José Rivera (born March 24, 1955) is a playwright and the first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an Academy Award for the movie The Motorcycle Diaries. Description above from the Wikipedia article José Rivera (playwright), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 24, 1955 (71)
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Writer and producer, also actor
- 13 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
What are Jose Rivera's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 9
Light 3 · Serious 4 · Dark 2
Grounded 5 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 4 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous3
- Other1
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 Jose Rivera's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Jose Rivera'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
20 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
iGilbert(2021)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
The 33(2015)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
On the Road(2012)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Letters to Juliet(2010)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Trade(2007)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
The Motorcycle Diaries(2004)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Shadow Realm(2002)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
The Haunted Mask (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Eerie, Indiana(1991)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Family Matters(1989)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all showsThe House of Ramón Iglesia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Castro's Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Counting by 7s (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
La Bamba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Molina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 18 titles, 14 of them dated from 1982 to 2024.
Biggest box office
Letters to Juliet (2010)
Highest rated
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Most popular right now
Eerie, Indiana (1991)
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.
Awards
2 major nominations and no wins, 2005.
- Oscar, nominated · Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Jose Rivera's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 13 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved3
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the dialogue 46/100 and the plot and story 41/100 in their films, across 8 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 Jose Rivera's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Jose Rivera work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jose Rivera's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Walter Salles shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Walter SallesShared titles: On the Road (2012), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Walter Salles
Writers
- Karl SchaeferShared titles: Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension (1998), Eerie, Indiana (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Karl Schaefer
Actors
- Kate del CastilloShared titles: The 33 (2015), Trade (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Kate del Castillo
- Gael García BernalShared titles: Letters to Juliet (2010), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Gael García Bernal
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Eric GautierShared titles: On the Road (2012), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Eric Gautier
- Gustavo SantaolallaShared titles: On the Road (2012), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Gustavo Santaolalla
- Alan BaumgartenShared titles: The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998), Eerie, Indiana (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Baumgarten
Producers
- Rebecca YeldhamShared titles: On the Road (2012), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Rebecca Yeldham
