- Films
- 9
- Avg rating
- 6.39
- Peak run
- 2004’16
- 7+ run
- 2 films
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
Dennis by the numbers
Average
6.39
9 rated films
Vote weighted
6.44
bigger films count more
Median
6.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.71
rating spread
Career
25y
2001 to 2025
Total votes
286K
across every film
Best
7.6
The Wave
Worst
5.8
Mechanic: Resurrection
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 | The Tank | 6.5 | 17,118 |
| 2020 | Jim Button and the Wild 13 | 6.2 | 1,067 |
| 2018 | Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver | 6.3 | 3,205 |
| 2016 |  Mechanic: Resurrection | 5.8 | 105K |
| 2012 | The Fourth State | 6.1 | 2,512 |
| 2010 | We Are the Night | 6.2 | 9,323 |
| 2008 |  The Wave | 7.6 | 123K |
| 2004 |  Before the Fall | 7.4 | 19,931 |
| 2001 | Girls on Top | 5.4 | 4,872 |
Better together?
Dennis Gansel's regulars
- Max RiemeltDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.54 avg▲+0.16
- Torsten BreuerCinematographer · 4 films · 6.88 avg
- Heiko MaileComposer · 4 films · 6.60 avg
- Jennifer UlrichDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.28
- Maggie PerenWriter · 2 films · 6.40 avg▲+0.13
- Annette FrierDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.25 avg▼−0.09
- Uwe OchsenknechtDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.25 avg▲+0.12
- Ralf WengenmayrComposer · 2 films · 6.25 avg
- Michael EndeWriter · 2 films · 6.25 avg▲+0.17
- Solomon GordonDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.25 avg▼−0.07
- Dirk AhnerWriter · 2 films · 6.25 avg▲+0.21
- Henning BaumDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.25 avg▼−0.09
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Dennis Gansel
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