- Writer and producer
- 7 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
What are Virgil Williams' films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · 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 Virgil Williams' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Virgil Williams' 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
9 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
The Piano Lesson(2024)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
A Journal for Jordan(2021)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Mudbound(2017)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
The Chicago Code(2011)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Criminal Minds(2005)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Jonny Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
24(2001)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
ER(1994)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all showsUntitled George Clinton Biopic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles, 8 of them dated from 1994 to 2024.
Biggest box office
A Journal for Jordan (2021)
Highest rated
Mudbound (2017)
Most popular right now
A Journal for Jordan (2021)
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
3 major nominations and no wins, 2018.
- Oscar, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
+2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Adapted Screenplay
- Critics Choice 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 Virgil Williams' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 52/100 and the plot and story 48/100 in their films, across 3 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 Virgil Williams work with?
People who share at least 2 of Virgil Williams' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Denzel Washington shares the most, 2.
Producers
- Denzel WashingtonShared titles: The Piano Lesson (2024), A Journal for Jordan (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Denzel Washington
- Jennifer RothShared titles: The Piano Lesson (2024), Mudbound (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Jennifer Roth
- Todd BlackShared titles: The Piano Lesson (2024), A Journal for Jordan (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Todd Black
