From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Henry Jaglom is a London-born American film director and playwright. Jaglom was born to a Jewish family in London, England, the son of Marie (née Stadthagen) and Simon M. Jaglom, who worked in the import-export business. His father was from a wealthy family from Russia and his mother was from Germany. They left for England because of the Nazi regime. Through his mother, he is a descendant of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Jaglom trained with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in New York, where he acted, wrote and directed off-Broadway theater and cabaret before settling in Hollywood in the late 1960s. Under contract to Columbia Pictures, Jaglom featured in such TV series as Gidget and The Flying Nun and acted in a number of films which included Boris Sagal's The Thousand Plane Raid (1969), Jack Nicholson's Drive, He Said (1971), Dennis Hopper's The Last Movie (1971), Orson Welles' never-completed The Other Side of the Wind and more. Jaglom's transition from acting in films to creating them was largely influenced by his experience watching the Italian film 8½ (1963). “The film changed my identity. I realized that what I wanted to do was make films. Not only that, but I realized what I wanted to make films about: my own life, to some extent.” Jaglom began his filmmaking career working with Nicholson on the editing of Hopper's Easy Rider (1969), and made his writing/directing debut with A Safe Place (1971), starring Tuesday Weld, Nicholson and Welles. His next film, Tracks (1976), starred Hopper and was one of the earliest movies to explore the psychological cost on America of the Vietnam War. His third film, the first to be a commercial success, was Sitting Ducks (1980), a comic romp. Jaglom co-starred in four of his most personal films—Always, But Not Forever (1985), Someone to Love (1987) starring Orson Welles in his farewell film performance, New Year's Day (1989), which introduced David Duchovny, and Venice/Venice (1992) opposite French star Nelly Alard. In 1983, Jaglom taped lunch conversations with Orson Welles at Los Angeles's Ma Maison. Edited transcripts of these sessions appear in Peter Biskind's book My Lunches With Orson: Conversations Between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles (2013). As a playwright, has written four plays that have been successfully performed on Los Angeles stages: The Waiting Room (1974), A Safe Place (2003), Always—But Not Forever (2007) and Just 45 Minutes from Broadway (2009/2010). Jaglom is the subject of the Henry Alex Rubin's and Jeremy Workman's documentary Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997). Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Jaglom, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 26, 1938 (88)
- London, England
- Director, writer, actor and editor, also producer
- 22 on MovieCove · 32 credits in all
What are Henry Jaglom's films like?
Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self 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 2 · Wry 5 · Earnest 16
A split, not a type: Light 9 · Serious 4 · Dark 10
A split, not a type: Grounded 12 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 4
Gentle 7 · Charged 10 · Intense 6
Steady 8 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 4
Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 3
Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0
Casual 7 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 3
A split, not a type: Easy watch 9 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 8
A split, not a type: Resolved 9 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 7
Roles they play
- Heroas Danny Sapir in Someone to Love (1987)
- Mentoras Drew in New Year's Day (1989)
- Shadowas Henri in Everyone Asked About You (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet9
- Tragic4
- Ambiguous9
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 Henry Jaglom's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (13).
