Directing · Writing · 1928 to 1998

Alan J. Pakula

Best rated: All the President's Men (7.9)

Films: 16
Avg rating: 6.59
Peak run: 1969’76
Oscar noms: 1

Films: 16
Avg rating: 6.59
Peak run: 1969’76
Oscar noms: 1

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The career

Alan J. Pakula, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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196916 films1997

Current formLast 5: 6.26 vs career 6.59 (−0.33)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Alan by the numbers

Average

6.59

15 rated films

Vote weighted

6.66

bigger films count more

Median

6.6

half are better

Consistency

±0.67

rating spread

Career

29y

1969 to 1997

Total votes

519K

across every film

Best

7.9

All the President's Men

Worst

5.7

Consenting Adults

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

1997	The Devil's Own	6.2	79,052
1993	The Pelican Brief	6.7	106K
1992	Consenting Adults	5.7	8,973
1990	Presumed Innocent	6.9	53,715
1989	See You in the Morning	5.8	1,110
1987	Orphans	6.5	1,023
1986	Dream Lover	·	698
1982	Sophie's Choice	7.5	56,523
1981	Rollover	5.4	1,632
1979	Starting Over	6.4	3,783
1978	Comes a Horseman	6.3	4,138
1976	All the President's Men	7.9	140K
1974	The Parallax View	7.1	25,208
1973	Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing	6.6	1,171
1971	Klute	7.1	34,476
1969	The Sterile Cuckoo	6.7	2,622

Better together?

Alan J. Pakula's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Alan J. Pakula

3 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1983
Alan J. Pakula
Nominated
Best Director · Academy Awards 1977
Alan J. Pakula
Nominated
Best Picture · Academy Awards 1963
Alan J. Pakula, Producer
Nominated

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