Directing · age 94

Richard Lester

Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Richard Lester, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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196223 films2006

Current formLast 5: 6.10 vs career 6.39 (−0.29)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Average

6.39

21 rated films

Vote weighted

6.43

bigger films count more

Median

6.5

half are better

Consistency

±0.70

rating spread

Career

45y

1962 to 2006

Total votes

400K

across every film

Best

7.5

A Hard Day's Night

Worst

5.0

Superman III

Newest first

Directing filmography

2006	Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut	7.5	21,940
1991	Paul McCartney's Get Back	·	355
1989	The Return of the Musketeers	5.9	4,231
1984	Finders Keepers	5.3	1,245
1983	Superman III	5.0	81,343
1980	Superman II	6.8	125K
1979	Butch and Sundance: The Early Days	5.7	1,882
1979	Cuba	5.6	3,195
1976	The Ritz	6.8	3,055
1976	Robin and Marian	6.5	15,403
1975	Royal Flash	6.3	2,303
1974	Juggernaut	6.6	7,406
1974	The Four Musketeers	6.9	12,949
1973	The Three Musketeers	7.1	20,837
1969	The Bed Sitting Room	6.0	2,912
1968	Petulia	6.8	3,765
1967	How I Won the War	5.5	2,701
1966	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	6.8	10,831
1965	Help!	7.1	21,467
1965	The Knack... and How to Get It	6.2	4,130

Better together?

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

Takes

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