Writing · 1932 to 2023

Bo Goldman

Best rated: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (8.6)

Films: 9
Avg rating: 6.91
Peak run: 1975’88
7+ run: 2 films

Films: 9
Avg rating: 6.91
Peak run: 1975’88
7+ run: 2 films

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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Bo Goldman, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Bo Goldman's career barcodecoolhot

19759 films2016

Current formLast 5: 6.60 vs career 6.91 (−0.31)

As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Bo by the numbers

Average

6.91

9 rated films

Vote weighted

7.05

bigger films count more

Median

6.8

half are better

Consistency

±0.95

rating spread

Career

42y

1975 to 2016

Total votes

1.91M

across every film

Best

8.6

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Worst

5.7

Rules Don't Apply

Newest first

Filmography

Writing filmography

2016	Rules Don't Apply	5.7	12,671
1998	Meet Joe Black	7.2	304K
1996	City Hall	6.2	24,568
1992	Scent of a Woman	8.0	377K
1988	Little Nikita	5.9	6,424
1982	Shoot the Moon	6.8	3,504
1980	Melvin and Howard	6.8	5,833
1979	The Rose	7.0	9,974
1975	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	8.6	1.17M

Better together?

Bo Goldman's regulars

Martin BrestWriter · 2 films · 7.60 avg▲+0.82

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

Takes

On Bo Goldman

3 nominations, 2 wins

Awards record

Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1993
Bo Goldman
Nominated
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1981
Bo Goldman
Won
Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1976
Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman
Won

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