Robert Bernard Reich (born June 24, 1946) is an American professor, author, lawyer, and political commentator. He worked in the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, and served as Secretary of Labor from 1993 to 1997 in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton. He was also a member of President Barack Obama's economic transition advisory board. Reich has been the Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley since January 2006. He was formerly a lecturer at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a professor of social and economic policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management of Brandeis University. In 2008, Time magazine named him one of the Ten Best Cabinet Members of the century, and in the same year The Wall Street Journal placed him sixth on its list of Most Influential Business Thinkers. He has published 18 books which have been translated into 22 languages, including the best-sellers The Work of Nations, Reason, Saving Capitalism, Supercapitalism, Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future, and a best-selling e-book, Beyond Outrage. He is also board chair emeritus of Common Cause and writes his own blog about the political economy at Robertreich.org. The Robert Reich–Jacob Kornbluth film Saving Capitalism was selected to be a Netflix Original, and debuted in November 2017, and their film Inequality for All won a U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Utah. In 2015, Reich and Kornbluth founded Inequality Media, a nonprofit digital media company. Inequality Media's videos feature Reich discussing topics relating to inequality and power primarily in the United States, including universal basic income, labor rights protection, the racial wealth gap, affordable housing, and gerrymandering.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 24, 1946 (80)
- Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
- Actor and producer
- 4 on MovieCove · 6 credits in all
What are Robert Reich's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Morality.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Robert Reich's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Robert Reich'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; 19 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Work in Progress(2026)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Saving Capitalism(2017)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Love & Taxes(2015)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 6 titles from 1989 to 2026.
How do Robert Reich's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Divisive.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser1
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 Robert Reich work with?
People who share at least 2 of Robert Reich's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jacob Kornbluth shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Jacob KornbluthShared titles: Saving Capitalism (2017), Love & Taxes (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Jacob Kornbluth
Composers and editors
- Lisa FruchtmanShared titles: Saving Capitalism (2017), Love & Taxes (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Lisa Fruchtman
- Marco D'AmbrosioShared titles: Saving Capitalism (2017), Love & Taxes (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Marco D'Ambrosio