Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of Gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Bible fiction. She is best known for writing The Vampire Chronicles. She later adapted the first volume in the series into a commercially successful eponymous film, Interview with the Vampire (1994). Born in New Orleans, Rice spent much of her early life in the city before moving to Texas, and later to San Francisco. She was raised in an observant Catholic family but became an agnostic as a young adult. She began her professional writing career with the publication of Interview with the Vampire (1976), while living in California, and began writing sequels to the novel in the 1980s. In the mid-2000s, following a publicized return to Catholicism, she published the novels Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt and Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana, fictionalized accounts of certain incidents in the life of Jesus. Several years later she distanced herself from organized Christianity, while remaining devoted to Jesus. She later considered herself a secular humanist. Rice's books have sold over 100 million copies, making her one of the best-selling authors of modern times. While reaction to her early works was initially mixed, she gained a better reception with critics in the 1980s. Her writing style and the literary content of her works have been analyzed by literary commentators. She was married to poet and painter Stan Rice for 41 years, from 1961 until his death from brain cancer in 2002 at age 60. She and Stan had two children, Michele, who died of leukemia at age five, and Christopher, who is also an author. Rice also wrote books such as The Feast of All Saints (adapted for television in 2001) and Servant of the Bones, which formed the basis of a 2011 comic book miniseries. Several books from The Vampire Chronicles have been adapted as comics and manga by various publishers. She authored erotic fiction under the pen names Anne Rampling and A. N. Roquelaure, including Exit to Eden, which was later adapted into a 1994 film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anne Rice, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 4, 1941
- December 11, 2021 (aged 80)
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Writer, actor and producer
- 11 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
Known for
What are Anne Rice's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Mentoras Anne Rice in A Place Among the Dead (2020)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous3
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 Anne Rice's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on AMC+ (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Anne Rice'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
19 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 9 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Vampire Lestat(2026)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Anne Rice, An All Saints' Day Celebration Event (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Mayfair Witches(2023)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
A Place Among the Dead(2020)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Young Messiah(2016)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Colbert Report (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Queen of the Damned(2002)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Feast of All Saints(2001)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all filmsEarth Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
SexTV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Rag and Bone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Exit to Eden(1994)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Ellen(1994)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Anne Rice: Birth of the Vampire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Cry to Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Queen of the Damned (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 19 titles, 17 of them dated from 1994 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Highest rated
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
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 Anne Rice's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the dialogue 46/100 and the plot and story 49/100 in their films, across 5 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 Anne Rice's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 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 Anne Rice work with?
People who share at least 2 of Anne Rice's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Antonio Banderas shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Antonio BanderasShared titles: Interview with the Vampire: In the Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Antonio Banderas
- Brad PittShared titles: Interview with the Vampire: In the Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Brad Pitt
- Kirsten DunstShared titles: Interview with the Vampire: In the Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Kirsten Dunst
- Stephen ReaShared titles: Interview with the Vampire: In the Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Stephen Rea
Mixed roles
- Neil JordanShared titles: Interview with the Vampire: In the Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Neil Jordan
