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Henry James

Writer · Died February 28, 1916, aged 72 · New York, New York City, USA

Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American-born British writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. James alternated between America and Europe for the first 20 years of his life, after which he settled in England, becoming a British subject in 1915, one year before his death. He is primarily known for the series of novels in which he portrays the encounter of Americans with Europe and Europeans. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 15, 1843
Died
February 28, 1916 (aged 72)
From
New York, New York City, USA
Works as
Writer
Titles
31 on MovieCove · 87 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Down 34% in 30 days

What are Henry James' films like?

Across their 29 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama22 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 43rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 9th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies

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

share of theme weight
Self
22%
Bonds
21%
Morality
17%
Survival
15%
Power
15%
Ideas
5%
Society
4%
Deception8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeMental illness4 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass5 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 27 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 3 · Serious 5 · Dark 19

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 15 · Intense 7

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 16 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 23 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 26 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 7

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 12

Ambiguous: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their ambiguous movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 15

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
23
Dread
14
Melancholic
18
Contemplative
9
Romantic
5
Other
11

How their films linger

Haunting16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous12

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 James' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 31 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Henry James' 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

87 credits, 31 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Beast(2023)

    Short Story

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Beast in the Jungle(2023)

    Short Story

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Turn of the Screw - OperaGlass Works (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Short Story

  • The Haunting of Bly Manor(2020)

    Show 9 episodes · Novel

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • The Turn of the Screw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Short Story

  • The Turning(2020)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Turn of the Screw(2020)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Spellbound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Author

  • The Beast in the Jungle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Novel

  • The Aspern Papers(2018)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • A Fera na Selva (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Novel

  • The Tutor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Original Story

  • Through the Shadow(2015)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • What Maisie Knew(2012)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Turn of the Screw(2009)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Le Pendu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Novel

  • Private Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Novel

  • In a Dark Place(2006)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Californians(2005)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • The Turn of the Screw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Writer

  • Friends of Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Short Story

  • The Turn of the Screw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Writer

  • Owen Wingrave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Novel

  • Presence of Mind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Novel

  • The Golden Bowl(2000)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Turn of the Screw(1999)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Haunting of Hell House(1999)

    Short Story

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • The American(1998)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Under Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Novel

  • Washington Square(1997)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Wings of the Dove(1997)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Portrait of a Lady(1996)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Pupil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Novel

  • The Phantom of Longstaff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Short Story

  • The Haunting of Helen Walker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Novel

  • LA HEREDERA (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Novel

  • What Maisie Knew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Novel

  • You're the Only One I Loved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Novel

  • The Turn of the Screw(1992)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Turn of the Screw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Novel

  • Turn of the Screw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Novel

  • The Bostonians(1984)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Aspern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Novel

  • American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · Novel

  • The Turn of the Screw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Writer

  • The Turn of the Screw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 3 episodes · Novel

  • The Perfect Presence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Short Story

  • The Devil's Game(1981)

    Show 1 episode · Novel

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Wings of the Dove (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Novel

  • The Wings of the Dove (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 3 episodes · Novel

  • The Europeans(1979)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Green Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Novel

  • Listy Juliane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Novel

  • The Ambassadors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Novel

  • The Author of Beltraffio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Short Story

  • De Grey, un Récit romanesque (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Author

  • Henry James Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 7 episodes · Short Story

  • Georginas Gründe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Short Story

  • The Portrait of a Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 4 episodes · Novel

  • Henry James' The Jolly Corner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Story

  • Affairs of the Heart(1974)

    Show 13 episodes · Short Story

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Daisy Miller(1974)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Turn of the Screw(1974)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Le Tour d'Écrou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Novel

  • Celine and Julie Go Boating(1974)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Haunting of Rosalind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Short Story

  • The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · Novel

  • The Golden Bowl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 6 episodes · Novel

  • The Nightcomers(1971)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Spoils of Poynton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 4 episodes · Novel

  • The Portrait of a Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 6 episodes · Novel

  • ITV Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • El Muñeco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Writer

  • Historias para no dormir(1966)

    Show 1 episode · Short Story

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • BBC Play of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 2 episodes · Author · Novel

  • The Ghostly Rental (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Novel

  • The Ambassadors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Novel

  • The Innocents(1961)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Turn of the Screw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Novel

  • Startime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · Novel

  • The Bitter Waters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Story

  • Folio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • The House in the Square (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Novel

  • The Heiress(1949)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Lost Moment(1947)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Berkeley Square (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Idea

  • The Portrait of a Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 6 episodes · Novel

Career shape

A full career of 85 titles, 84 of them dated from 1933 to 2024.

Biggest box office

The Turning (2020)

$19M worldwide

Highest rated

The Heiress (1949)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing85 of 85: 85 only writing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score44th

By decade

1930s1 · crew1940s2 · crew1950s5 · crew1960s8 · crew1970s19 · crew1980s11 · crew1990s14 · crew2000s11 · crew2010s7 · crew2020s6 · crew

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 James' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42nd percentile, the median of all 27; across their 27 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 27

Approval · how many liked their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 27

Reach · how many have seen their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 27

Midcredits score across 31 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th9

Shape of the crowd

20 of their 31 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned2
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Mixed20

Most divisive · writer

The Aspern Papers (2018)

81st percentile spread · 43% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

The Heiress (1949)

Midcredits 98th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 49/100 and the plot and story 44/100 in their films, across 27 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 Henry James' work okay for kids?

Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, frightening / intense runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles26–53 · median 48 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity11 titles17–61 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 42 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles7–39 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles18–67 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Henry James work with?

People who share at least 2 of Henry James' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Ivory shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers