- Films
- 4
- Avg rating
- 6.50
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 director, films with 1,000+ votes
Ben by the numbers
Average
6.50
1 rated films
Vote weighted
6.50
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
n/a
rating spread
Career
13y
1934 to 1946
Total votes
3.02K
across every film
Best
6.5
Angels Over Broadway
Worst
n/a
too few films
Newest first
Filmography
| 1946 | Specter of the Rose | · | 310 |
| 1940 | Angels Over Broadway | 6.5 | 1,506 |
| 1935 | The Scoundrel | · | 513 |
| 1934 | Crime Without Passion | · | 686 |
Better together?
Ben Hecht's regulars
- Howard HawksWriter · 8 films · 6.87 avg▼−0.06
- Alfred HitchcockWriter · 5 films · 7.48 avg▲+0.62
- Otto PremingerWriter · 5 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.31
- Henry HathawayWriter · 5 films · 6.53 avg▼−0.26
- Lee GarmesCinematographer · 4 films · 6.50 avg
- Charles VidorWriter · 3 films · 6.77 avg▲+0.06
- William A. WellmanWriter · 3 films · 6.67 avg▼−0.18
- Charles MacArthurWriter · 2 films
- Charles MacArthurWriter · 2 films
- Stanley RidgesDirector and actor · 2 films
- Ernst LubitschWriter · 2 films · 7.70 avg▲+0.70
- Josef von SternbergWriter · 2 films · 7.50 avg▲+0.60
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Ben Hecht
6 nominations, 2 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1947Ben Hecht
- NominatedBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1941Ben Hecht
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1940Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht
- WonBest Original Story · Academy Awards 1936Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1935Ben Hecht
- WonBest Original Story · Academy Awards 1929Ben Hecht
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