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John Daly

John Daly

Producer and writer · Died October 31, 2008, aged 71 · London, England, UK

Born
July 16, 1937
Died
October 31, 2008 (aged 71)
From
London, England, UK
Works as
Producer and writer
Titles
41 on MovieCove · 54 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 15% in 30 days

What are John Daly's films like?

Across their 41 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Action11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

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

share of theme weight
Morality
24%
Survival
20%
Bonds
16%
Self
16%
Power
15%
Society
7%
Ideas
2%
Survival10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice9 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed7 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 41 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 12 · Serious 9 · Dark 20

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 24 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 10 · Charged 16 · Intense 15

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 18 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 7

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 8

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 5

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 16 · Engaged 21 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 13 · Affecting 16 · Heavy 12

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 27 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
28
Dread
14
Melancholic
11
Absurd
9
Contemplative
8
Other
40

How their films linger

Unsettling12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet19
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous9
  • 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 John Daly's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 35 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (32).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for John Daly'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

54 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Heavy(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • An American Affair(2008)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Box Collector (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Drifter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Executive Producer

  • A Killer Weekend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Story

  • Played(2006)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Moonpie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Executive Producer

  • Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 3 episodes · Cinematographer

  • The Aryan Couple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Writer

  • The Petersburg-Cannes Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Writer

  • Across the Moon(1994)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • Black and Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Cinematographer

  • Hidden Agenda(1990)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Bright Angel(1990)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The Boyfriend School(1990)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Chattahoochee(1989)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Staying Together(1989)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Blood Red(1989)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Vampire's Kiss(1988)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Miracle Mile(1988)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Criminal Law(1988)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Shag(1988)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Out Cold(1989)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Boost(1988)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Buster(1988)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • War Party(1988)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Last Emperor(1987)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Best Seller(1987)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Scenes from the Goldmine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Executive Producer

  • Hotel Colonial(1987)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Love at Stake(1987)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Platoon(1986)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Hoosiers(1986)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • River's Edge(1986)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Salvador(1986)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • At Close Range(1986)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Return of the Living Dead(1985)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Falcon and the Snowman(1985)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Terminator(1984)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • A Breed Apart(1984)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Deadly Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Executive Producer

  • Yellowbeard(1983)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Turkey Shoot(1982)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr(1981)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Strange Behavior(1981)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Carbon Copy(1981)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Cattle Annie and Little Britches(1980)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Going Ape!(1981)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • High Risk(1981)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Border (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Executive Producer

  • Sunburn(1979)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Passage(1979)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Hot Nasties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Author

Career shape

A full career of 46 titles from 1976 to 2008.

Biggest box office

Platoon (1986)

$139M worldwide

Highest rated

Platoon (1986)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

The Terminator (1984)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 46: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting3 of 46: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting5 of 46: 2 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing38 of 46: 37 only producing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score45thCinematography2 of 46: 2 only cinematography, 0 with another role

46 titles, 3 with more than one role — producing and writing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1970s2 · crew1980s29 · crew1990s6 · 1 acting · 5 crew2000s9 · crew

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 John Daly's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 39th percentile, the median of all 41; across their 41 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Approval · how many liked their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Reach · how many have seen their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Midcredits score across 41 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th17
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 41 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned2
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed19

Most divisive · producer

Going Ape! (1981)

75th percentile spread · 57% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Platoon (1986)

Midcredits 99th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 46/100 and the plot and story 42/100 in their films, across 41 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 John Daly's work okay for kids?

Across up to 19 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore12 titles53–94 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity19 titles25–66 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity13 titles32–93 · median 73 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs12 titles30–80 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense11 titles35–87 · median 73 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 John Daly work with?

People who share at least 2 of John Daly's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Derek Gibson shares the most, 25.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers