
Resolved 15 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy8
- Bittersweet15
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous5
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 Jack Thorne's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 30 of their 35 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (11).
- The Swimmers (2022) · writer
- Adolescence (2025) · writer, producer
- Joy (2024) · writer
- Making of Lord of the Flies (2026) · actor
- Enola Holmes 2 (2022) · writer, producer
- Toxic Town (2025) · writer, producer
- Then Barbara Met Alan (2022) · writer, producer
- Enola Holmes (2020) · writer
- The Eddy (2020) · writer, producer
- Lord of the Flies (2026) · writer, producer
- Enola Holmes 3 (2026) · writer, producer
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Subscription and free streaming for Jack Thorne'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
70 credits, 35 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Beatles: George (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
The Beatles: John (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
The Beatles: Paul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
The Beatles: Ringo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
Treasure Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Letters to My Younger Future Self (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Enola Holmes 3(2026)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Falling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Lord of the Flies(2026)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
The Hack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Adolescence(2025)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Toxic Town(2025)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Joy(2024)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Equal Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Best Interests(2023)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Enola Holmes 2(2022)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Am I Being Unreasonable?(2022)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
The Swimmers(2022)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Then Barbara Met Alan(2022)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
National Theatre Live: After Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Help(2021)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
A Christmas Carol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
CripTales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Dirt Music(2019)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Enola Holmes(2020)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Secret Garden(2020)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Eddy(2020)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Radioactive(2019)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Aeronauts(2019)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
His Dark Materials(2019)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
The Accident(2019)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
The Virtues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
National Treasure: Kiri(2018)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Wonder(2017)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Electric Dreams(2017)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
National Treasure(2016)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
The Last Panthers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
This Is England '90 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
War Book (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Don't Take My Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Glue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
A Long Way Down(2014)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Jonah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
How I Live Now(2013)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Sinbad(2012)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
This Is England '88 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Fades(2011)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all showsThe Swarm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Skins(2011)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
This Is England '86(2010)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Cast Offs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Skins(2007)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all showsA Supermarket Love Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Mascot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Shameless(2004)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Coming Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The South Bank Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Chork (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Jane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Séance on a Wet Afternoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Sovereign (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Stranger Things: The First Shadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Unheard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Jack Thorne Spy Thriller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Wavewalker: Breaking Free (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 69 titles, 55 of them dated from 1978 to 2026.
Film career
- 2015Screen debut· This Is England '90
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 Primetime Emmys, 6 BAFTA Awards and 2 other major awards from 21 major nominations, 2012–2026.
- BAFTA Award, won · Limited Drama
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Writer, Drama
+2 other major bodies · 2 wins
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
- Independent Spirit Award, won · Best New Scripted Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Limited Drama
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Outstanding British Film of the Year
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Scripted Comedy
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Single Drama
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Writer, Drama
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Mini-Series
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Mini-Series
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
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- BAFTA Award, won · Best Mini-Series
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Mini-Series in 2016
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Single Drama
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Drama Series
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Drama Series
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Mini-Series
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Writer
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 Jack Thorne's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 74th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up15
- 50th to 74th11
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
20 of their 35 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser20
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the dialogue 52/100 and the plot and story 47/100 in their films, across 17 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 Jack Thorne's work okay for kids?
Across up to 17 MovieCove titles with content scores, frightening / intense 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 Jack Thorne work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jack Thorne's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Marc Munden shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Marc MundenShared titles: Lord of the Flies (2026), Help (2021), The Secret Garden (2020), National Treasure (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Marc Munden
- Tom HarperShared titles: The Aeronauts (2019), This Is England '86 (2010), The Scouting Book for Boys (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Tom Harper
- Philip BarantiniShared titles: Enola Holmes 3 (2026), Adolescence (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Philip Barantini
- Harry BradbeerShared titles: Enola Holmes 2 (2022), Enola Holmes (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Harry Bradbeer
Writers
- Rachel De-LahayShared titles: The Eddy (2020), National Treasure: Kiri (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Rachel De-Lahay
Actors
- Helena Bonham CarterShared titles: Enola Holmes 3 (2026), Enola Holmes 2 (2022), Enola Holmes (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Helena Bonham Carter
- Henry CavillShared titles: Enola Holmes 3 (2026), Enola Holmes 2 (2022), Enola Holmes (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Henry Cavill
- Louis PartridgeShared titles: Enola Holmes 3 (2026), Enola Holmes 2 (2022), Enola Holmes (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Louis Partridge
- Millie Bobby BrownShared titles: Enola Holmes 3 (2026), Enola Holmes 2 (2022), Enola Holmes (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Millie Bobby Brown
Composers and editors
- Jamie PearsonShared titles: Toxic Town (2025), Am I Being Unreasonable? (2022), National Treasure: Kiri (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Jamie Pearson
- Steven PriceShared titles: Joy (2024), The Swimmers (2022), The Aeronauts (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Steven Price
- Luke DunkleyShared titles: The Secret Garden (2020), National Treasure (2016), The Fades (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Luke Dunkley
- Mark EckersleyShared titles: The Aeronauts (2019), This Is England '86 (2010), The Scouting Book for Boys (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Mark Eckersley
Producers
- George FaberShared titles: Help (2021), The Accident (2019), National Treasure: Kiri (2018), National Treasure (2016)See all 4 shared titles with George Faber
- Alex GarciaShared titles: Enola Holmes 3 (2026), Enola Holmes 2 (2022), Enola Holmes (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Alex Garcia
- Ali MendesShared titles: Enola Holmes 3 (2026), Enola Holmes 2 (2022), Enola Holmes (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Ali Mendes
- Mary ParentShared titles: Enola Holmes 3 (2026), Enola Holmes 2 (2022), Enola Holmes (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Mary Parent
Mixed roles
- Euros LynShared titles: Toxic Town (2025), National Treasure: Kiri (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Euros Lyn
- Hannah WaltersShared titles: Adolescence (2025), This Is England '86 (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Hannah Walters
- Rachel MasonShared titles: Joy (2024), Am I Being Unreasonable? (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Rachel Mason
- Genevieve BarrShared titles: Then Barbara Met Alan (2022), The Accident (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Genevieve Barr
