Tom Ropelewski is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He is best known for films Look Who's Talking Now, Loverboy, The Next Best Thing, and The Kiss. He is married to screenwriter/producer, Leslie Dixon. In May 2006, Ropelewski and Evan Katz were hired to write the script for an action film entitled Game Boys for Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. As of June 2018, the project remains in development hell.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Writer, director and producer
- 8 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Tom Ropelewski'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 0 · Earnest 6
Light 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 4
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet2
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 Tom Ropelewski's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Tom Ropelewski'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
11 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
2e2: Teaching the Twice Exceptional (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
2e: Twice Exceptional (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The 7D(2014)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
The Next Best Thing(2000)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Look Who's Talking Now(1993)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Madhouse(1990)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Loverboy(1989)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
The Kiss(1988)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Blind Date(1987)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Scarecrow and Mrs. King(1983)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Child of Giants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles, 9 of them dated from 1983 to 2018.
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 Tom Ropelewski's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 26th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 31st percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 8 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the dialogue 34/100 and the plot and story 31/100 in their films, across 6 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 Tom Ropelewski's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 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 Tom Ropelewski work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tom Ropelewski's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Leslie Dixon shares the most, 5.
Writers
- Leslie DixonShared titles: The Next Best Thing (2000), Look Who's Talking Now (1993), Madhouse (1990), Loverboy (1989), Blind Date (1987)See all 5 shared titles with Leslie Dixon
Actors
- Kirstie AlleyShared titles: Look Who's Talking Now (1993), Madhouse (1990)See all 2 shared titles with Kirstie Alley
- John LarroquetteShared titles: Madhouse (1990), Blind Date (1987)See all 2 shared titles with John Larroquette
- Robert GintyShared titles: Madhouse (1990), Loverboy (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Ginty
Producers
- Jonathan D. KraneShared titles: Look Who's Talking Now (1993), Blind Date (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Jonathan D. Krane
