Jeffrey David Boam (November 30, 1946 – January 26, 2000) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He is known for writing the screenplays for The Dead Zone, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Innerspace, The Lost Boys, and Lethal Weapon 2 and 3. Boam's films had a cumulative gross of over US$1 billion. He was educated at Sacramento State College and UCLA. Boam died of heart failure on January 26, 2000, at age 53. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeffrey Boam, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 30, 1946
- January 24, 2000 (aged 53)
- Rochester, New York, U.S.A
- Writer and producer
- 13 on MovieCove
What are Jeffrey Boam's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
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 2 · Earnest 9
A split, not a type: Light 7 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 4 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 3
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 4 · Intense 5
Steady 4 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 5
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 3
A split, not a type: Casual 6 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 7 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy9
- Bittersweet1
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
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 Jeffrey Boam's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on AMC+ (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Jeffrey Boam'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
13 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The Phantom(1996)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
The Witches of Eastwick(1992)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Lethal Weapon 3(1992)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Lethal Weapon 2(1989)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Tales from the Crypt(1989)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Funny Farm(1988)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Lost Boys(1987)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Innerspace(1987)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Lethal Weapon(1987)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The Dead Zone(1983)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Straight Time(1978)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles from 1978 to 1996.
Biggest box office
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Highest rated
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Most popular right now
Lethal Weapon (1987)
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 Jeffrey Boam's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 62/100 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.
Is Jeffrey Boam's work okay for kids?
Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most 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 Jeffrey Boam work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jeffrey Boam's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Richard Donner shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Richard DonnerShared titles: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon (1987), The Lost Boys (1987)See all 4 shared titles with Richard Donner
Writers
- Shane BlackShared titles: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon (1987)See all 3 shared titles with Shane Black
- Carlton CuseShared titles: The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993), The Witches of Eastwick (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Carlton Cuse
Actors
- Danny GloverShared titles: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon (1987)See all 3 shared titles with Danny Glover
- Darlene LoveShared titles: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon (1987)See all 3 shared titles with Darlene Love
- Mel GibsonShared titles: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon (1987)See all 3 shared titles with Mel Gibson
- Traci WolfeShared titles: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon (1987)See all 3 shared titles with Traci Wolfe
Composers and editors
- Michael KamenShared titles: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon (1987), The Dead Zone (1983)See all 4 shared titles with Michael Kamen
- Eric ClaptonShared titles: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon (1987)See all 3 shared titles with Eric Clapton
- David SanbornShared titles: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)See all 2 shared titles with David Sanborn
- Robert BrownShared titles: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), The Lost Boys (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Brown
Producers
- Jennie Lew TugendShared titles: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon (1987)See all 3 shared titles with Jennie Lew Tugend
- Joel SilverShared titles: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon (1987)See all 3 shared titles with Joel Silver
- Steve PerryShared titles: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Perry
- Frank MarshallShared titles: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Innerspace (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Frank Marshall
Mixed roles
- Joe DanteShared titles: The Phantom (1996), Innerspace (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Joe Dante
- Steven SpielbergShared titles: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Innerspace (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Steven Spielberg
