- Films
- 28
- Avg rating
- 7.01
- Peak run
- 1959’64
- 7+ run
- 5 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 writer, films with 1,000+ votes
I.A.L. by the numbers
Average
7.01
21 rated films
Vote weighted
7.08
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.58
rating spread
Career
68y
1944 to 2011
Total votes
1.02M
across every film
Best
8.3
The Apartment
Worst
6.4
Just Go with It
Newest first
Filmography
| 2011 |  Just Go with It | 6.4 | 295K |
| 1981 | Buddy Buddy | 6.5 | 5,601 |
| 1978 | Fedora | 6.8 | 5,986 |
| 1974 |  The Front Page | 7.3 | 16,877 |
| 1972 |  Avanti! | 7.1 | 13,403 |
| 1970 |  The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | 7.0 | 15,092 |
| 1969 |  Cactus Flower | 7.2 | 13,586 |
| 1966 |  The Fortune Cookie | 7.2 | 17,532 |
| 1964 | Kiss Me, Stupid | 6.9 | 9,569 |
| 1963 |  Irma la Douce | 7.3 | 24,603 |
| 1961 |  One, Two, Three | 7.8 | 25,061 |
| 1960 |  The Apartment | 8.3 | 224K |
| 1959 |  Some Like It Hot | 8.2 | 308K |
| 1958 | Merry Andrew | 6.6 | 1,014 |
| 1957 |  Love in the Afternoon | 7.1 | 18,604 |
| 1956 | That Certain Feeling | · | 505 |
| 1952 |  Monkey Business | 6.9 | 16,979 |
| 1952 | Something for the Birds | · | 260 |
| 1951 | Let's Make It Legal | 6.1 | 1,592 |
| 1951 | Love Nest | 6.2 | 1,619 |
Better together?
I.A.L. Diamond's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On I.A.L. Diamond
3 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1967Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
- WonBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1961Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1960Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
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