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Dante J. Pugliese

Producer and director

Works as
Producer and director
Titles
23 on MovieCove · 45 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 12% in 30 days

What are Dante J. Pugliese's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
46%
Ideas
34%
Self
13%
Power
6%
Bonds
1%
Art13 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy13 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame9 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeHope2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 20 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 17 · Serious 3 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 20 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 15 · Charged 5 · Intense 0

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

Steady 18 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 18 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 2

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

Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 19 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
18
Contemplative
10
Joyful
7
Melancholic
5
Hopeful
2
Other
5

How their films linger

Feel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3
  • Cyclical5

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 Dante J. Pugliese's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dante J. Pugliese'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

45 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page.

  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Executive Producer

  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Executive Producer

  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Executive Producer

  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s and '70s(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Executive Producer

  • Hollywood Rivals: Chaplin vs Keaton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Producer

  • Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Producer

  • Taboo: The Beginning of Erotic Cinema (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Executive Producer

  • The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Becoming Queen(2004)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Blues Greats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Executive Producer

  • Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Producer

  • Fleetwood Mac: Unbroken Chain(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Johnny Cash Singing at His Best(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Led Zeppelin Story(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • TV in Black: The First Fifty Years(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Inside John Lennon(2003)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty(2003)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Inside the Marx Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Executive Producer

  • Van Halen: The Van Halen Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Executive Producer

  • The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Executive Producer

  • The Definitive Elvis: The Memphis Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Executive Producer

  • The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Clint Eastwood: Star Power(2002)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The Rivalry Continues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • The Unbeatable Bruce Lee(2001)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Ocean's Eleven Story(2001)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Executive Producer

  • The Many Faces of Zorro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Producer

  • Close Encounters: Proof of Alien Contact(2000)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hollywood Remembers - Hollywoods Greatest Screen Legends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • The Many Faces of Dracula(2000)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Television: The First Fifty Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Executive Producer

  • 100 Years of Horror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Executive Producer

  • The Best of Hollywood(1998)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • 100 Years of Horror(1996)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • We Remember Marilyn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Executive Producer · Producer

  • Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Producer

  • Grampa's Silly Scaries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 35 titles from 1988 to 2009.

Highest rated

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004)

Midcredits 10th

Most popular right now

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing4 of 35: 3 only directing, 1 with another roleProducing32 of 35: 31 only producing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score70th

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s4 · crew2000s30 · 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 Dante J. Pugliese's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 22; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Approval · how many liked their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Reach · how many have seen their films

18thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Midcredits score across 23 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 23 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Divisive4
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · producer

The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years (2002)

98th percentile spread · 29% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008)

Midcredits 95th · 82% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 36/100 and the pacing 33/100 in their films, across 7 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 Dante J. Pugliese work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dante J. Pugliese's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Phillip Dye shares the most, 9.

Directors

  • Phillip Dye9 titles · 2 as director    See all 9 shared titles with Phillip Dye
  • Mark McLaughlin6 titles · 2 as director    See all 6 shared titles with Mark McLaughlin
  • Ted Newsom2 titles    See all 2 shared titles with Ted Newsom

Writers

Actors

  • Shirley Jones5 titles    See all 5 shared titles with Shirley Jones
  • Leslie Caron3 titles    See all 3 shared titles with Leslie Caron
  • Olga James3 titles    See all 3 shared titles with Olga James
  • Carlos Larkin4 titles · 2 as actor    See all 4 shared titles with Carlos Larkin

Cinematographers and editors

  • Jose Bugarin7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Jose Bugarin
  • Maurey Dahlen5 titles    See all 5 shared titles with Maurey Dahlen
  • Hector de Leon5 titles · 4 as editor    See all 5 shared titles with Hector de Leon
  • Julie Antepli5 titles · 4 as editor    See all 5 shared titles with Julie Antepli

Producers