American screenwriter and director.
Biography from TMDB.
- November 30, 1943
- November 2, 2006 (aged 62)
- Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
- Writer, also director and producer
- 8 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Leonard Schrader's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 7
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 6
Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 4
Steady 3 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 2
Casual 1 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 6
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic4
- Ambiguous1
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 Leonard Schrader's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Leonard Schrader'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.
Edie: Girl on Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Naked Tango(1990)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Kiss of the Spider Woman(1985)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
P. P. Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
The Killing of America(1981)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Tora-san's Dream of Spring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Old Boyfriends(1979)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Blue Collar(1978)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Yakuza(1974)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles from 1974 to 2010.
Biggest box office
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
Highest rated
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
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 Leonard Schrader's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 91st percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 89th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 8 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 56/100 and the plot and story 49/100 in their films, across 8 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 Leonard Schrader'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 Leonard Schrader work with?
People who share at least 2 of Leonard Schrader's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Paul Schrader shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Paul SchraderShared titles: Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), Old Boyfriends (1979), Blue Collar (1978), The Yakuza (1974)See all 4 shared titles with Paul Schrader
Writers
- Chieko SchraderShared titles: Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), The Killing of America (1981)See all 2 shared titles with Chieko Schrader
Actors
- Patricio BissoShared titles: Naked Tango (1990), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Patricio Bisso
- Richard JordanShared titles: Old Boyfriends (1979), The Yakuza (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Jordan
Producers
- Mataichirô YamamotoShared titles: Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), The Killing of America (1981), The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)See all 3 shared titles with Mataichirô Yamamoto
- David WeismanShared titles: Naked Tango (1990), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)See all 2 shared titles with David Weisman
- Jane HolzerShared titles: Naked Tango (1990), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Jane Holzer
- Michael MaielloShared titles: Naked Tango (1990), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Maiello