- Films
- 41
- Avg rating
- 6.86
- Peak run
- 1939’47
- 7+ run
- 4 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 an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Joan by the numbers
Average
6.86
20 rated films
Vote weighted
6.90
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.48
rating spread
Career
49y
1929 to 1977
Total votes
251K
across every film
Best
7.7
Scarlet Street
Worst
6.6
Secret Beyond the Door...
Newest first
Filmography
| 1977 |  Suspiria | Madame Blanc | 7.3 | 117K |
| 1956 | There's Always Tomorrow | Marion Groves | 7.4 | 4,192 |
| 1955 |  We're No Angels | Amelie Ducotel | 7.3 | 12,323 |
| 1954 | Highway Dragnet | Mrs. H.G. Cummings | 6.3 | 1,161 |
| 1951 | Father's Little Dividend | Ellie Banks | 6.5 | 4,800 |
| 1950 |  Father of the Bride | Ellie Banks | 7.1 | 13,722 |
| 1950 | For Heaven's Sake | Lydia Bolton | · | 597 |
| 1949 | The Reckless Moment | Lucia Harper | 7.1 | 6,647 |
| 1948 | Hollow Triumph | Evelyn Hahn | 6.7 | 3,602 |
| 1947 | The Macomber Affair | Margaret 'Margo' Macomber | 6.6 | 1,003 |
| 1947 | The Woman on the Beach | Peggy | 6.3 | 2,968 |
| 1947 | Secret Beyond the Door... | Celia Lamphere | 6.6 | 6,524 |
| 1946 | Colonel Effingham's Raid | Ella Sue Dozier | · | 482 |
| 1945 | Nob Hill | Harriet Carruthers | · | 355 |
| 1945 |  Scarlet Street | Katharine 'Kitty' March | 7.7 | 21,713 |
| 1944 |  The Woman in the Window | Alice Reed | 7.6 | 19,839 |
| 1943 | Margin for Error | Sophia Baumer | · | 358 |
| 1941 | Confirm or Deny | Jennifer Carson | · | 366 |
| 1941 | Man Hunt | Jerry Stokes | 7.1 | 7,275 |
| 1940 | Green Hell | Stephanie Richardson | · | 490 |
Better together?
Joan Bennett's regulars
- Fritz LangDirector and actor · 5 films · 7.25 avg▲+0.27
- George SandersCo-star · 3 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.34
- Walter PidgeonCo-star · 3 films · 6.80 avg●0.00
- Spencer TracyCo-star · 3 films · 6.73 avg▼−0.17
- Raoul WalshDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.55 avg▼−0.23
- Lloyd NolanCo-star · 3 films · 6.50 avg▼−0.31
- Archie MayoDirector and actor · 2 films
- Irving PichelDirector and actor · 2 films
- George CukorDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.27
- James WhaleDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.00 avg▼−0.12
- Vincente MinnelliDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.80 avg●−0.03
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Joan Bennett
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