- Films
- 26
- Avg rating
- 6.74
- Peak run
- 1942’49
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
Busby by the numbers
Average
6.74
14 rated films
Vote weighted
6.75
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.22
rating spread
Career
19y
1933 to 1951
Total votes
49.4K
across every film
Best
7.1
Romance on the High Seas
Worst
6.3
Babes in Arms
Newest first
Filmography
| 1951 | The Blue Veil | · | 545 |
| 1950 | Annie Get Your Gun | 6.8 | 5,784 |
| 1949 | Take Me Out to the Ball Game | 6.7 | 4,436 |
| 1948 | Romance on the High Seas | 7.1 | 3,138 |
| 1946 | Cinderella Jones | · | 357 |
| 1943 | The Gang's All Here | 6.6 | 2,251 |
| 1943 | Girl Crazy | 6.8 | 2,495 |
| 1942 | For Me and My Gal | 7.0 | 4,186 |
| 1941 | Lady Be Good | 6.4 | 1,346 |
| 1941 | Ziegfeld Girl | 6.7 | 3,816 |
| 1941 | Babes on Broadway | 6.6 | 1,780 |
| 1940 | Forty Little Mothers | · | 430 |
| 1940 | Strike Up the Band | 6.8 | 2,162 |
| 1939 | Babes in Arms | 6.3 | 3,104 |
| 1939 | Fast and Furious | · | 905 |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway | · | 451 |
| 1938 | Garden of the Moon | · | 339 |
| 1938 | Men Are Such Fools | · | 602 |
| 1938 | They Made Me a Criminal | 6.8 | 2,872 |
| 1937 | The Go Getter | · | 305 |
Better together?
Busby Berkeley's regulars
- Judy GarlandDirector and actor · 6 films · 6.70 avg▼−0.15
- Hugh HerbertDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.22
- Dick PowellDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.06
- Fred F. FinklehoffeWriter · 4 films · 6.80 avg▲+0.10
- Mickey RooneyDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.63 avg●−0.04
- Ray JuneCinematographer · 4 films · 6.60 avg
- Sidney HickoxCinematographer · 3 films · 7.00 avg
- Joan BlondellDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.25
- Robert LordWriter · 3 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.09
- Jack McGowanWriter · 3 films · 6.50 avg▼−0.20
- Kay Van RiperWriter · 3 films · 6.50 avg▼−0.12
- Henry O'NeillDirector and actor · 2 films
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Busby Berkeley
3 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Dance Direction · Academy Awards 1938Busby Berkeley
- NominatedBest Dance Direction · Academy Awards 1937Busby Berkeley
- NominatedBest Dance Direction · Academy Awards 1936Busby Berkeley
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