F. Scott Fitzgerald
Writer · Died December 21, 1940, aged 44 · Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940), known professionally as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist and short story writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. While he achieved limited success in his lifetime, he is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, and Tender Is the Night. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Last Tycoon, was published posthumously. Fitzgerald also authored 4 collections of short stories, as well as 164 short stories in magazines during his lifetime. Description above from the Wikipedia article F. Scott Fitzgerald licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 24, 1896
- December 21, 1940 (aged 44)
- Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Writer
- 18 on MovieCove · 40 credits in all
What are F. Scott Fitzgerald's films like?
Across their 15 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 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 13
A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 3 · Dark 5
Grounded 6 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2
Gentle 3 · Charged 11 · Intense 0
Steady 8 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2
Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 8 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 6 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 6
Resolved 11 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet6
- Tragic5
- Ambiguous1
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 F. Scott Fitzgerald's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (5).
Subscription and free streaming for F. Scott Fitzgerald'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
40 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The Egotist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Cleo Is Coming Over Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
The Last Tycoon(2016)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
The Great Gatsby(2013)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Beautiful and Damned (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The Great Gatsby(2000)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Indian Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Jakubov rebrík (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Ako si Grétička trochu zdriemla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Tender Is the Night(1985)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Under the Biltmore Clock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Ťaví zadok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
The Last Tycoon(1976)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Bernice Bobs Her Hair(1976)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Great Gatsby(1974)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all filmsThe Jazz Age (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Omnibus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Tender Is the Night(1962)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Great Gatsby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
The Last Tycoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
The Great Gatsby(1949)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
The Women(1939)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Raffles(1939)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Winter Carnival(1939)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Three Comrades(1938)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
A Yank at Oxford(1938)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Red-Headed Woman(1932)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all filmsPusher-in-the-Face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
The Great Gatsby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)
Grit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
The Beautiful and Damned (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)
The Off-Shore Pirate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)
The Chorus Girl's Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)
The Husband Hunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)
The Great Gatsby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 38 titles, 37 of them dated from 1920 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Great Gatsby (1974)
Highest rated
The Women (1939)
Most popular right now
The Great Gatsby (1974)
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 F. Scott Fitzgerald's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 16; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 18 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser9
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the dialogue 55/100 and the plot and story 46/100 in their films, across 14 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 F. Scott Fitzgerald's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 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 F. Scott Fitzgerald work with?
People who share at least 2 of F. Scott Fitzgerald's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joseph Ruttenberg shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Jack ConwayShared titles: A Yank at Oxford (1938), Red-Headed Woman (1932)See all 2 shared titles with Jack Conway
Writers
- Anita LoosShared titles: The Women (1939), Red-Headed Woman (1932)See all 2 shared titles with Anita Loos
Actors
- Peter StraussShared titles: Tender Is the Night (1985), The Last Tycoon (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Strauss
- Howard Da SilvaShared titles: The Great Gatsby (1974), The Great Gatsby (1949)See all 2 shared titles with Howard Da Silva
- Joan FontaineShared titles: Tender Is the Night (1962), The Women (1939)See all 2 shared titles with Joan Fontaine
- Henry HullShared titles: The Great Gatsby (1949), Three Comrades (1938)See all 2 shared titles with Henry Hull
Composers and cinematographers
- Joseph RuttenbergShared titles: The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954), The Women (1939), Three Comrades (1938)See all 3 shared titles with Joseph Ruttenberg
- Edward WardShared titles: The Women (1939), A Yank at Oxford (1938)See all 2 shared titles with Edward Ward
- Harold RossonShared titles: A Yank at Oxford (1938), Red-Headed Woman (1932)See all 2 shared titles with Harold Rosson
