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John Woodcock

Editor · Died August 13, 2000, aged 84

Born
August 11, 1916
Died
August 13, 2000 (aged 84)
Works as
Editor
Titles
33 on MovieCove · 47 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 43% in 30 days

What are John Woodcock's films like?

Across their 29 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 28th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime 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
27%
Bonds
24%
Morality
22%
Society
10%
Survival
9%
Power
6%
Ideas
1%
Justice8 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 29 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 18 · Serious 7 · Dark 4

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 16 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 4

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

Gentle 10 · Charged 14 · Intense 5

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

A split, not a type: Steady 15 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 2

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 11 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 9

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

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 20 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 24 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Warm
9
Melancholic
10
Joyful
8
Romantic
8
Other
26

How their films linger

Feel-good17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy17
  • Bittersweet10
  • Tragic2

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 John Woodcock's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 33 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for John Woodcock'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

47 credits, 33 with a MovieCove page.

  • A Father's Homecoming(1988)

    Additional Editing

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Cracked Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Supervising Editor

  • Harry's Hong Kong(1987)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Student Exchange(1987)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Life with Lucy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 8 episodes · Supervising Editor

  • Dark Mirror(1984)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Making of a Male Model(1983)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Don't Go to Sleep(1982)

    Supervising Film Editor

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Portrait of a Showgirl(1982)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch(1982)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Margin for Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Editor

  • Fugitive Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Editor

  • When Hell Was in Session(1979)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Love's Savage Fury(1979)

    Editor

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

  • Ike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 3 episodes · Editor

  • Ike: The War Years(1979)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Fantasy Island(1977)

    Show 4 episodes · Editor

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • Return to Fantasy Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Editor

  • The Love Boat(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Editor

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Fantasy Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Editor

  • The Great Houdinis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Editor

  • Death at Love House(1976)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe(1976)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Legend of Valentino(1975)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Starsky & Hutch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Editor

  • Only with Married Men(1974)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Death Cruise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Editor

  • Savages (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Editor

  • The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped(1974)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Badge 373(1973)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Lieutenant Schuster's Wife(1972)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Salzburg Connection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Editor

  • Le Mans(1971)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Rio Lobo(1970)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Skullduggery(1970)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Sam Whiskey(1969)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Scalphunters(1968)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The High Chaparral (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 2 episodes · Editor

  • El Dorado(1966)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Family Jewels(1965)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Hercules and the Princess of Troy(1965)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Disorderly Orderly(1964)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Patsy(1964)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Who's Minding the Store?(1963)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Nutty Professor(1963)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • My Six Loves(1963)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Cease Fire! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Editor

Career shape

A full career of 41 titles from 1953 to 1988.

Biggest box office

The Nutty Professor (1963)

$54 worldwide

Highest rated

El Dorado (1966)

Midcredits 95th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Editing40 of 41: 40 only editing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score55thOther crew1 of 41: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1950s1 · crew1960s10 · crew1970s23 · crew1980s7 · 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 John Woodcock's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of all 31; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Approval · how many liked their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Reach · how many have seen their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Midcredits score across 33 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th11

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 33 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed17

Most divisive · editor

The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch (1982)

82nd percentile spread · 42% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · editor

El Dorado (1966)

Midcredits 95th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 46/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles; fans 53, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

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 John Woodcock's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 29 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 26 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 27 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 50 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 35 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does John Woodcock work with?

People who share at least 2 of John Woodcock's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Aaron Spelling shares the most, 11.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers