- Films
- 15
- Avg rating
- 6.92
- Peak run
- 1965’72
- 7+ run
- 4 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 director, films with 1,000+ votes
Sam by the numbers
Average
6.92
15 rated films
Vote weighted
6.96
bigger films count more
Median
7.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.65
rating spread
Career
23y
1961 to 1983
Total votes
390K
across every film
Best
7.9
The Wild Bunch
Worst
5.8
The Osterman Weekend
Newest first
Filmography
| 1979 | The Visitor | Dr. Sam Collins | 5.2 | 5,277 |
| 1978 | China 9, Liberty 37 | Wilbur Olsen | 6.1 | 1,655 |
Better together?
Sam Peckinpah's regulars
- Lucien BallardCinematographer · 5 films · 7.30 avg
- Jerry FieldingComposer · 5 films · 7.06 avg
- John CoquillonCinematographer · 4 films · 6.95 avg
- James CoburnDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.42
- Steve McQueenDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.07 avg▲+0.18
- Warren OatesDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.65 avg▲+0.90
- Gordon T. DawsonWriter · 2 films · 7.30 avg▲+0.19
- David WarnerDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.30 avg▲+0.70
- Slim PickensDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.25 avg▲+0.58
- Ernest BorgnineDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.46
- Ben JohnsonDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.24
- Ali MacGrawDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.80 avg●−0.03
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Sam Peckinpah
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1970Story by Walon Green, Roy N. Sickner; Screenplay by Walon Green, Sam Peckinpah
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