- Tracks (1976) · director, writer · free
- Train to Zakopané (2017) · director, writer, producer · free
- Eating (1990) · director, writer, editor · free
- Sitting Ducks (1980) · actor, director, writer · free
- Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995) · actor, director, writer, editor · free
- Someone to Love (1987) · actor, director, writer, editor · free
- Everyone Asked About You (2025) · actor · free
- Irene in Time (2009) · director, writer, editor · free
- The Thousand Plane Raid (1969) · actor · free
- The M Word (2014) · director, writer, editor · free
- Just 45 Minutes from Broadway (2012) · director, writer · free
- Queen of the Lot (2010) · director, writer · free
- +1 more
Subscription and free streaming for Henry Jaglom'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
32 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page; 22 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Everyone Asked About You(2025)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Train to Zakopané(2017)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Ovation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The M Word(2014)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Queen of the Lot(2010)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Irene in Time(2009)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Hollywood Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Going Shopping (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Festival in Cannes(2001)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Déjà Vu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Babyfever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Venice/Venice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Eating(1990)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
New Year's Day(1989)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
On the tracks of a filmmaker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Someone to Love(1987)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Always … But Not Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Movie Madness(1982)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Sitting Ducks(1980)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Tracks(1976)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Hearts and Minds(1974)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all filmsMy Brother's Sex Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
A Safe Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
The Last Movie(1971)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Drive, He Said(1971)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Thousand Plane Raid(1969)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Easy Rider(1969)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Psych-Out(1968)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 30 titles from 1968 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Eating (1990)
Highest rated
Hearts and Minds (1974)
Most popular right now
Easy Rider (1969)
Film career
- 1968Screen debut· Psych-Out
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 Henry Jaglom's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 22; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th12
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 22 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive3
- Cult Classic6
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed9
Reviewers score the atmosphere 58/100 and the pacing 35/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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 Henry Jaglom'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 Henry Jaglom work with?
People who share at least 2 of Henry Jaglom's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Emil shares the most, 8.
Directors
- Dennis HopperShared titles: Tracks (1976), The Last Movie (1971), Easy Rider (1969)See all 3 shared titles with Dennis Hopper
Writers
- Victoria FoytShared titles: Festival in Cannes (2001), Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995), Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1995)See all 3 shared titles with Victoria Foyt
Actors
- Michael EmilShared titles: The M Word (2014), Just 45 Minutes from Broadway (2012), Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1995), New Year's Day (1989), Someone to Love (1987), Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983), Sitting Ducks (1980), Tracks (1976)See all 8 shared titles with Michael Emil
- Tanna FrederickShared titles: Train to Zakopané (2017), The M Word (2014), Just 45 Minutes from Broadway (2012), Queen of the Lot (2010), Irene in Time (2009)See all 5 shared titles with Tanna Frederick
- Zack NormanShared titles: The M Word (2014), Queen of the Lot (2010), Festival in Cannes (2001), Sitting Ducks (1980), Tracks (1976)See all 5 shared titles with Zack Norman
- Karen BlackShared titles: Irene in Time (2009), Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1995), Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983), Drive, He Said (1971)See all 4 shared titles with Karen Black
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Hanania BaerShared titles: The M Word (2014), Just 45 Minutes from Broadway (2012), Queen of the Lot (2010), Irene in Time (2009), Festival in Cannes (2001), Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995), Eating (1990), Someone to Love (1987)See all 8 shared titles with Hanania Baer
- Ron VignoneShared titles: Train to Zakopané (2017), The M Word (2014), Just 45 Minutes from Broadway (2012), Queen of the Lot (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Ron Vignone
- László KovácsShared titles: The Last Movie (1971), Easy Rider (1969), Psych-Out (1968)See all 3 shared titles with László Kovács
- Harriet SchockShared titles: Just 45 Minutes from Broadway (2012), Queen of the Lot (2010), Irene in Time (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Harriet Schock
Producers
- Judith WolinskyShared titles: Festival in Cannes (2001), Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995), Eating (1990), New Year's Day (1989), Someone to Love (1987)See all 5 shared titles with Judith Wolinsky
- Rosemary MarksShared titles: The M Word (2014), Just 45 Minutes from Broadway (2012), Queen of the Lot (2010), Irene in Time (2009)See all 4 shared titles with Rosemary Marks
- Bert SchneiderShared titles: Tracks (1976), Hearts and Minds (1974), Drive, He Said (1971), Easy Rider (1969)See all 4 shared titles with Bert Schneider
- Jeanine RohnShared titles: Just 45 Minutes from Broadway (2012), Irene in Time (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Jeanine Rohn
Mixed roles
- Kris KristoffersonShared titles: Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004), The Last Movie (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Kris Kristofferson
