Victor Hugo
Writer · Died May 22, 1885, aged 83 · Besançon, Doubs, France
Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862). In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages). Hugo was at the forefront of the Romantic literary movement with his play Cromwell and drama Hernani. His works have inspired music, both during his lifetime and after his death, including the opera Rigoletto and the musicals Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris. He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment and slavery. Although he was a committed royalist when young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed, and he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, serving in politics as both deputy and senator. His work touched upon most of the political and social issues and the artistic trends of his time. His opposition to absolutism, and his literary stature, established him as a national hero. Hugo died on 22 May 1885, aged 83. He was given a state funeral in the Panthéon of Paris, which was attended by over two million people, the largest in French history. ... Description above from the Wikipedia article Victor Hugo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 26, 1802
- May 22, 1885 (aged 83)
- Besançon, Doubs, France
- Writer
- 34 on MovieCove · 139 credits in all
Known for
What are Victor Hugo's films like?
Across their 27 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
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 24
Light 5 · Serious 3 · Dark 18
A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 10
Gentle 4 · Charged 11 · Intense 11
Steady 10 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
A split, not a type: Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 1
Casual 6 · Engaged 17 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 18
Resolved 21 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet11
- Tragic10
- 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 Victor Hugo's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 34 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).
- France Channel, show their 2 titles on France Channel
- BroadwayHD, show their title on BroadwayHD
- Carnegie Hall+, show their title on Carnegie Hall+
- Cineverse, show their title on Cineverse
- Great American Pure Flix, show their title on Great American Pure Flix
- Howdy, show their title on Howdy
- IndieFlix, show their title on IndieFlix
- Kino Film Collection, show their title on Kino Film Collection
- Lionsgate+, show their title on Lionsgate+
- PBS Masterpiece, show their title on PBS Masterpiece
- Shout! TV, show their title on Shout! TV
Subscription and free streaming for Victor Hugo'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
139 credits, 34 with a MovieCove page.
Les misérables(2026)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Jean Valjean(2025)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Mashup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Les Heureux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Man Who Laughs: The Musical Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Les Misérables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Rigoletto(2019)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Les Misérables(2018)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Notre Dame de Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Lucrèce Borgia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
La Scala Ballet: Notre-Dame de Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Man Who Laughs(2012)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Les Misérables(2012)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
San Francisco Opera: Verdi's Rigoletto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Verdi: Ernani (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro(2011)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Bolshoi Theatre: ballet Esmeralda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Rigoletto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Angelo, tyran de Padoue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Verdi: Rigoletto (Teatro Regio di Parma) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Rigoletto - Semperoper Dresden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Les Misérables: Little Girl Cosette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Rigoletto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Verdi: Ernani (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Ruy Blas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Notre Dame de Paris - Live Arena di Verona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Rigoletto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Les Misérables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Quasimodo d'el Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Notre-Dame de Paris(1998)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Les Misérables(1998)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Les Misérables: In Concert at Hylands Park (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Les Misérables(1995)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Rigoletto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Rigoletto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Les Misérables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Les Misérables: The Australia Day Concert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Les Misérables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
La Gioconda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Sea Workers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Gavroche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
La Lune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Les Misérables(1982)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all filmsVerdi Ernani (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Rigoletto(1987)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Verdi: Rigoletto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Ruy Blas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
いのち燃ゆ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
The Tale of Jean Valjean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Les Miserables(1978)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Les Misérables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Rigoletto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Cosette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Hernani (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Lucrezia Borgia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Les Misérables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Who's Afraid of Opera? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Delusions of Grandeur(1971)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Man Who Laughs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Kráľ sa zabáva (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Alta comedia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Mária Tudorová (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Os Miseráveis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Mad Monster Party?(1967)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all filmsHernani (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Sefiller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
The Man Who Laughs(1966)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Marie Tudor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Ruy Blas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
I miserabili (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Les Misérables(1958)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Rigoletto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Sea Devils(1953)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Les Miserables(1952)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Ezhai Padum Paadu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Ruy Blas(1948)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
Les Misérables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
El rey se divierte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)
The Passengers of Ursa Major (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
Les Misérables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
Los miserables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
Gô among the birds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Giant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Gavroche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Les Misérables(1935)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Les Misérables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
Jean Valjean: Part Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
Jean Valjean: Part One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
Aa mujo: Kohen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
Aa mujo: zenpen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
The Bishop's Candlesticks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
The Man Who Laughs(1928)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Les misérables(1925)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
The Spanish Dancer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Toilers of the Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)
Esmeralda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)
Ninety-Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)
The Grinning Face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)
The Toilers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)
Marion de Lorme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)
Les Travailleurs de la mer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)
Der König amüsiert sich Rigoletto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)
Les Misérables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)
The Eternal Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)
The Darling of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)
Don Caesar de Bazan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)
Ruy Blas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)
Les Misérables - Part 1: Jean Valjean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)
Les Misérables - Part 2: Fantine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)
Les Misérables - Part 3: Cosette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)
Les Misérables - Part 4: Cosette and Marius (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)
Les Misérables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)
A Fool's Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)
Ruy Blas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1909)
Le Chemineau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1905)
Esmeralda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1905)
Hunchback (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Kremlin Ballet: Esmeralda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 138 titles, 136 of them dated from 1905 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Highest rated
Notre-Dame de Paris (1998)
Most popular right now
Les Misérables (2018)
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 Victor Hugo's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 83rd percentile, the median of all 33; across their 26 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up20
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
18 of their 34 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved8
- Crowd Pleaser18
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the dialogue 54/100 and the plot and story 56/100 in their films, across 23 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 Victor Hugo'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 Victor Hugo work with?
People who share at least 2 of Victor Hugo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Francesco Maria Piave shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Francesco Maria PiaveShared titles: Rigoletto (2019), Rigoletto (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Francesco Maria Piave
- John GayShared titles: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982), Les Miserables (1978)See all 2 shared titles with John Gay
Actors
- Charles KimbroughShared titles: The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Charles Kimbrough
- Demi MooreShared titles: The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Demi Moore
- Jason AlexanderShared titles: The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Jason Alexander
- Kevin KlineShared titles: The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Kevin Kline
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Georges AuricShared titles: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956), Ruy Blas (1948)See all 2 shared titles with Georges Auric
- Michel KelberShared titles: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956), Ruy Blas (1948)See all 2 shared titles with Michel Kelber
- Maurice PivarShared titles: The Man Who Laughs (1928), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)See all 2 shared titles with Maurice Pivar
- Sam PerryShared titles: The Man Who Laughs (1928), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)See all 2 shared titles with Sam Perry
Producers
- Norman RosemontShared titles: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982), Les Miserables (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Norman Rosemont
- Carl LaemmleShared titles: The Man Who Laughs (1928), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)See all 2 shared titles with Carl Laemmle
Mixed roles
- Gérard OuryShared titles: Delusions of Grandeur (1971), Sea Devils (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Gérard Oury
