- Films
- 25
- Avg rating
- 7.12
- Peak run
- 1936’39
- 7+ run
- 5 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
Sidney by the numbers
Average
7.12
16 rated films
Vote weighted
7.18
bigger films count more
Median
7.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.54
rating spread
Career
47y
1931 to 1977
Total votes
274K
across every film
Best
8.1
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Worst
7.0
Cleopatra
Newest first
Filmography
| 1977 | Billy Jack Goes to Washington | · | 899 |
| 1971 | The Deadly Trap | · | 747 |
| 1966 | The Group | 6.6 | 2,370 |
| 1963 |  Cleopatra | 7.0 | 41,915 |
| 1961 | The Mark | 7.2 | 1,170 |
| 1951 | Saturday's Hero | · | 261 |
| 1949 | Jolson Sings Again | · | 782 |
| 1948 | To the Ends of the Earth | 6.8 | 1,071 |
| 1946 | The Jolson Story | 7.2 | 1,981 |
| 1945 | Over 21 | · | 469 |
| 1945 | A Song to Remember | 6.6 | 1,774 |
| 1942 |  The Talk of the Town | 7.5 | 10,166 |
| 1941 | Here Comes Mr. Jordan | 7.5 | 8,168 |
| 1940 | The Howards of Virginia | 6.0 | 1,445 |
| 1939 |  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | 8.1 | 131K |
| 1938 |  Holiday | 7.7 | 20,420 |
| 1937 |  The Awful Truth | 7.6 | 23,569 |
| 1937 |  Lost Horizon | 7.6 | 15,905 |
| 1936 | Adventure in Manhattan | · | 963 |
| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild | 7.1 | 3,303 |
Better together?
Sidney Buchman's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Sidney Buchman
4 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1950Sidney Buchman
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1943Irwin Shaw, Sidney Buchman
- WonBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1942Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1940Sidney Buchman
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