- Films
- 8
- Avg rating
- 6.46
- Peak run
- 1987’97
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 director, films with 1,000+ votes
Robert by the numbers
Average
6.46
5 rated films
Vote weighted
6.48
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±1.28
rating spread
Career
26y
1987 to 2012
Total votes
52.5K
across every film
Best
7.6
Eddie Murphy: Raw
Worst
4.9
B*A*P*S
Newest first
Filmography
| 1998 | Taxman | Peyton Cody | · | 595 |
| 1993 | The Meteor Man | Jefferson Reed | 5.3 | 9,551 |
| 1991 | The Five Heartbeats | Duck | 7.6 | 5,577 |
| 1989 | The Mighty Quinn | Maubee | 6.0 | 7,827 |
| 1987 | Hollywood Shuffle | Bobby Taylor | 6.9 | 7,294 |
| 1986 | Odd Jobs | Dwight | · | 578 |
| 1986 | Ratboy | Manny | · | 842 |
| 1985 | American Flyers | Jerome | 6.5 | 7,410 |
| 1984 |  A Soldier's Story | Corporal Ellis | 7.2 | 12,809 |
Better together?
Robert Townsend's regulars
- Keenen Ivory WayansWriter · 3 films · 7.37 avg▲+1.17
- Stanley ClarkeComposer · 2 films · 6.25 avg
- Bill DillCinematographer · 2 films · 6.25 avg
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Robert Townsend
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