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Writing · 1927 to 2018

Neil Simon

Best rated: The Odd Couple (7.6)

Films
29
Avg rating
6.53
Peak run
1972’77
7+ run
4 films
CompareBacon number
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Neil Simon, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1972 to 1977, 7.10456781965197019751980198519901995The Odd Couple 7.6The Out-of-Towners 5.5Career avg 6.53

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

Neil Simon's career barcodecoolhot
196329 films1999
Current formLast 5: 6.24 vs career 6.53 (−0.29)
  1. WBiloxi Blues1988 · 6.7+0.2
  2. LThe Marrying Man1991 · 5.7−0.8
  3. WLost in Yonkers1993 · 6.8+0.3
  4. WThe Odd Couple II1998 · 6.50.0
  5. LThe Out-of-Towners1999 · 5.5−1.0
As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Neil by the numbers

Average
6.53
27 rated films
Vote weighted
6.57
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.66
rating spread
Career
37y
1963 to 1999
Total votes
282K
across every film
Best
7.6
The Odd Couple
Worst
5.5
The Out-of-Towners
Newest first

Filmography

Writing filmography
1999The Out-of-Towners posterThe Out-of-Towners5.516,118
1998The Odd Couple II posterThe Odd Couple II6.511,548
1993Lost in Yonkers6.83,952
1991The Marrying Man5.76,770
1988Biloxi Blues posterBiloxi Blues6.717,659
1986Brighton Beach Memoirs6.84,196
1985The Slugger's Wife4.41,368
1984The Lonely Guy6.28,267
1983Max Dugan Returns6.74,278
1982I Ought to Be in Pictures6.11,141
1981Only When I Laugh6.41,852
1980Seems Like Old Times posterSeems Like Old Times6.712,134
1979Chapter Two6.01,444
1978California Suite6.29,232
1978The Cheap Detective6.46,557
1977The Goodbye Girl posterThe Goodbye Girl7.417,896
1976Murder by Death posterMurder by Death7.246,293
1975The Prisoner of Second Avenue6.74,354
1975The Sunshine Boys7.17,410
1972The Heartbreak Kid7.16,693
Better together?

Neil Simon's regulars

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

Takes

On Neil Simon

4 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1979
    Neil Simon
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1978
    Neil Simon
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1976
    Neil Simon
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1969
    Neil Simon
    Nominated

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