- Films
- 24
- Avg rating
- 6.60
- Peak run
- 1972’76
- Oscar noms
- 1
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
Herbert by the numbers
Average
6.60
21 rated films
Vote weighted
6.63
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.51
rating spread
Career
27y
1969 to 1995
Total votes
394K
across every film
Best
7.6
Play It Again, Sam
Worst
5.5
Protocol
Newest first
Filmography
| 1995 |  Boys on the Side | 6.5 | 16,463 |
| 1993 | Undercover Blues | 6.1 | 9,472 |
| 1991 | True Colors | 6.3 | 5,966 |
| 1990 |  My Blue Heaven | 6.3 | 24,334 |
| 1989 |  Steel Magnolias | 7.3 | 72,734 |
| 1987 | Dancers | · | 391 |
| 1987 |  The Secret of My Success | 6.5 | 39,818 |
| 1984 |  Footloose | 6.6 | 103K |
| 1984 | Protocol | 5.5 | 5,757 |
| 1983 | Max Dugan Returns | 6.7 | 4,278 |
| 1982 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | 6.1 | 1,141 |
| 1981 | Pennies from Heaven | 6.5 | 6,916 |
| 1980 | Nijinsky | · | 922 |
| 1978 | California Suite | 6.2 | 9,232 |
| 1977 |  The Goodbye Girl | 7.4 | 17,896 |
| 1977 | The Turning Point | 6.8 | 5,672 |
| 1976 | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | 6.6 | 5,741 |
| 1975 | Funny Lady | 6.2 | 6,253 |
| 1975 | The Sunshine Boys | 7.1 | 7,410 |
| 1973 |  The Last of Sheila | 7.2 | 10,425 |
Better together?
Herbert Ross's regulars
- Neil SimonWriter · 5 films · 6.70 avg▲+0.14
- David M. WalshCinematographer · 5 films · 6.70 avg
- Leslie BrowneDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.80 avg▲+0.10
- Walter MatthauDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.47 avg▼−0.20
- Billy GoldenbergComposer · 2 films · 7.40 avg
- Richard BenjaminDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.15 avg▲+0.74
- Marsha MasonDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.05 avg▲+0.58
- Shirley MacLaineDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.05 avg▲+0.51
- Mikhail BaryshnikovDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.80 avg▲+0.30
- Oswald MorrisCinematographer · 2 films · 6.70 avg
- Steve MartinDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.40 avg▼−0.06
- David NewmanComposer · 2 films · 6.30 avg
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Herbert Ross
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Picture · Academy Awards 1978Herbert Ross and Arthur Laurents, Producers
- NominatedBest Director · Academy Awards 1978Herbert Ross
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