Bruce Anslie Evans (born September 19, 1946) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter best known for his work on Stand by Me (1986), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) and Mr. Brooks (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce A. Evans, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 19, 1946 (80)
- Long Beach, California, USA
- Writer, producer and director
- 9 on MovieCove
What are Bruce A. Evans' films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
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 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
Light 7 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 3 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1
Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 2
A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0
Casual 6 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous1
- Cyclical1
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 Bruce A. Evans' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Bruce A. Evans' 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
9 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Mr. Brooks(2007)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Jungle 2 Jungle(1997)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Cutthroat Island(1995)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Assassins(1995)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Kuffs(1992)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Made in Heaven(1987)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Stand by Me(1986)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Starman(1984)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles from 1979 to 2007.
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 Bruce A. Evans' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 52/100 and the plot and story 43/100 in their films, across 9 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 Bruce A. Evans' work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
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 Bruce A. Evans work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bruce A. Evans' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Raynold Gideon shares the most, 9.
Writers
- Raynold GideonShared titles: Mr. Brooks (2007), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Assassins (1995), Cutthroat Island (1995), Kuffs (1992), Made in Heaven (1987), Stand by Me (1986), Starman (1984), A Man, a Woman and a Bank (1979)See all 9 shared titles with Raynold Gideon
Composers and cinematographers
- Thomas Del RuthShared titles: Kuffs (1992), Stand by Me (1986)See all 2 shared titles with Thomas Del Ruth
- Jack NitzscheShared titles: Stand by Me (1986), Starman (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Jack Nitzsche
