Charlton Brooker is an English television presenter, author, screenwriter, producer, satirist and social critic. He is the creator and co-showrunner of the sci-fi drama anthology series Black Mirror, and has written for comedy series such as Brass Eye, The 11 O'Clock Show and Nathan Barley.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 3, 1971 (55)
- Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
- Writer, producer and actor
- 11 on MovieCove · 35 credits in all
What are Charlie Brooker's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Society.
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
A split, not a type: Ironic 3 · Wry 2 · Earnest 1
A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 2 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 3
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- 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 Charlie Brooker's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Charlie Brooker'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
35 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 14 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Toxic Town(2025)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Cunk on Life(2024)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Cat Burglar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Death to 2021(2021)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Death to 2020(2020)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Cunk & Other Humans on 2019 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Cunk on... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Cunk on Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Cunk on Shakespeare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Moments of Wonder with Philomena Cunk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
A Touch of Cloth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Them From That Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Black Mirror(2011)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
How TV Ruined Your Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
10 O'Clock Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Charlie Brooker's Yearly Wipe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Newswipe with Charlie Brooker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Dead Set(2008)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all showsRush Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Spoons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
8 Out of 10 Cats(2005)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Nathan Barley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Pure 24 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The Arts Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
The 11 O'Clock Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all showsProject Codename (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 35 titles, 34 of them dated from 1989 to 2025.
Film career
- 2006Screen debut· Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
- 2013First film· How Videogames Changed the World
- 2013First top-billed film· How Videogames Changed the World
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
5 Primetime Emmys, a BAFTA Award and 2 other major awards from 27 major nominations, 2009–2026.
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- BAFTA Award, won · Writer, Drama
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Limited Drama
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Comedy Entertainment Programme
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Television Movie
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Single Drama
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Television Movie
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Single Drama
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Television Movie
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
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- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Light Entertainment Performance
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Single Drama
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Comedy Programme
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Entertainment Programme
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Drama Serial
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 Charlie Brooker's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 11 titles divides audiences: 7 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 55/100 and the plot and story 35/100 in their films, across 4 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 Charlie Brooker's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films and alcohol & drugs lighter.
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 Charlie Brooker work with?
People who share at least 2 of Charlie Brooker's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Erika Ehler shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Al CampbellShared titles: Cunk on Life (2024), Death to 2020 (2020), How Video Games Changed the World (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Al Campbell
- Alice MathiasShared titles: Attack of the Hollywood Cliches! (2021), Death to 2020 (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Alice Mathias
Writers
- Erika EhlerShared titles: Cunk on Life (2024), Attack of the Hollywood Cliches! (2021), Death to 2021 (2021), Death to 2020 (2020)See all 4 shared titles with Erika Ehler
- Jason HazeleyShared titles: Cunk on Life (2024), Attack of the Hollywood Cliches! (2021), Death to 2021 (2021), Death to 2020 (2020)See all 4 shared titles with Jason Hazeley
- Michael OdewaleShared titles: Cunk on Life (2024), Attack of the Hollywood Cliches! (2021), Death to 2021 (2021), Death to 2020 (2020)See all 4 shared titles with Michael Odewale
- Ben CaudellShared titles: Cunk on Life (2024), Attack of the Hollywood Cliches! (2021), Death to 2021 (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Ben Caudell
Actors
- Diane MorganShared titles: Cunk on Life (2024), Death to 2021 (2021), Death to 2020 (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Diane Morgan
- Cristin MiliotiShared titles: Death to 2021 (2021), Death to 2020 (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Cristin Milioti
- Hugh GrantShared titles: Death to 2021 (2021), Death to 2020 (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Hugh Grant
- Joe KeeryShared titles: Death to 2021 (2021), Death to 2020 (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Joe Keery
Cinematographers and editors
- Damon TaiShared titles: Cunk on Life (2024), Attack of the Hollywood Cliches! (2021), Death to 2020 (2020), How Video Games Changed the World (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Damon Tai
- Jason BoxallShared titles: Death to 2021 (2021), Death to 2020 (2020), How Video Games Changed the World (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Jason Boxall
- Brendan BanksShared titles: Attack of the Hollywood Cliches! (2021), Death to 2021 (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Brendan Banks
- Jamie CairneyShared titles: Death to 2021 (2021), Death to 2020 (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Jamie Cairney
Producers
- Lizzie SearchShared titles: Cunk on Life (2024), Attack of the Hollywood Cliches! (2021), Death to 2021 (2021), Death to 2020 (2020)See all 4 shared titles with Lizzie Search
- Alison MarlowShared titles: Cunk on Life (2024), Death to 2021 (2021), Death to 2020 (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Alison Marlow
- Mike TyasShared titles: Cunk on Life (2024), Death to 2021 (2021), Death to 2020 (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Mike Tyas
- Alex BachShared titles: Attack of the Hollywood Cliches! (2021), Death to 2021 (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Alex Bach
