- Films
- 10
- Avg rating
- 6.99
- Peak run
- 1936’69
- 7+ run
- 3 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
Joseph by the numbers
Average
6.99
7 rated films
Vote weighted
7.08
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.71
rating spread
Career
47y
1936 to 1982
Total votes
103K
across every film
Best
8.1
Army of Shadows
Worst
7.2
The Night of the Generals
Newest first
Filmography
| 1982 | The Passerby | 6.6 | 1,321 |
| 1971 | The Horsemen | 6.2 | 1,388 |
| 1969 |  Army of Shadows | 8.1 | 29,792 |
| 1967 |  Belle de Jour | 7.6 | 54,100 |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | 7.2 | 9,669 |
| 1962 | The Lion | · | 894 |
| 1958 | The Devil's Pass | · | 488 |
| 1953 | Act of Love | · | 630 |
| 1951 | Sirocco | 6.2 | 3,159 |
| 1936 | Mayerling | 7.0 | 1,063 |
Better together?
Joseph Kessel's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
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