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Penelope Spheeris

Best rated: The Decline of Western Civilization (7.5)

Films
14
Avg rating
6.38
Peak run
1981’88
7+ run
2 films
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The career

Penelope Spheeris, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1981 to 1988, 6.725678198519901995200020052010The Decline of Western Ci… 7.5The Beverly Hillbillies 5.1Career avg 6.38

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

Penelope Spheeris's career barcodecoolhot
198114 films2011
Current formLast 5: 6.18 vs career 6.38 (−0.20)
  1. WThe Little Rascals1994 · 6.40.0
  2. LBlack Sheep1996 · 6.2−0.2
  3. LSenseless1998 · 6.0−0.4
  4. WThe Decline of Western Civilization Part III1998 · 7.2+0.8
  5. LThe Kid & I2005 · 5.1−1.3
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Penelope by the numbers

Average
6.38
12 rated films
Vote weighted
6.39
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.82
rating spread
Career
31y
1981 to 2011
Total votes
361K
across every film
Best
7.5
The Decline of Western Civilization
Worst
5.1
The Beverly Hillbillies
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
1974The Second Coming of SuzanneMargo·806
Better together?

Penelope Spheeris's regulars

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

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On Penelope Spheeris

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