David Rabe was born on March 10, 1940 in Dubuque, Iowa, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Firm (1993), Casualties of War (1989) and We're Just Married.
Biography from TMDB.
- March 10, 1940 (86)
- Dubuque, Iowa, USA
- Writer and producer
- 6 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
What are David Rabe's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 5
Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 5
A split, not a type: Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic1
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 David Rabe's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for David Rabe'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
8 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The New Look(2024)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Hurlyburly(1998)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
The Firm(1993)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Casualties of War(1989)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Streamers(1983)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Sticks and Bones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
We're Just Married (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles, 7 of them dated from 1973 to 2024.
Biggest box office
The Firm (1993)
Highest rated
Casualties of War (1989)
Most popular right now
The Firm (1993)
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 David Rabe's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 50/100 and the plot and story 44/100 in their films, across 5 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.
Who does David Rabe work with?
People who share at least 2 of David Rabe's MovieCove titles; Sean Penn shares the most, 2.
- Sean PennShared titles: Hurlyburly (1998), Casualties of War (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Sean Penn
- Scott RudinShared titles: The Firm (1993), I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)See all 2 shared titles with Scott Rudin
