- Films
- 21
- Avg rating
- 7.14
- Peak run
- 1948’59
- 7+ run
- 4 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
Maxwell by the numbers
Average
7.14
12 rated films
Vote weighted
7.24
bigger films count more
Median
7.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.66
rating spread
Career
44y
1926 to 1969
Total votes
483K
across every film
Best
8.1
Ben-Hur
Worst
7.0
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Newest first
Filmography
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days | 7.4 | 8,952 |
| 1959 |  Ben-Hur | 8.1 | 274K |
| 1959 | Never Steal Anything Small | · | 404 |
| 1956 |  The Bad Seed | 7.4 | 18,010 |
| 1956 |  The Wrong Man | 7.4 | 35,292 |
| 1952 | What Price Glory | 6.1 | 1,554 |
| 1948 | Joan of Arc | 6.4 | 4,304 |
| 1948 |  Key Largo | 7.7 | 47,762 |
| 1944 | The Eve of St. Mark | · | 271 |
| 1940 | Saturday's Children | · | 686 |
| 1939 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | 7.0 | 6,756 |
| 1936 | Mary of Scotland | 6.3 | 3,059 |
| 1936 | Winterset | · | 565 |
| 1935 | So Red the Rose | · | 253 |
| 1934 | Death Takes a Holiday | 6.9 | 2,702 |
| 1934 | We Live Again | · | 576 |
| 1932 | Rain | 6.9 | 3,558 |
| 1931 | The Guardsman | · | 658 |
| 1930 |  All Quiet on the Western Front | 8.1 | 72,883 |
| 1930 | One Romantic Night | · | 510 |
Better together?
Maxwell Anderson's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Maxwell Anderson
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1930(George Abbott), (Maxwell Anderson), (Del Andrews)
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