From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Curt Siodmak (August 10, 1902 – September 2, 2000) was a novelist and screenwriter. He made a name for himself in Hollywood with horror and science fiction films, most notably The Wolf Man and Donovan's Brain (the latter adapted from his novel of the same name). He was the brother of noir director Robert Siodmak. Description above from the Wikipedia article Curt Siodmak, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 10, 1902
- September 2, 2000 (aged 98)
- Dresden, Germany
- Writer and director, also actor and producer
- 30 on MovieCove · 63 credits in all
What are Curt Siodmak's films like?
Across their 30 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
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 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 28
Light 6 · Serious 13 · Dark 11
Grounded 11 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 5
Gentle 5 · Charged 20 · Intense 5
Steady 12 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 3
Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 15 · Relentless 1
Casual 11 · Engaged 17 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 15 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 3
Resolved 24 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy10
- Bittersweet11
- Tragic5
- Ambiguous3
- Cyclical1
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 Curt Siodmak's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).
- Metropolis (1927) · actor · free
- People on Sunday (1930) · director, writer · free
- Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) · writer · free
- F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932) · writer · free
- Son of Dracula (1943) · writer · free
- The Magnetic Monster (1953) · director, writer · free
- Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) · writer · free
- Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962) · writer · free
- Bride of the Gorilla (1951) · director, writer · free
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Subscription and free streaming for Curt Siodmak'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
63 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Wolfman(2010)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Ritual(2002)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Weekend am Wannsee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Hauser's Memory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Ski Fever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Das Feuerschiff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
The Devil's Messenger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
The Brain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
13 Demon Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Tales of Frankenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Hey, Jeannie! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Captain Fathom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Riders to the Stars(1954)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Donovan's Brain(1953)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Magnetic Monster(1953)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Bride of the Gorilla(1951)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Front Page Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Tarzan's Magic Fountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Studio One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
Berlin Express(1948)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Shady Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
Frisco Sal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
House of Frankenstein(1944)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Climax(1944)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Lady and the Monster(1944)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Son of Dracula(1943)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
False Faces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
I Walked with a Zombie(1943)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Mantrap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all filmsThe Purple V (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
London Blackout Murders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
Invisible Agent(1942)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Pacific Blackout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)
The Wolf Man(1941)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Aloma of the South Seas(1941)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Invisible Woman(1940)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
The Ape(1940)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Black Friday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Spawn of the North(1938)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Non-Stop New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
The Tunnel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Girls Will Be Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
The Slump Is Over (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
Marion, That's Not Nice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer(1932)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Ball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
The Ball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
The Man in Search of His Murderer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
The fight with the dragon or: The tragedy of the lodger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
The Shot in the Talker Studio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
People on Sunday(1930)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all filmsFlucht in die Fremdenlegion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
Maskottchen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
Metropolis(1927)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 62 titles from 1927 to 2010.
Biggest box office
The Wolfman (2010)
Highest rated
Metropolis (1927)
Most popular right now
The Wolfman (2010)
Film career
- 1927Screen debut· Metropolis
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 Curt Siodmak's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 36th percentile, the median of all 30; across their 30 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th9
- Below 25th10
Shape of the crowd
11 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser11
- Broadly Agreed11
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the dialogue 43/100 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 Curt Siodmak's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and profanity run lighter than most films.
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 Curt Siodmak work with?
People who share at least 2 of Curt Siodmak's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hans J. Salter shares the most, 7.
Directors
- George WaggnerShared titles: The Climax (1944), Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943), Invisible Agent (1942), The Wolf Man (1941)See all 4 shared titles with George Waggner
- Herbert L. StrockShared titles: Riders to the Stars (1954), Donovan's Brain (1953), The Magnetic Monster (1953)See all 3 shared titles with Herbert L. Strock
- Jacques TourneurShared titles: Berlin Express (1948), I Walked with a Zombie (1943)See all 2 shared titles with Jacques Tourneur
- Robert SiodmakShared titles: Son of Dracula (1943), People on Sunday (1930)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Siodmak
Writers
- Ardel WrayShared titles: Ritual (2002), I Walked with a Zombie (1943)See all 2 shared titles with Ardel Wray
- Inez WallaceShared titles: Ritual (2002), I Walked with a Zombie (1943)See all 2 shared titles with Inez Wallace
- Ivan TorsShared titles: Riders to the Stars (1954), The Magnetic Monster (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Ivan Tors
- H.G. WellsShared titles: Invisible Agent (1942), The Invisible Man Returns (1940)See all 2 shared titles with H.G. Wells
Actors
- Lon Chaney Jr.Shared titles: Bride of the Gorilla (1951), House of Frankenstein (1944), Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943), Son of Dracula (1943), The Wolf Man (1941)See all 5 shared titles with Lon Chaney Jr.
- Peter LorreShared titles: The Beast with Five Fingers (1946), Invisible Agent (1942), F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932)See all 3 shared titles with Peter Lorre
- Boris KarloffShared titles: House of Frankenstein (1944), The Climax (1944), The Ape (1940)See all 3 shared titles with Boris Karloff
- Harvey ChalkShared titles: Love Slaves of the Amazons (1957), Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956)See all 2 shared titles with Harvey Chalk
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Hans J. SalterShared titles: Love Slaves of the Amazons (1957), House of Frankenstein (1944), Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943), Son of Dracula (1943), Invisible Agent (1942), The Wolf Man (1941), The Invisible Man Returns (1940)See all 7 shared titles with Hans J. Salter
- Frank SkinnerShared titles: Son of Dracula (1943), The Wolf Man (1941), The Invisible Man Returns (1940), The Invisible Woman (1940)See all 4 shared titles with Frank Skinner
- George RobinsonShared titles: House of Frankenstein (1944), Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943), Son of Dracula (1943)See all 3 shared titles with George Robinson
- Terry O. MorseShared titles: Love Slaves of the Amazons (1957), Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956)See all 2 shared titles with Terry O. Morse
Producers
- Sam KatzmanShared titles: Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Sam Katzman
- Jack J. GrossShared titles: Son of Dracula (1943), The Wolf Man (1941)See all 2 shared titles with Jack J. Gross
- Erich PommerShared titles: F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932), Metropolis (1927)See all 2 shared titles with Erich Pommer
