Andrew Klavan is the author of such internationally bestselling crime novels as True Crime, filmed by Clint Eastwood, Don’t Say A Word, filmed and starring Michael Douglas and Empire of Lies. Stephen King called him “the most original novelist of crime and suspense since Cornell Woolrich.” He has been nominated for the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award five times and has won twice. He has also won the Thumping Good Read Award from WH Smith and been nominated twice for the Bouchercon’s Anthony. His books have been translated around the world. His most recent work of fiction is the serial fantasy-thriller podcast Another Kingdom, which was on iTune’s list of the top 100 podcasts. It will be published as a novel trilogy in 2019. Andrew has also written thrillers for young adults, including the bestselling Homelanders series, which follows a heroic teenager’s battle against terrorists. His YA novel If We Survive was nominated for an International Thriller Writers award and his novel Game Over was nominated for Best Inspirational Novel by the publishing trade journal Romantic Times. Andrew’s non-fiction includes a memoir of his religious journey The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ, and a book of satire, The Leftese Dictionary. Andrew is a contributing editor to City Journal, the magazine of the Manhattan Institute, and has written numerous articles for them, including a report from an embed with American troops in Afghanistan and a consideration of the politics of William Wordsworth. His essays and op-eds on politics, religion, movies, and literature have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, The Washington Post, the LA Times, and elsewhere. His satirical video series — “Klavan on the Culture,” for PJTV, “A Very Serious Commentary,” for Glenn Beck’s Blaze TV, and “The Revolting Truth,” for Truth Revolt — have been viewed tens of millions of times. He currently does a Monday through Thursday podcast The Andrew Klavan Show for the Daily Wire. As a screenwriter, Andrew wrote the screenplays to “A Shock to the System,” which starred Michael Caine, “One Missed Call,” which starred Edward Burns, and “Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer,” starring Dean Cain. He also wrote the script for the groundbreaking iOS app, “Haunting Melissa,” which won the 2014 Appy Award for Entertainment.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 13, 1954 (72)
- New York City, New York
- Writer and producer
- 8 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
What are Andrew Klavan's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 6
Grounded 6 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 6
Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 3
Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 3
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet1
- 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 Andrew Klavan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Andrew Klavan'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
10 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Lady Ballers(2023)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all filmsDark Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
N.Y.C. Underground(2010)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Haunting Melissa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
One Missed Call(2008)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Don't Say a Word(2001)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
True Crime(1999)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
A Shock to the System(1990)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
White of the Eye(1987)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles from 1987 to 2023.
Biggest box office
Don't Say a Word (2001)
Highest rated
A Shock to the System (1990)
Most popular right now
Don't Say a Word (2001)
Film career
- 2023Screen debut· Lady Ballers
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 Andrew Klavan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the dialogue 45/100 and the plot and story 40/100 in their films, across 7 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 Andrew Klavan's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 3 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.