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Writing · 1899 to 1961

Ernest Hemingway

Best rated: To Have and Have Not (7.8)

Films
20
Avg rating
6.68
Peak run
1943’50
7+ run
2 films
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The career

Ernest Hemingway, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1943 to 1950, 7.285678194019501960197019801990200020102020To Have and Have Not 7.8The Snows of Kilimanjaro 6.1Career avg 6.68

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Ernest Hemingway's career barcodecoolhot
193220 films2025
Current formLast 5: 6.54 vs career 6.68 (−0.14)
  1. WThe Killers1964 · 7.0+0.3
  2. LIslands in the Stream1977 · 6.5−0.2
  3. WCaptain Khorshid1987 · 7.4+0.7
  4. LThe Garden of Eden2008 · 5.3−1.4
  5. LAcross the River and Into the Trees2022 · 6.5−0.2
As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Ernest by the numbers

Average
6.68
16 rated films
Vote weighted
6.73
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.69
rating spread
Career
94y
1932 to 2025
Total votes
136K
across every film
Best
7.8
To Have and Have Not
Worst
6.1
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
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Filmography

Acting filmography
1937The Spanish EarthNarrator (English version)·934
Better together?

Ernest Hemingway's regulars

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