Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 - June 5, 2012) was an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th and 21st century American writers of speculative fiction. Many of Bradbury's works have been adapted into television shows or films.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 22, 1920
- June 5, 2012 (aged 91)
- Waukegan, Illinois, U.S.
- Writer and actor
- 24 on MovieCove · 86 credits in all
What are Ray Bradbury's films like?
Across their 22 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas 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 21
A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 5 · Dark 8
A split, not a type: Grounded 11 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 4
Gentle 8 · Charged 9 · Intense 4
A split, not a type: Steady 9 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 18 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0
Casual 9 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 12 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 3
Resolved 13 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet9
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous5
- Other1
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 Ray Bradbury's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (8).
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) · writer
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) · writer
- Moby Dick (1956) · writer
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989) · writer
- It Came from Outer Space (1953) · writer
- The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) · actor, writer
- 100 Years of Horror (1996) · actor
- Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 (2022) · writer
Subscription and free streaming for Ray Bradbury'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
86 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page; 35 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Starman(2025)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
All Summer in a Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Fahrenheit 451(2018)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Chrysalis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
A Sound of Thunder(2005)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Dennis Miller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Invisible Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Dandelion Wine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
100 Years of Horror(1996)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all showsThe Town Where No One Got Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
The Halloween Tree(1993)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Man in the Air (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Here There Be Tygers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
The Thirteenth Apostle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
This Fantastic World 13 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
The Veldt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Walking on Air (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
The Twilight Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
The Ray Bradbury Theater(1985)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all showsElectronic Granny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
This Fantastic World 11 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
This Fantastic World 10 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
There Will Come Soft Rains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Quest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
This Fantastic World 8 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Savannen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all filmsEl traje color de helado de mantecado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
The Electric Grandmother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
All Summer in a Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
The Stan Freberg Federal Budget Review (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Rich and Famous(1981)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
This Fantastic World 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
The Monarch Butterfly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
The Eighth Day of Creation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
The Martian Chronicles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
The Veldt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Late Night Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Mirrors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Marvellous Suit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Night Caller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
A Sound of Thunder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
The Screaming Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Dandelion Wine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Smile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Science Fiction Is Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
The Picasso Summer(1969)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
The Illustrated Man(1969)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Melodrama infernal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Fahrenheit 451(1966)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
La Sonrisa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
La Espera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
El Cohete (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
El Doble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
La bodega (2ª parte) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
La bodega (1ª parte) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Historias para no dormir(1966)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
The Fox and the Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Out of the Unknown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Icarus Montgolfier Wright (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Alcoa Premiere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
King of Kings(1961)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Twilight Zone(1959)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
A Sound of Different Drummers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Armchair Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Moby Dick(1956)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
It Came from Outer Space(1953)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all filmsAssignment America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The AckerMonster Chronicles! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Halloween Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Paradox Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
There Will Come Soft Rains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 83 titles, 78 of them dated from 1953 to 2025.
Biggest box office
A Sound of Thunder (2005)
Highest rated
The Tramp and the Dictator (2002)
Most popular right now
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Film career
- 1993Screen debut· The Halloween Tree
- 1993First top-billed film· The Halloween Tree
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
1 major award from 3 major nominations, 1963–1987.
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording
- Writers Guild Award, won
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · TV Anthology, Any Length
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 Ray Bradbury's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 21 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up11
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
11 of their 24 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Universally Panned2
- Crowd Pleaser11
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the dialogue 48/100 and the plot and story 47/100 in their films, across 18 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 Ray Bradbury's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter 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 Ray Bradbury work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ray Bradbury's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kevin Brownlow shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Kevin BrownlowShared titles: The Tramp and the Dictator (2002), Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Kevin Brownlow
Writers
- Harry EssexShared titles: It Came from Outer Space II (1996), It Came from Outer Space (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Harry Essex
Actors
- Kenneth BranaghShared titles: The Tramp and the Dictator (2002), Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Kenneth Branagh
- Howard MorrisShared titles: The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998), It Came from Outer Space II (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Howard Morris
Editors
- Christopher BirdShared titles: The Tramp and the Dictator (2002), Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Bird
Producers
- Patrick StanburyShared titles: The Tramp and the Dictator (2002), Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Patrick Stanbury
Mixed roles
- Hugh HefnerShared titles: Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000), Hugh Hefner: American Playboy Revisited (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Hugh Hefner
- Jack ClaytonShared titles: Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983), Moby Dick (1956)See all 2 shared titles with Jack Clayton
