- Films
- 15
- Avg rating
- 7.09
- Peak run
- 1923’25
- 7+ run
- 8 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
7.09
11 rated films
Vote weighted
7.13
bigger films count more
Median
7.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.73
rating spread
Career
23y
1922 to 1944
Total votes
52.8K
across every film
Best
8.1
Safety Last!
Worst
5.4
Coquette
Newest first
Filmography
| 1944 | Nothing But Trouble | 6.3 | 1,410 |
| 1934 | The Cat's-Paw | 6.7 | 1,484 |
| 1931 | Kiki | · | 368 |
| 1929 | Coquette | 5.4 | 2,540 |
| 1929 | The Taming of the Shrew | · | 714 |
| 1928 | Tempest | · | 608 |
| 1927 | My Best Girl | 7.4 | 1,033 |
| 1926 | Exit Smiling | · | 566 |
| 1926 | For Heaven's Sake | 7.5 | 2,209 |
| 1925 | The Freshman | 7.5 | 6,711 |
| 1924 | Girl Shy | 7.6 | 4,003 |
| 1924 | Hot Water | 7.1 | 1,759 |
| 1923 |  Safety Last! | 8.1 | 25,217 |
| 1923 | Why Worry? | 7.3 | 2,296 |
| 1922 | Dr. Jack | 7.1 | 1,833 |
Better together?
Sam Taylor's regulars
- Walter LundinCinematographer · 8 films · 7.36 avg
- Harold LloydDirector and actor · 8 films · 7.36 avg▲+0.24
- Fred C. NewmeyerWriter · 8 films · 7.31 avg●+0.04
- Tim WhelanWriter · 7 films · 7.50 avg▲+0.25
- Robert IsraelComposer · 6 films · 7.35 avg
- Don HuletteComposer · 5 films · 7.60 avg
- Jobyna RalstonDirector and actor · 5 films · 7.40 avg▲+0.18
- Ted WildeWriter · 4 films · 7.48 avg▲+0.18
- John GreyWriter · 4 films · 6.88 avg▼−0.20
- Mary PickfordDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.40 avg▼−0.46
- H.M. WalkerWriter · 3 films · 7.50 avg▲+0.36
- Karl StrussCinematographer · 3 films · 5.40 avg
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Sam Taylor
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