Writing · age 81

Eric Roth

Best rated: Forrest Gump (8.8)

Films: 22
Avg rating: 6.75
Peak run: 2007’21
7+ run: 2 films

Films: 22
Avg rating: 6.75
Peak run: 2007’21
7+ run: 2 films

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The career

Eric Roth, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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197422 films2024

Current formLast 5: 7.00 vs career 6.75 (+0.25)

As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Eric by the numbers

Average

6.75

21 rated films

Vote weighted

6.88

bigger films count more

Median

6.7

half are better

Consistency

±0.99

rating spread

Career

51y

1974 to 2024

Total votes

6.36M

across every film

Best

8.8

Forrest Gump

Worst

4.5

The Concorde... Airport '79

Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography

2025	Bunny	Franklin	·	736

Better together?

Eric Roth's regulars

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

Takes

On Eric Roth

7 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2022
Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
Nominated
Best Picture · Academy Awards 2021
Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, Producers
Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2019
Screenplay by Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters
Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2009
Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2006
Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth
Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2000
Eric Roth, Michael Mann
Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1995
Eric Roth
Won

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