- Films
- 21
- Avg rating
- 7.13
- Peak run
- 1940’47
- 7+ run
- 6 films
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
Robert by the numbers
Average
7.13
13 rated films
Vote weighted
7.20
bigger films count more
Median
7.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.78
rating spread
Career
66y
1931 to 1996
Total votes
330K
across every film
Best
8.1
The Best Years of Our Lives
Worst
5.8
The Preacher's Wife
Newest first
Filmography
| 1996 |  The Preacher's Wife | 5.8 | 15,260 |
| 1956 | Gaby | · | 474 |
| 1955 | Jupiter's Darling | · | 770 |
| 1953 | Man on a Tightrope | 7.2 | 2,086 |
| 1947 |  The Bishop's Wife | 7.6 | 24,047 |
| 1946 |  The Best Years of Our Lives | 8.1 | 77,296 |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | 7.3 | 2,294 |
| 1940 |  Rebecca | 8.0 | 162K |
| 1940 |  Waterloo Bridge | 7.7 | 12,054 |
| 1939 | Over the Moon | · | 373 |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | 6.5 | 1,976 |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | 5.6 | 1,320 |
| 1937 | Thunder in the City | · | 514 |
| 1937 | Tovarich | · | 675 |
| 1936 |  The Petrified Forest | 7.5 | 16,090 |
| 1935 | The Ghost Goes West | 6.7 | 2,390 |
| 1934 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | 7.3 | 5,315 |
| 1933 | Reunion in Vienna | · | 374 |
| 1933 | Roman Scandals | · | 939 |
| 1931 | The Royal Bed | · | 287 |
Better together?
Robert E. Sherwood's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Robert E. Sherwood
2 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1947Robert E. Sherwood
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1941Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison
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