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Directing · age 71

Johnnie To

Best rated: The Mission (7.5)

Films
52
Avg rating
6.72
Peak run
1997’99
7+ run
5 films
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Johnnie To, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1997 to 1999, 7.205678199019952000200520102015The Mission 7.5The Heroic Trio 6.6Career avg 6.72

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Johnnie To's career barcodecoolhot
198652 films2016
Current formLast 5: 6.38 vs career 6.72 (−0.34)
  1. LDon't Go Breaking My Heart2011 · 6.5−0.2
  2. WDrug War2012 · 7.0+0.3
  3. LBlind Detective2013 · 6.4−0.3
  4. LOffice2015 · 6.1−0.6
  5. LThree2016 · 5.9−0.8
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Johnnie by the numbers

Average
6.72
37 rated films
Vote weighted
6.74
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.43
rating spread
Career
31y
1986 to 2016
Total votes
159K
across every film
Best
7.5
The Mission
Worst
6.6
The Heroic Trio
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
2016Three5.92,291
2015Office6.11,094
2014Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2·854
2013Blind Detective6.43,980
2012Romancing in Thin Air·729
2012Drug War posterDrug War7.011,613
2011Life Without Principle6.93,070
2011Don't Go Breaking My Heart6.52,125
2009Vengeance6.67,323
2008Sparrow6.73,343
2008Linger·305
2007Triangle6.22,010
2007Mad Detective7.18,713
2006Election 27.47,612
2006Exiled posterExiled7.210,433
2005Election posterElection7.112,555
2004Breaking News6.76,264
2004Throw Down6.92,996
2004Yesterday Once More6.21,072
2003PTU7.05,945
Better together?

Johnnie To's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Johnnie To

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