Stewart Henry Stern (March 22, 1922 – February 2, 2015) was an American screenwriter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stewart Stern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Biography from TMDB.
- March 22, 1922
- February 2, 2015 (aged 92)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Writer and actor
- 15 on MovieCove · 26 credits in all
What are Stewart Stern's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 9
Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 7
A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 4
A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 6
A split, not a type: Resolved 6 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet6
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
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 Stewart Stern's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Stewart Stern'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
26 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Fright Night(1985)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
A Christmas to Remember (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Sybil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
The Glass Menagerie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
The Last Movie(1971)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Rachel, Rachel(1968)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
The Ugly American(1963)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Outsider(1961)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Thunder in the Sun(1959)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Heart of Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
The James Dean Story(1957)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Rack(1956)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Rebel Without a Cause(1955)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Teresa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Benjy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
He Walked by Night(1948)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Hollow Triumph(1948)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The Amazing Mr. X(1948)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Cobra Strikes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
T-Men(1947)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Railroaded! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
Stepchild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
Out of the Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
The Big Fix (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
Career shape
A full career of 26 titles from 1947 to 1985.
Biggest box office
Fright Night (1985)
Highest rated
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Most popular right now
Fright Night (1985)
Film career
- 1985Screen debut· Fright Night
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 Stewart Stern's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser10
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 52/100 and the plot and story 49/100 in their films, across 10 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.
Who does Stewart Stern work with?
People who share at least 2 of Stewart Stern's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joanne Woodward shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Joanne WoodwardShared titles: Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973), Rachel, Rachel (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Joanne Woodward
- Dennis HopperShared titles: The Last Movie (1971), Rebel Without a Cause (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Dennis Hopper
Composers
- Leonard RosenmanShared titles: The Outsider (1961), Rebel Without a Cause (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Leonard Rosenman
Mixed roles
- Paul NewmanShared titles: Rachel, Rachel (1968), The Rack (1956)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Newman
