- Films
- 14
- Avg rating
- 6.33
- Peak run
- 1961’71
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes
Alistair by the numbers
Average
6.33
11 rated films
Vote weighted
6.42
bigger films count more
Median
6.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.84
rating spread
Career
29y
1961 to 1989
Total votes
192K
across every film
Best
7.6
Where Eagles Dare
Worst
6.4
Force 10 from Navarone
Newest first
Filmography
| 1989 | River of Death | 4.5 | 1,832 |
| 1979 | Bear Island | 5.9 | 3,129 |
| 1978 |  Force 10 from Navarone | 6.4 | 21,681 |
| 1977 | Golden Rendezvous | · | 680 |
| 1975 |  Breakheart Pass | 6.7 | 10,528 |
| 1974 | Caravan to Vaccarès | · | 510 |
| 1972 | Fear Is the Key | 6.3 | 2,657 |
| 1971 | Puppet on a Chain | 6.0 | 1,511 |
| 1971 | When Eight Bells Toll | 6.0 | 3,270 |
| 1968 |  Ice Station Zebra | 6.6 | 13,153 |
| 1968 |  Where Eagles Dare | 7.6 | 67,459 |
| 1965 | The Satan Bug | 6.1 | 3,615 |
| 1961 |  The Guns of Navarone | 7.5 | 61,172 |
| 1961 | The Secret Ways | · | 595 |
Better together?
Alistair MacLean's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Alistair MacLean
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