- Films
- 13
- Avg rating
- 6.88
- Peak run
- 1956’81
- 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
Jim by the numbers
Average
6.88
10 rated films
Vote weighted
6.97
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.95
rating spread
Career
55y
1956 to 2010
Total votes
501K
across every film
Best
8.4
Paths of Glory
Worst
5.9
The Getaway
Newest first
Filmography
| 2010 |  The Killer Inside Me | 6.1 | 37,231 |
| 1997 | This World, Then the Fireworks | 5.3 | 1,513 |
| 1996 | Hit Me | · | 550 |
| 1994 |  The Getaway | 5.9 | 21,715 |
| 1990 | After Dark, My Sweet | 6.5 | 4,891 |
| 1990 |  The Grifters | 6.8 | 33,790 |
| 1989 | The Kill-Off | · | 262 |
| 1981 | Coup de torchon | 7.3 | 7,411 |
| 1979 | Serie Noire | 7.3 | 3,989 |
| 1976 | The Killer Inside Me | · | 570 |
| 1972 |  The Getaway | 7.3 | 37,951 |
| 1957 |  Paths of Glory | 8.4 | 243K |
| 1956 |  The Killing | 7.9 | 108K |
Better together?
Jim Thompson's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Jim Thompson
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