- Films
- 16
- Avg rating
- 6.44
- Peak run
- 1995’03
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 director, films with 1,000+ votes
Michael by the numbers
Average
6.44
15 rated films
Vote weighted
6.45
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.61
rating spread
Career
31y
1995 to 2025
Total votes
5.15M
across every film
Best
7.4
The Rock
Worst
5.2
Transformers: The Last Knight
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 | We Are Storror | · | 107 |
| 2022 |  Ambulance | 6.1 | 115K |
| 2019 |  6 Underground | 6.1 | 214K |
| 2017 |  Transformers: The Last Knight | 5.2 | 190K |
| 2016 |  13 Hours | 7.3 | 183K |
| 2014 |  Transformers: Age of Extinction | 5.6 | 354K |
| 2013 |  Pain & Gain | 6.4 | 243K |
| 2011 |  Transformers: Dark of the Moon | 6.2 | 461K |
| 2009 |  Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | 6.0 | 459K |
| 2007 |  Transformers | 7.1 | 728K |
| 2005 |  The Island | 6.8 | 346K |
| 2003 |  Bad Boys II | 6.6 | 291K |
| 2001 |  Pearl Harbor | 6.3 | 373K |
| 1998 |  Armageddon | 6.7 | 485K |
| 1996 |  The Rock | 7.4 | 385K |
| 1995 |  Bad Boys | 6.8 | 319K |
Better together?
Michael Bay's regulars
- Steve JablonskyComposer · 7 films · 6.19 avg
- Lorne BalfeComposer · 4 films · 6.50 avg
- Josh DuhamelDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.13 avg▼−0.06
- John SchwartzmanCinematographer · 3 films · 6.80 avg
- Roberto OrciWriter · 3 films · 6.63 avg●0.00
- Alex KurtzmanWriter · 3 films · 6.63 avg●+0.01
- Tyrese GibsonDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.43 avg▲+0.39
- Shia LaBeoufDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.43 avg●−0.01
- Amir MokriCinematographer · 3 films · 6.13 avg
- Ehren KrugerWriter · 3 films · 5.93 avg▼−0.39
- Mark WahlbergDirector and actor · 3 films · 5.73 avg▼−0.67
- Ed HarrisDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.42
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
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