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Directing · 1930 to 2021

Richard Donner

Best rated: The Goonies (7.7)

Films
22
Avg rating
6.81
Peak run
1985’89
7+ run
3 films
CompareBacon number
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Richard Donner, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1985 to 1989, 7.285678196519701975198019851990199520002005The Goonies 7.7Timeline 5.7Career avg 6.81

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

Richard Donner's career barcodecoolhot
196122 films2006
Current formLast 5: 6.62 vs career 6.81 (−0.19)
  1. LConspiracy Theory1997 · 6.7−0.1
  2. LLethal Weapon 41998 · 6.6−0.2
  3. LTimeline2003 · 5.7−1.1
  4. L16 Blocks2006 · 6.6−0.2
  5. WSuperman II: The Richard Donner Cut2006 · 7.5+0.7
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Richard by the numbers

Average
6.81
20 rated films
Vote weighted
6.85
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.66
rating spread
Career
46y
1961 to 2006
Total votes
2.48M
across every film
Best
7.7
The Goonies
Worst
5.7
Timeline
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
200616 Blocks poster16 Blocks6.6139K
2006Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut posterSuperman II: The Richard Donner Cut7.521,940
2003Timeline posterTimeline5.770,001
1998Lethal Weapon 4 posterLethal Weapon 46.6182K
1997Conspiracy Theory posterConspiracy Theory6.7116K
1995Assassins posterAssassins6.393,216
1994Maverick posterMaverick7.0126K
1992Lethal Weapon 3 posterLethal Weapon 36.7190K
1992Radio Flyer posterRadio Flyer6.915,398
1989Lethal Weapon 2 posterLethal Weapon 27.3204K
1988Scrooged posterScrooged6.9130K
1987Lethal Weapon posterLethal Weapon7.6299K
1985The Goonies posterThe Goonies7.7331K
1985Ladyhawke posterLadyhawke6.955,980
1982The Toy posterThe Toy5.814,469
1980Inside Moves7.02,723
1980Superman II posterSuperman II6.8125K
1978Superman posterSuperman7.4209K
1976The Omen posterThe Omen7.5148K
1970London Affair5.21,240
Better together?

Richard Donner'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 Richard Donner

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