Wilbur Smith

What are Wilbur Smith's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Morality.

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 Wilbur Smith's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

• Tubi3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Dark of the Sun (1968) · writer · free
  • Shout at the Devil (1976) · writer · free
  • Gold (1974) · writer · free
• MGM+1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Shout at the Devil (1976) · writer
• Pluto TV1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Shout at the Devil (1976) · writer · free
• The Roku Channel1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Shout at the Devil (1976) · writer · free

Subscription and free streaming for Wilbur Smith'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

6 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.

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  Wild Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

  Novel
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  Mountain of Diamonds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

  Show 4 episodes · Novel
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  Shout at the Devil(1976)

  Novel · Screenplay

  Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films50^th
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  Gold(1974)

  Novel · Screenplay

  Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films31^st
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  The Last Lion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

  Screenplay
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  Dark of the Sun(1968)

  Novel

  Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films76^th

Career shape

A full career of 6 titles from 1968 to 1994.

Highest rated

Dark of the Sun (1968)

Midcredits 76^th

Most popular right now

Shout at the Devil (1976)

How do Wilbur Smith's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50^th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 2 are Broadly Agreed.

12

• Crowd Pleaser1
• Broadly Agreed2

Most loved · writer

Dark of the Sun (1968)

Midcredits 76^th · 66% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 45/100 and the plot and story 51/100 in their films, across 3 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 Wilbur Smith'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 Wilbur Smith work with?

People who share at least 2 of Wilbur Smith's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Peter R. Hunt shares the most, 2.