Acting · Directing · Writing · age 84

Barry Levinson

Best rated: Rain Man (8.0)

Films: 26
Avg rating: 6.40
Peak run: 1984’88
Oscar wins: 1 of 2

Films: 26
Avg rating: 6.40
Peak run: 1984’88
Oscar wins: 1 of 2

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The career

Barry Levinson, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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198226 films2025

Current formLast 5: 5.86 vs career 6.40 (−0.54)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Barry by the numbers

Average

6.40

25 rated films

Vote weighted

6.45

bigger films count more

Median

6.5

half are better

Consistency

±0.82

rating spread

Career

44y

1982 to 2025

Total votes

1.76M

across every film

Best

8.0

Rain Man

Worst

4.8

Envy

Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography

2013	Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight	Potter Stewart	6.7	2,687
2007	Bee Movie	Martin Benson	6.1	201K

Better together?

Barry Levinson's regulars

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

Takes

On Barry Levinson

6 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Picture · Academy Awards 1992
Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson and Warren Beatty, Producers
Nominated
Best Director · Academy Awards 1992
Barry Levinson
Nominated
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1991
Barry Levinson
Nominated
Best Director · Academy Awards 1989
Barry Levinson
Won
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1983
Barry Levinson
Nominated
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1980
Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson
Nominated

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