- Writer and director
- 10 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
Known for
What are Joe Viola's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · 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 Joe Viola's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Roku Channel (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Joe Viola'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
14 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Dellaventura (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
MacGyver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Stop Making Sense(1984)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Emergency Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Cagney & Lacey(1981)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
T.J. Hooker(1982)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Caged Heat(1974)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Black Mama White Mama(1973)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Hot Box(1972)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Angels Hard as They Come(1971)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles from 1971 to 2022.
Highest rated
SubwayStories: Tales from the Underground (1997)
Most popular right now
Black Mama White Mama (1973)
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 Joe Viola's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 27th percentile, the median of all 7; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 30th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the dialogue 43/100 and the plot and story 44/100 in their films, across 4 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 Joe Viola work with?
People who share at least 2 of Joe Viola's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jonathan Demme shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Jonathan DemmeShared titles: SubwayStories: Tales from the Underground (1997), Black Mama White Mama (1973), The Hot Box (1972), Angels Hard as They Come (1971)See all 4 shared titles with Jonathan Demme
Actors
- Margaret MarkovShared titles: Black Mama White Mama (1973), The Hot Box (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Margaret Markov
- Zaldy ZshornackShared titles: Black Mama White Mama (1973), The Hot Box (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Zaldy Zshornack
- Charles DierkopShared titles: The Hot Box (1972), Angels Hard as They Come (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Charles Dierkop
Producers
- Roger CormanShared titles: The Hot Box (1972), Angels Hard as They Come (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Roger Corman
