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Matthew Read

Producer and writer

Primetime Emmy nominee

Works as
Producer and writer
Titles
32 on MovieCove · 42 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 36% in 30 days

What are Matthew Read's films like?

Across their 27 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 10th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 93rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography 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
Morality
29%
Bonds
25%
Self
14%
Survival
11%
Society
8%
Power
7%
Ideas
5%
Justice8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage3 titles, browse their movies with this themePower2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 8

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 4

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 5

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

A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2

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

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

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

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 4 · 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 4 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 3

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 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 6

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 8 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
20
Dread
13
Melancholic
13
Warm
4
Hopeful
4
Other
18

How their films linger

Bittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic8
  • Ambiguous6

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 Matthew Read's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 27 of their 32 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Matthew Read'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

42 credits, 32 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Leopard(2025)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • A Good Girl's Guide to Murder(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • The Eye of the Sunrise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Writer

  • The Gentlemen(2024)

    Show 16 episodes · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The Curse of Kirrin Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Writer

  • The Famous Five(2023)

    Show 5 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows

  • Obsession(2023)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows

  • The Pursuit of Love(2021)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Curfew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show Creator

  • Watership Down(2018)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • The Last Post(2017)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • King Charles III(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

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

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Taboo(2017)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Gunpowder(2017)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • The Witness for the Prosecution(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Ethel & Ernest(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Neon Demon(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Partners in Crime(2015)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • Sword of Vengeance(2015)

    Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Roald Dahl's Esio Trot(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • And Then There Were None(2015)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned(2015)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Our Zoo(2014)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • That Day We Sang(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Escape Artist(2013)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Hammer of the Gods(2013)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Only God Forgives(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Restless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Pusher(2012)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Best of Men(2012)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Holy Flying Circus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Executive Producer

  • Valhalla Rising(2009)

    Additional Writing · Writer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Outcasts(2010)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • The Sinking of the Laconia(2010)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows

  • Jane Hair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Writer

  • Wallander(2008)

    Show 12 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Fiona's Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Executive Producer

  • Phoo Action (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Producer

  • Agatha Christie's Marple(2004)

    Show 12 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Wolves of Kromer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Casting Director · Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 31 titles from 1998 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Only God Forgives (2013)

$11M worldwide

Highest rated

The Best of Men (2012)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing1 of 31: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting9 of 31: 4 only writing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score10thProducing23 of 31: 20 only producing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thOther crew4 of 31: 2 only other crew, 2 with another role

31 titles, 5 with more than one role — producing and writing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s5 · crew2010s20 · crew2020s5 · 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.

Awards

Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2005, Outstanding Special Class Program.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Matthew Read's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 32 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 32 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · writer, producer

The Famous Five (2023)

85th percentile spread · 45% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Ethel & Ernest (2016)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 38/100 and the plot and story 38/100 in their films, across 11 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 Matthew Read's work okay for kids?

Across up to 14 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore11 titles39–93 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity14 titles38–67 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles35–65 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs9 titles18–64 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles43–87 · median 70 · 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 Matthew Read work with?

People who share at least 2 of Matthew Read's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nicolas Winding Refn shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles