Directing · Writing · 1908 to 1966

Robert Rossen

Best rated: The Hustler (7.9)

Films: 9
Avg rating: 6.85
Peak run: 1947’57
Oscar noms: 2

Films: 9
Avg rating: 6.85
Peak run: 1947’57
Oscar noms: 2

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The career

Robert Rossen, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak era

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19479 films1964

Current formLast 5: 6.60 vs career 6.85 (−0.25)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Robert by the numbers

Average

6.85

8 rated films

Vote weighted

6.92

bigger films count more

Median

6.8

half are better

Consistency

±0.74

rating spread

Career

18y

1947 to 1964

Total votes

131K

across every film

Best

7.9

The Hustler

Worst

7.4

All the King's Men

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

1964	Lilith	6.8	3,622
1961	The Hustler	7.9	90,656
1959	They Came to Cordura	6.4	2,714
1957	Island in the Sun	6.1	1,605
1956	Alexander the Great	5.8	4,724
1954	Mambo	·	254
1949	All the King's Men	7.4	18,372
1947	Body and Soul	7.6	5,954
1947	Johnny O'Clock	6.8	3,098

Better together?

Robert Rossen's regulars

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

Takes

On Robert Rossen

5 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Picture · Academy Awards 1962
Robert Rossen, Producer
Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1962
Sidney Carroll, Robert Rossen
Nominated
Best Director · Academy Awards 1962
Robert Rossen
Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1950
Robert Rossen
Nominated
Best Director · Academy Awards 1950
Robert Rossen
Nominated

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