- Films
- 6
- Avg rating
- 6.43
- Peak run
- 1988’16
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
Michael by the numbers
Average
6.43
6 rated films
Vote weighted
6.60
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±1.15
rating spread
Career
37y
1988 to 2024
Total votes
1.08M
across every film
Best
7.9
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Worst
5.8
Thinner
Newest first
Filmography
| 2024 |  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | 6.6 | 180K |
| 2016 | Cold Moon | 4.7 | 2,278 |
| 1996 |  Thinner | 5.8 | 37,567 |
| 1993 |  The Nightmare Before Christmas | 7.9 | 416K |
| 1990 |  Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | 6.2 | 21,293 |
| 1988 |  Beetlejuice | 7.4 | 423K |
Better together?
Michael McDowell's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Michael McDowell
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