Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE (born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall, 3 April 1934 – 1 October 2025), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, was an English primatologist and anthropologist. Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall was best known for her 55+ year study of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 3, 1934
- October 1, 2025 (aged 91)
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
- Actor and writer
- 6 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
What are Jane Goodall's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 13
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 4 · Dark 4
Grounded 13 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 6 · Charged 7 · Intense 0
Steady 9 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 0
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Mentoras Self in Humans and Other Animals (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous2
- Other4
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 Jane Goodall's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Jane Goodall'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
22 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 70 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Anyone lived in a pretty how town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Humans and Other Animals(2024)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Jane(2023)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
She Walks with Apes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Jane, un message d'espoir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Meat the Future(2020)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Countdown to Year Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Jane(2017)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Trio. Jane's Music of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Me...Jane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Life Is Bearable at Times... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Jane Goodall's When Animals Talk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The Wild Thornberrys(1998)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
You Rang, M'Lord? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Chimps: So Like Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Howl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Howl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Matriarch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Jane Goodall Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 21 titles, 17 of them dated from 1973 to 2026.
How do Jane Goodall's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 98th percentile, the median of all 3; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 91st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 6 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the acting 38/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 58, detractors 30. 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.
Who does Jane Goodall work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jane Goodall's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Hugo Eric Louis van LawickShared titles: Jane (2017), Jane's Journey (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick
- Hugo Van LawickShared titles: Jane (2017), Jane's Journey (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Hugo Van Lawick
Producers
- Kyle VogtShared titles: Humans and Other Animals (2024), Meat the Future (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Kyle Vogt
- MobyShared titles: Milked (2021), Meat the Future (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Moby
