Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis, CBE (born 8 November 1956) is New Zealand-born British screenwriter, music producer, actor and film director, known primarily for romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary, Notting Hill, and Love Actually, as well as the hit sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean and The Vicar of Dibley. He is also the founder of the British charity Comic Relief.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 8, 1956 (69)
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Writer, producer, actor and director
- 44 on MovieCove · 67 credits in all
What are Richard Curtis' films like?
Across their 36 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
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 2 · Earnest 30
Light 29 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 24 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 1
Gentle 20 · Charged 11 · Intense 2
Steady 25 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 14
Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 2
Casual 28 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 27 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 2
Resolved 32 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy25
- Bittersweet7
- Ambiguous2
- Cyclical2
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 Richard Curtis' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 23 of their 44 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Richard Curtis' 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
67 credits, 44 with a MovieCove page; 28 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Not Alone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
That Christmas(2024)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Genie(2023)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Happy Birthday Mr Bean(2021)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Rising Phoenix(2020)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Yesterday(2019)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Diamonds are a Bean's Best Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Red Nose Day Actually (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot(2015)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Trash(2014)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
About Time(2013)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Mary and Martha(2013)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Megh Roddur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
War Horse(2011)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
No Pressure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Pirate Radio(2009)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
British Film Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Mr. Bean's Holiday(2007)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Sixty Six(2006)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The Girl in the Café(2005)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Doctor Who(2005)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Love Actually(2003)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Bridget Jones's Diary(2001)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
French & Saunders - Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Hooves of Fire(1998)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Notting Hill(1999)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Blackadder: Back & Forth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Bean(1997)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
The Vicar of Dibley(1994)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Rowan Atkinson Live: Invisible Drum Kit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Rowan Atkinson Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Bernard and the Genie(1991)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Mr. Bean Takes an Exam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
The Exciting Escapades of Mr. Bean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Mr. Bean Goes to a Première (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Mr. Bean(1990)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Tall Guy(1989)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Comic Relief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Casualty(1986)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Madness the Pilot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
The Black Adder(1983)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Dead on Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Not the Nine O'Clock News (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Doctor Who(1963)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all showsOld Bean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 62 titles, 60 of them dated from 1963 to 2024.
Biggest box office
Notting Hill (1999)
Highest rated
Rising Phoenix (2020)
Most popular right now
Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (2002)
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
an Oscar, 2 Primetime Emmys, 3 BAFTA Awards and 1 other major award from 17 major nominations, 1990–2025.
- Oscar, won
- BAFTA Award, won · Television
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Made for Television Movie
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- BAFTA Award, nominated
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Screenplay - Adapted
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
- BAFTA Award, won
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
- Oscar, nominated · Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Screenplay - Original
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Writers Guild Award, won · Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Show 2 earlier yearsShow fewer
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Comedy Series
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 Richard Curtis' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of the 34 of 35 with a score; across their 33 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 76th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up26
- 50th to 74th13
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
22 of their 43 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved13
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser22
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the dialogue 63/100 and the plot and story 46/100 in their films, across 26 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 Richard Curtis' work okay for kids?
Across up to 17 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films and violence & gore and frightening / intense 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 Richard Curtis work with?
People who share at least 2 of Richard Curtis' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tim Bevan shares the most, 15.
Directors
- Paul WeilandShared titles: Sixty Six (2006), Bernard and the Genie (1991), Mr. Bean (1990)See all 3 shared titles with Paul Weiland
- Geoff PosnerShared titles: Frost on Sketch Shows (2013), The Robbie Coltrane Special (1989), The Black Adder (1983)See all 3 shared titles with Geoff Posner
- Mel SmithShared titles: Mel Smith: I've Sort of Done Things (2013), Bean (1997), The Tall Guy (1989)See all 3 shared titles with Mel Smith
Writers
- Rowan AtkinsonShared titles: Happy Birthday Mr Bean (2021), Mel Smith: I've Sort of Done Things (2013), Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (2008), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (2002), Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death (1999), Bean (1997), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Bernard and the Genie (1991), Mr. Bean (1990), The Tall Guy (1989), Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) and 1 moreSee newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Rowan Atkinson
- Robin DriscollShared titles: Happy Birthday Mr Bean (2021), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (2002), Bean (1997), Mr. Bean (1990)See all 5 shared titles with Robin Driscoll
- Ben EltonShared titles: Blackadder: The Lost Pilot (2023), Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (2008), Mr. Bean (1990), Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)See all 4 shared titles with Ben Elton
- Andrew DawsonShared titles: That Christmas (2024), Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Dawson
Actors
- Hugh GrantShared titles: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Love Actually (2003), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death (1999), Notting Hill (1999), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)See all 6 shared titles with Hugh Grant
- Bill NighyShared titles: That Christmas (2024), About Time (2013), Pirate Radio (2009), The Girl in the Café (2005), Love Actually (2003)See all 5 shared titles with Bill Nighy
- Tony RobinsonShared titles: Blackadder: The Lost Pilot (2023), Happy Birthday Mr Bean (2021), Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (2008), Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988), The Black Adder (1983)See all 5 shared titles with Tony Robinson
- Jim BroadbentShared titles: Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (2008), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death (1999), Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)See all 5 shared titles with Jim Broadbent
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Michael CoulterShared titles: Love Actually (2003), Notting Hill (1999), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Coulter
- John GuleserianShared titles: Genie (2023), About Time (2013)See all 2 shared titles with John Guleserian
- Daniel PembertonShared titles: Rising Phoenix (2020), Yesterday (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Pemberton
- Mark DayShared titles: About Time (2013), The Girl in the Café (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Day
Producers
- Tim BevanShared titles: Genie (2023), Yesterday (2019), Trash (2014), About Time (2013), Mary and Martha (2013), Pirate Radio (2009), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Sixty Six (2006), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Love Actually (2003), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Notting Hill (1999) and 3 moreSee newest 12 of 15 shared titles with Tim Bevan
- Eric FellnerShared titles: Genie (2023), Yesterday (2019), Trash (2014), About Time (2013), Mary and Martha (2013), Pirate Radio (2009), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Sixty Six (2006), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Love Actually (2003), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Notting Hill (1999) and 2 moreSee newest 12 of 14 shared titles with Eric Fellner
- Liza ChasinShared titles: Trash (2014), About Time (2013), Mary and Martha (2013), Pirate Radio (2009), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)See all 7 shared titles with Liza Chasin
- Hilary Bevan JonesShared titles: Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015), Mary and Martha (2013), Pirate Radio (2009), The Girl in the Café (2005)See all 4 shared titles with Hilary Bevan Jones
