Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist. He started working for The Washington Post as a reporter in 1971 and now holds the title of associate editor. While a young reporter for The Washington Post in 1972, Woodward teamed up with Carl Bernstein, and the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal. These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon. The work of Woodward and Bernstein was called "maybe the single greatest reporting effort of all time" by longtime journalism figure Gene Roberts. Woodward continued to work for The Washington Post after his reporting on Watergate. He has written 21 books on American politics and current affairs, 13 of which have topped best-seller lists. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Woodward, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 26, 1943 (83)
- Geneva, Illinois, USA
- Writer and actor
- 4 on MovieCove · 6 credits in all
Known for
What are Bob Woodward's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 9
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 6
Grounded 9 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 4
Steady 7 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 2
Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 4
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 2
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet6
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
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 Bob Woodward's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Bob Woodward'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, 4 with a MovieCove page; 28 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Final Days(1989)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Wired (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Under Siege (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
All the President's Men(1976)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Night Stage to Galveston(1952)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Hills of Utah(1951)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles from 1947 to 1989.
How do Bob Woodward's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 4; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 66/100 and the plot and story 64/100 in their films, across 5 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 Bob Woodward work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bob Woodward's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Carl Bernstein shares the most, 7.
Writers
- Carl BernsteinShared titles: Watergate: High Crimes in the White House (2022), The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017), Dick Cavett's Watergate (2014), All the President's Men Revisited (2013), Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire (2006), The Final Days (1989), All the President's Men (1976)See all 7 shared titles with Carl Bernstein
Actors
- Robert RedfordShared titles: The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017), All the President's Men Revisited (2013), Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire (2006), All the President's Men (1976)See all 4 shared titles with Robert Redford
- Tom BrokawShared titles: The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017), All the President's Men Revisited (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Brokaw
- Dustin HoffmanShared titles: All the President's Men Revisited (2013), All the President's Men (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Dustin Hoffman
- Hal HolbrookShared titles: Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire (2006), All the President's Men (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Hal Holbrook
