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Writing · 1903 to 1968

Cornell Woolrich

Best rated: Rear Window (8.4)

Films
29
Avg rating
6.87
Peak run
1948’54
7+ run
4 films
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Cornell Woolrich, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1948 to 1954, 7.36678919301940195019601970198019902000Rear Window 8.4Original Sin 6.0Career avg 6.87

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

Cornell Woolrich's career barcodecoolhot
192929 films2001
Current formLast 5: 6.60 vs career 6.87 (−0.27)
  1. WMississippi Mermaid1969 · 6.90.0
  2. WKati Patang1970 · 7.2+0.3
  3. LCloak & Dagger1984 · 6.6−0.3
  4. LMrs. Winterbourne1996 · 6.3−0.6
  5. LOriginal Sin2001 · 6.0−0.9
As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Cornell by the numbers

Average
6.87
18 rated films
Vote weighted
6.91
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.56
rating spread
Career
73y
1929 to 2001
Total votes
726K
across every film
Best
8.4
Rear Window
Worst
6.0
Original Sin
Newest first

Filmography

Writing filmography
2001Original Sin posterOriginal Sin6.064,089
1996Mrs. Winterbourne6.39,423
1984Cloak & Dagger6.69,377
1983I Married a Shadow·666
1980Union City·514
1975Gun Moll·416
1970Kati Patang7.21,325
1969Mississippi Mermaid6.98,194
1968The Bride Wore Black posterThe Bride Wore Black7.211,751
1956Nightmare6.41,555
1954Rear Window posterRear Window8.4575K
1952Never Open That Door·885
1952If I Should Die Before I Wake·838
1950No Man of Her Own7.43,334
1949The Window7.45,525
1948I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes6.51,059
1948Night Has a Thousand Eyes7.12,323
1948The Return of the Whistler·640
1947Fall Guy·258
1947The Guilty·933
Better together?

Cornell Woolrich's regulars

Takes

On Cornell Woolrich

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