From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Henry Bean (born 1945, Philadelphia, United States) is an American screenwriter, film director, producer, novelist, and actor. Most famous as a screenwriter, Bean wrote the screenplays for Internal Affairs, Deep Cover, Venus Rising, The Believer (which was awarded the dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Festival), Basic Instinct 2 and Noise. Bean acted in The Believer, and was a producer on Deep Cover and Noise. He was the director for The Believer and Noise. Bean is also the inspiration for the main protagonist of Noise. He was so tired of constant noise around him and his home in New York that he decided to take the law into his own hands. If a car alarm was going off and the owner of the vehicle didn't rectify the situation, Bean would break into the car to disable the offending car alarm. Bean was eventually arrested and jailed. He admits to doing it a few more times since Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Bean, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 3, 1945 (81)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Writer, actor, producer and director
- 9 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Henry Bean's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.
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 1 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 4
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 3
Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
- 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 Henry Bean's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Henry Bean'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
13 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The OA(2016)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Noise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Basic Instinct 2(2006)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
K Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The Believer(2001)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
A Couch in New York(1996)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Venus Rising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Deep Cover(1992)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Internal Affairs(1990)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Golden Eighties(1986)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Running Brave(1983)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
1988: The Remake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
From Here to Eternity(1953)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles from 1953 to 2016.
Film career
- 1953Screen debut· From Here to Eternity
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 Henry Bean's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 49/100 and the plot and story 46/100 in their films, across 7 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 Henry Bean's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 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 Henry Bean work with?
People who share at least 2 of Henry Bean's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Chantal Akerman shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Chantal AkermanShared titles: A Couch in New York (1996), Golden Eighties (1986)See all 2 shared titles with Chantal Akerman
Writers
- Leora BarishShared titles: Basic Instinct 2 (2006), Golden Eighties (1986)See all 2 shared titles with Leora Barish
Producers
- David StreitShared titles: Deep Cover (1992), Internal Affairs (1990)See all 2 shared titles with David Streit
- Pierre DavidShared titles: Deep Cover (1992), Internal Affairs (1990)See all 2 shared titles with Pierre David
