- Films
- 12
- Avg rating
- 7.31
- Peak run
- 1924’30
- 7+ run
- 6 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
F.W. by the numbers
Average
7.31
10 rated films
Vote weighted
7.41
bigger films count more
Median
7.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.76
rating spread
Career
11y
1921 to 1931
Total votes
238K
across every film
Best
8.1
Sunrise
Worst
7.3
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Newest first
Filmography
| 1931 | Tabu: A Story of the South Seas | 7.3 | 7,010 |
| 1930 | City Girl | 7.7 | 4,137 |
| 1927 |  Sunrise | 8.1 | 57,204 |
| 1926 |  Faust | 8.1 | 18,709 |
| 1925 | Tartuffe | 7.1 | 2,982 |
| 1924 | Finances of the Grand Duke | 6.2 | 1,075 |
| 1924 |  The Last Laugh | 8.0 | 16,760 |
| 1922 | The Burning Soil | · | 863 |
| 1922 |  Nosferatu | 7.8 | 125K |
| 1922 | Phantom | 6.7 | 2,127 |
| 1921 | Journey into the Night | · | 576 |
| 1921 | The Haunted Castle | 6.1 | 2,326 |
Better together?
F.W. Murnau's regulars
- Carl MayerWriter · 5 films · 7.32 avg▲+0.07
- Karl FreundCinematographer · 4 films · 7.10 avg
- Giuseppe BecceComposer · 3 films · 7.63 avg
- Fritz Arno WagnerCinematographer · 3 films · 6.95 avg
- Thea von HarbouWriter · 3 films · 6.45 avg▼−0.91
- Emil JanningsDirector and actor · 2 films · 8.05 avg▲+0.69
- H.H. CaldwellWriter · 2 films · 7.90 avg▲+0.44
- Frida RichardDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.40 avg▲+0.18
- Gerhart HauptmannWriter · 2 films · 7.40 avg●+0.04
- Werner KraussDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.09
- Alfred AbelDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.45 avg▼−0.70
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On F.W. Murnau
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