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Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley

Writer · Died February 1, 1851, aged 53 · London, England, UK

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (UK: /ˈwʊlstənkrɑːft/; née Godwin; August 30, 1797– February 1, 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Shelley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 30, 1797
Died
February 1, 1851 (aged 53)
From
London, England, UK
Works as
Writer
Titles
50 on MovieCove · 95 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 17% in 30 days

What are Mary Shelley's films like?

Across their 35 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Drama12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Horror8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 21st percentile
: browse their Action movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation 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
Self
34%
Morality
22%
Survival
16%
Bonds
10%
Society
9%
Power
5%
Ideas
5%
Ambition14 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession6 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 33 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 7 · Dark 20

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 16

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 12 · Intense 18

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

Steady 8 · Shifting 21 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 23 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 19 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 12 · Engaged 21 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 9 · Affecting 14 · Heavy 10

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

Resolved 24 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
24
Dread
23
Melancholic
18
Absurd
10
Thrilling
4
Other
14

How their films linger

Haunting16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic13
  • Ambiguous5

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 Mary Shelley's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 32 of their 50 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Mary Shelley'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

95 credits, 50 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Bride!(2026)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein Created Robyn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Original Story

  • Frankenstein(2025)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Novel

  • Frankenstein The Creature (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Original Story

  • Frankenstein : The Musical Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Novel

  • A Criação de Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Novel

  • The Invisible Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Short Story

  • Creature(2023)

    Show Writer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Novel

  • Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Novel

  • Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Novel

  • Linhas Cruzadas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · Novel

  • Depraved(2019)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Novel

  • Victor Frankenstein(2015)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein(2015)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • I, Frankenstein(2014)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein's Master (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Novel

  • Frankenstein's Army(2013)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Army of Frankensteins(2013)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Frankenstein Theory(2013)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Frankenweenie(2012)

    Original Story

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Original Story

  • Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Original Story

  • Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Novel

  • Mary Shelley's Frankenhole(2010)

    Show 10 episodes · Characters · Novel

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Frankenstein Rising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Characters

  • Bikini Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Original Story

  • Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Novel

  • Frankenstein(2004)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · Novel

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows

  • Van Helsing(2004)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • La Sangre de Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Characters

  • Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai(1999)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein(1999)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Monster Mash: The Movie(1995)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein(1994)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein(1992)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein Unbound(1990)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Edison's Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Novel

  • Frankenstein's Grandson Moses - Version Changes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Novel

  • Frankenstein General Hospital (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Novel

  • The Monster Squad(1987)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein(1986)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Frankenstein Punk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Original Story

  • The Bride(1985)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein 90 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Novel

  • Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Novel

  • Monster of Frankenstein(1981)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Doctor Franken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Novel

  • Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Novel

  • Terror of Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Novel

  • Young Frankenstein(1974)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein: The True Story(1973)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein: A Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Novel

  • Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell(1974)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Flesh for Frankenstein(1973)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein: The True Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 2 episodes · Novel

  • Blackenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Original Story

  • The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Characters

  • Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Novel

  • Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 2 episodes · Novel

  • Lady Frankenstein(1971)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Horror of Frankenstein(1970)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed(1969)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Novel

  • Frankenstein Created Woman(1967)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Mad Monster Party?(1967)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The War of the Gargantuas(1966)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Mystery and Imagination (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 1 episode · Novel

  • Frankenstein vs. Baragon(1965)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Evil of Frankenstein(1964)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Naan Vanangum Daivam(1963)

    Story

  • Frankenstein 1970(1958)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Revenge of Frankenstein(1958)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Curse of Frankenstein(1957)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Torticola versus Frankensberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Characters

  • Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein(1948)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • House of Dracula(1945)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • House of Frankenstein(1944)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man(1943)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Ghost of Frankenstein(1942)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Son of Frankenstein(1939)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Bride of Frankenstein(1935)

    Original Story

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein(1931)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Il Mostro di Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Novel

  • Life Without Soul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Novel

  • The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Characters

  • Frankenstein(1910)

    Novel

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Original Story

  • Monster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Novel

  • Or, The Modern Prometheus (In Three Volumes) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Novel

  • Sherlock Holmes vs. Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Characters

  • The Ballad of Lucy Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Novel

Career shape

A full career of 93 titles, 88 of them dated from 1910 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

$112M worldwide

Highest rated

Young Frankenstein (1974)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Frankenstein (2025)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing92 of 93: 92 only writing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score47thOther crew1 of 93: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1910s3 · crew1920s1 · crew1930s3 · crew1940s5 · crew1950s4 · crew1960s9 · crew1970s14 · crew1980s10 · crew1990s7 · crew2000s5 · crew2010s15 · crew2020s12 · 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 Mary Shelley's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of the 46 of 47 with a score; across their 33 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Approval · how many liked their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 33

Midcredits score across 49 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th16
  • Below 25th12

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 49 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed22

Most divisive · writer

Monster Mash: The Movie (1995)

86th percentile spread · 56% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Young Frankenstein (1974)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 50/100 and the plot and story 44/100 in their films, across 30 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 Mary Shelley's work okay for kids?

Across up to 19 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and profanity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore16 titles31–90 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity19 titles5–57 · median 43 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity13 titles1–38 · median 15 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs12 titles14–33 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense16 titles29–83 · median 60 · moderateheavier 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 Mary Shelley work with?

People who share at least 2 of Mary Shelley's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Boris Karloff shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles