Robert Stein
Robert Stein produced and financed last year's surprise hit The Call (2013) starring Halle Berry and Abigail Breslin, directed by Brad Anderson. Currently he has two films in post production: Careful What You Wish For (2015) starring Nick Jonas and Isabel Lucas, directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum; and The Road Within (2014) starring Robert Sheehan, Dev Patel, Zoë Kravitz, Kyra Sedgwick and Robert Patrick, directed by Gren Wells. Robert has a long and distinguished career in managing the talent side of the industry. In 1981 he formed Leading Artists Agency. In 1990 with his partners he founded United Talent Agency. In 1996 he was recruited by the William Morris Agency as Head of Worldwide Motion Pictures Group. In 2003 the Gores brothers recruited Stein to help build Paradigm Talent and Literary Agency. Over the years Robert's client list of actors, directors, screenwriters, playwrights, and novelists has included Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ray Romano, Kevin James, Rob Reiner, Paul & Chris Weitz, Frank Darabont, Martha Coolidge, Boaz Yakin, Tim Story, Chuck Russell, Joe Ruben, Matt Williams, William Friedkin, David Auburn, Robert Altman, Robert Harmon, Robert Mulligan, Marsha Norman, and many others. As an agent, Stein was instrumental in putting together over 250 films such as Witness, The Shawshank Redemption, About A Boy, The Mask, The Green Mile, The Minority Report, Fresh, Terminator 3, Fool For Love, Clara's Heart, American Pie, Collateral, Collateral Damage, End of Days, Eraser, The Barber Shop, Scorpion King, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, and many more. Robert was the founder of American Film Institute's Third Decade Council, a Board Member of American Cinematheque: California State Commissioner, and Board Chair and Trustee California Science Center, Exposition Park. Stein is a partner in Nexgen Partners, a multimillion real estate development company. He is married to Erin Mulcahy Stein, attorney, Board Member of United Friends of the Children, past Executive Director of the Governor and First Lady's Conference on Women, and current Executive Director of A Women's Nation.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer
- 8 on MovieCove
What are Robert Stein's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 3
Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 2
Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 1
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous1
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 Robert Stein's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Robert Stein'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
8 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Brothers Under Fire(2026)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
The Road Within(2014)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Call(2013)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Sympathy for Delicious(2010)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Too Close to Home(1997)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Rio Lobo(1970)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles from 1970 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Call (2013)
Highest rated
The Road Within (2014)
Most popular right now
Brothers Under Fire (2026)
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 Robert Stein's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 8; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 8 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed5
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 Robert Stein's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Robert Stein work with?
People who share at least 2 of Robert Stein's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bradley Gallo shares the most, 3.
Composers
- Josh DebneyShared titles: Careful What You Wish For (2015), The Road Within (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Josh Debney
- The Newton BrothersShared titles: Careful What You Wish For (2015), The Road Within (2014)See all 2 shared titles with The Newton Brothers
Producers
- Bradley GalloShared titles: Careful What You Wish For (2015), The Road Within (2014), The Call (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Bradley Gallo
- Michael A. HelfantShared titles: Careful What You Wish For (2015), The Road Within (2014), The Call (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Michael A. Helfant
- Philip M. CohenShared titles: Careful What You Wish For (2015), The Road Within (2014), The Call (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Philip M. Cohen
- William Gallo IIShared titles: Careful What You Wish For (2015), The Road Within (2014), The Call (2013)See all 3 shared titles with William Gallo II