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Malcolm Leo

Director, producer and writer

Works as
Director, producer and writer
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all

What are Malcolm Leo's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 0

Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2

A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1

Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
3
Warm
3
Bittersweet
2
Contemplative
2
Absurd
1
Other
3

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous1
  • Cyclical1

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 Malcolm Leo's films?

As of October 24, 2026, none of Malcolm Leo's 5 MovieCove titles is streaming on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Malcolm Leo's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted.

Filmography

12 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Cat Stevens: Majikat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • Happy Days Reunion Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Director

  • Crosby, Stills & Nash - Long Time Comin' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Director

  • Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Director

  • The Beach Boys: An American Band(1985)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors(1982)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • It Came from Hollywood(1982)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • This Is Elvis(1981)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Director

  • Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Producer

  • The Hellstrom Chronicle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Script Supervisor

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles from 1971 to 2004.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing9 of 11: 5 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting3 of 11: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing4 of 11: 1 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew1 of 11: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

11 titles, 4 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1970s3 · crew1980s5 · crew1990s2 · crew2000s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Malcolm Leo's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

40thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 25th to 49th1

Reviewers score the atmosphere 64/100 and the pacing 55/100 in their films, across 4 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.

Who does Malcolm Leo work with?

People who share at least 2 of Malcolm Leo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Andrew Solt shares the most, 3.

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Editors

Producers