Adam McKay and Steve Carell made 4 films together, averaging 7.10, 0.31 above their career marks. The best is The Big Short at 7.8.

Films together

2004 to 2018

Average together

7.10

4 rated, weighted 7.11

Lift

+0.31

apart 6.79

Best together

7.8

The Big Short

Apart against together+0.31 lift

6.62

6.96

Other pairings

Their other regulars

Adam McKay with

Apart 6.79Together 7.10

Lift is the average of their films together minus the mean of their two career averages.

Both careers by IMDb ratingAdam McKaySteve CarellTogether

Dot size shows IMDb votes; lines are rolling five-film averages. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes are left out.

Steve Carell in the top row

Adam McKay's regulars

Each column is a film in release order. Filled squares mark who was in it, colored by the film's rating.

Films with Adam McKay and Steve Carell

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	2004	7.1	405K	Writer, Director	as Brick Tamland
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues	2013	6.3	204K	Producer, Director, Writer	as Brick Tamland
The Big Short	2015	7.8	549K	Director, Writer	as Mark Baum
Vice	2018	7.2	177K	Writer, Director, Producer	as Donald Rumsfeld