- Films
- 20
- Avg rating
- 6.63
- Peak run
- 1951’57
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
Lewis by the numbers
Average
6.63
12 rated films
Vote weighted
6.66
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.37
rating spread
Career
21y
1939 to 1959
Total votes
41.1K
across every film
Best
7.3
The Man with the Golden Arm
Worst
6.1
Once Upon a Time
Newest first
Filmography
| 1959 | The Beat Generation | · | 516 |
| 1958 | High School Confidential! | 6.1 | 1,277 |
| 1957 | The Brothers Rico | 6.8 | 1,824 |
| 1956 | Autumn Leaves | 6.9 | 3,751 |
| 1955 |  The Man with the Golden Arm | 7.3 | 13,605 |
| 1955 | New Orleans Uncensored | · | 512 |
| 1953 | Desert Legion | · | 432 |
| 1952 | Hans Christian Andersen | 6.9 | 4,679 |
| 1952 | The Jazz Singer | · | 454 |
| 1951 | Along the Great Divide | 6.8 | 2,625 |
| 1950 | Comanche Territory | · | 928 |
| 1949 | The Lady Gambles | 6.6 | 1,248 |
| 1948 | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | · | 477 |
| 1944 | Once Upon a Time | 6.1 | 1,274 |
| 1943 | Destroyer | 6.3 | 1,458 |
| 1943 | First Comes Courage | · | 436 |
| 1942 | The Tuttles of Tahiti | · | 407 |
| 1941 | Texas | 6.7 | 1,616 |
| 1940 | The Lady in Question | 6.3 | 1,087 |
| 1939 | Golden Boy | 6.8 | 2,456 |
Better together?
Lewis Meltzer's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
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