- Films
- 22
- Avg rating
- 6.75
- Peak run
- 1973’80
- 7+ run
- 3 films
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
Alvin by the numbers
Average
6.75
22 rated films
Vote weighted
6.76
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.61
rating spread
Career
47y
1966 to 2012
Total votes
1.96M
across every film
Best
8.1
Paper Moon
Worst
5.4
Bogus
Newest first
Filmography
| 2012 |  The Amazing Spider-Man | 7.0 | 790K |
| 2007 |  Spider-Man 3 | 6.3 | 722K |
| 2002 |  Unfaithful | 6.7 | 109K |
| 1999 |  Anywhere But Here | 6.2 | 19,624 |
| 1996 | Bogus | 5.4 | 7,387 |
| 1992 |  Hero | 6.5 | 25,417 |
| 1991 |  Other People's Money | 6.2 | 10,236 |
| 1991 |  What About Bob? | 7.0 | 79,938 |
| 1990 |  White Palace | 6.5 | 10,019 |
| 1988 | Dominick and Eugene | 7.0 | 3,451 |
| 1987 | Nuts | 6.7 | 8,079 |
| 1980 |  Ordinary People | 7.7 | 62,781 |
| 1978 |  Straight Time | 7.4 | 11,663 |
| 1977 | Bobby Deerfield | 5.8 | 5,297 |
| 1977 |  Julia | 7.0 | 11,587 |
| 1973 | Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing | 6.6 | 1,171 |
| 1973 |  Paper Moon | 8.1 | 58,428 |
| 1972 | The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | 7.4 | 2,958 |
| 1970 | I Walk the Line | 6.5 | 2,680 |
| 1969 | The Sterile Cuckoo | 6.7 | 2,622 |
Better together?
Alvin Sargent's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Alvin Sargent
3 nominations, 2 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1981Alvin Sargent
- WonBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1978Alvin Sargent
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1974Alvin Sargent
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.