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Directing · Writing · 1895 to 1980

Lewis Milestone

Best rated: All Quiet on the Western Front (8.1)

Films
33
Avg rating
6.86
Peak run
1927’31
Oscar wins
2 of 3
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The career

Lewis Milestone, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1927 to 1931, 7.106781930193519401945195019551960All Quiet on the Western … 8.1Ocean's Eleven 6.5Career avg 6.86

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

Lewis Milestone's career barcodecoolhot
192633 films1962
Current formLast 5: 6.82 vs career 6.86 (−0.04)
  1. LHalls of Montezuma1951 · 6.6−0.3
  2. LLes Miserables1952 · 6.8−0.1
  3. WPork Chop Hill1959 · 7.0+0.1
  4. LOcean's Eleven1960 · 6.5−0.4
  5. WMutiny on the Bounty1962 · 7.2+0.3
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Lewis by the numbers

Average
6.86
22 rated films
Vote weighted
6.91
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.54
rating spread
Career
37y
1926 to 1962
Total votes
192K
across every film
Best
8.1
All Quiet on the Western Front
Worst
6.5
Ocean's Eleven
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
1962Mutiny on the Bounty posterMutiny on the Bounty7.219,747
1960Ocean's Eleven posterOcean's Eleven6.526,453
1959Pork Chop Hill7.05,922
1954They Who Dare·917
1952Kangaroo·468
1952Les Miserables6.81,199
1951Halls of Montezuma6.63,237
1949The Red Pony6.31,341
1948Arch of Triumph6.32,182
1948No Minor Vices·284
1946The Strange Love of Martha Ivers posterThe Strange Love of Martha Ivers7.412,568
1945A Walk in the Sun6.94,605
1944The Purple Heart6.41,182
1943Edge of Darkness7.23,502
1943The North Star5.92,128
1941My Life with Caroline·502
1940Lucky Partners6.51,214
1939Of Mice and Men7.87,662
1938The Young in Heart7.31,960
1936Anything Goes·634
Better together?

Lewis Milestone's regulars

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

Takes

On Lewis Milestone

3 nominations, 2 wins

Awards record

  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1931
    Lewis Milestone
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1930
    Lewis Milestone
    Won
  • Best Director (Comedy Picture) · Academy Awards 1929
    Lewis Milestone
    Won

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