Robert Donat

What are Robert Donat's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

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 Robert Donat's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

• Tubi5 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The 39 Steps (1935) · actor · free
  • The Winslow Boy (1948) · actor · free
  • The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) · actor · free
  • The Adventures of Tartu (1943) · actor · free
  • The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) · actor · free
• The Criterion Channel4 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The 39 Steps (1935) · actor
  • The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) · actor
  • Knight Without Armor (1937) · actor
  • The Ghost Goes West (1935) · actor
• Fandor3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) · actor
  • The Adventures of Tartu (1943) · actor
  • The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) · actor
• Prime Video3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The 39 Steps (1935) · actor
  • The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) · actor
  • The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) · actor
• HBO Max2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The 39 Steps (1935) · actor
  • The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) · actor
• MGM+2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The Adventures of Tartu (1943) · actor
  • The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) · actor
• The Roku Channel2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The Adventures of Tartu (1943) · actor · free
  • The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) · actor · free
• Pluto TV1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • The 39 Steps (1935) · actor · free

Subscription and free streaming for Robert Donat'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

23 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

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  A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers(2009)

  Actor

  Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films75^th
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  That's Entertainment, Part II(1976)

  as (archive footage) (uncredited)

  Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films86^th
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  The Inn of the Sixth Happiness(1958)

  as The Mandarin of Yang Cheng

  Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films85^th
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  Lease of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

  as Rev William Thorne
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  The Magic Box (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

  as William Friese-Greene
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  The Cure for Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

  Director · Producer · Writer · as Sergeant Jack Hardacre
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  The Winslow Boy(1948)

  as Sir Robert Morton

  Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films92^nd
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  Captain Boycott (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

  as Charles Stewart Parnell
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  Vacation from Marriage(1945)

  as Robert Wilson

  Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films81^st
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  Twenty Years After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

  as (archive footage)
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  The Adventures of Tartu(1943)

  as Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu

  Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films78^th
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  The New Lot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

  as Actor
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  The Young Mr. Pitt(1942)

  as William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham

  Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films68^th
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  Goodbye, Mr. Chips(1939)

  as Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'

  Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films95^th
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  The Citadel(1938)

  as Dr. Andrew Manson

  Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films80^th
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  Knight Without Armor(1937)

  as Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov

  Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films72^nd
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  The Ghost Goes West(1935)

  as Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie

  Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films68^th
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  The 39 Steps(1935)

  as Richard Hannay

  Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films95^th
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  The Count of Monte Cristo(1934)

  as Edmond Dantes

  Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films89^th
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  Cash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

  as Paul Martin
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  The Private Life of Henry VIII(1933)

  as Thomas Culpeper

  Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films78^th
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  Men of Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

  as Julian Angell
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  That Night in London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

  as Dick Warren

Career shape

Star power in the 98^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 22 titles from 1932 to 1976.

Biggest box office

The 39 Steps (1935)

$101K worldwide

Highest rated

The 39 Steps (1935)

Midcredits 95^th

How do Robert Donat's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 81^st percentile, the median of all 14; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

310

• Universally Loved3
• Crowd Pleaser10
• Mixed1

Most divisive · actor

A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009)

58^th percentile spread · 13% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The 39 Steps (1935)

Midcredits 95^th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 83/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 87, detractors 52. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

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 Robert Donat's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 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 Robert Donat work with?

People who share at least 2 of Robert Donat's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alexander Korda shares the most, 4.