- Films
- 29
- Avg rating
- 6.60
- Peak run
- 1962’66
- 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
John by the numbers
Average
6.60
25 rated films
Vote weighted
6.63
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.86
rating spread
Career
47y
1957 to 2003
Total votes
565K
across every film
Best
7.9
The Manchurian Candidate
Worst
4.6
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Newest first
Filmography
| 2003 | The Hire | · | 916 |
| 2000 |  Reindeer Games | 5.8 | 45,087 |
| 1998 |  Ronin | 7.2 | 211K |
| 1996 |  The Island of Dr. Moreau | 4.6 | 38,439 |
| 1991 | Year of the Gun | 5.6 | 3,226 |
| 1990 | The Fourth War | 5.5 | 2,298 |
| 1989 | Dead Bang | 6.1 | 5,063 |
| 1986 | 52 Pick-Up | 6.4 | 8,538 |
| 1985 | The Holcroft Covenant | 5.7 | 4,427 |
| 1982 | The Challenge | 6.2 | 3,061 |
| 1979 | Prophecy | 5.6 | 7,178 |
| 1977 |  Black Sunday | 6.8 | 10,038 |
| 1975 |  French Connection II | 6.7 | 23,449 |
| 1974 | 99 and 44/100% Dead! | · | 909 |
| 1973 | The Iceman Cometh | 7.2 | 2,128 |
| 1971 | The Horsemen | 6.2 | 1,388 |
| 1970 | I Walk the Line | 6.5 | 2,680 |
| 1969 | The Extraordinary Seaman | · | 893 |
| 1969 | The Gypsy Moths | 6.3 | 2,802 |
| 1968 | The Fixer | 6.7 | 1,588 |
Better together?
John Frankenheimer's regulars
- Burt LancasterDirector and actor · 5 films · 7.32 avg▲+0.55
- Lionel LindonCinematographer · 5 films · 7.20 avg
- Maurice JarreComposer · 4 films · 7.23 avg
- Jerry GoldsmithComposer · 3 films · 7.20 avg
- Edward AnhaltWriter · 3 films · 6.60 avg●+0.04
- Gerry FisherCinematographer · 3 films · 5.77 avg
- Gary ChangComposer · 3 films · 5.70 avg
- James GregoryDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.90 avg▲+1.42
- Edmond O'BrienDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.80 avg▲+1.05
- Fredric MarchDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.50 avg▲+0.68
- David AmramComposer · 2 films · 7.40 avg
- Angela LansburyDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.35 avg▲+0.64
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
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Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.