- Films
- 21
- Avg rating
- 7.00
- Peak run
- 1932’39
- Oscar noms
- 1
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
Sidney by the numbers
Average
7.00
7 rated films
Vote weighted
7.05
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.48
rating spread
Career
42y
1916 to 1957
Total votes
34.4K
across every film
Best
7.9
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Worst
6.6
The Dark Angel
Newest first
Filmography
| 1957 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | · | 658 |
| 1939 |  Goodbye, Mr. Chips | 7.9 | 12,479 |
| 1937 | The Good Earth | 7.4 | 5,816 |
| 1935 | The Dark Angel | 6.6 | 1,143 |
| 1934 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | 6.9 | 2,442 |
| 1933 | Reunion in Vienna | · | 374 |
| 1932 | Smilin' Through | 6.8 | 1,810 |
| 1931 | The Guardsman | · | 658 |
| 1931 | Private Lives | 6.7 | 1,500 |
| 1930 | The Lady of Scandal | · | 301 |
| 1929 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | · | 718 |
| 1929 | Wild Orchids | · | 810 |
| 1927 | Quality Street | · | 820 |
| 1926 | Beverly of Graustark | · | 704 |
| 1924 | Her Night of Romance | · | 322 |
| 1919 | Heart o' the Hills | · | 586 |
| 1919 | The Hoodlum | 6.7 | 1,078 |
| 1918 | The Forbidden City | · | 345 |
| 1916 | The Children in the House | · | 609 |
| 1916 | Going Straight | · | 681 |
Better together?
Sidney Franklin's regulars
- Claudine WestWriter · 9 films · 7.12 avg▼−0.05
- Hanns KrälyWriter · 5 films · 6.70 avg▼−0.25
- Ernest VajdaWriter · 4 films · 6.85 avg▼−0.12
- Norma ShearerDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.80 avg▼−0.14
- Bernard McConvilleWriter · 4 films · 6.70 avg▼−0.28
- Norma TalmadgeDirector and actor · 3 films
- William H. DanielsCinematographer · 3 films · 6.90 avg
- Fredric MarchDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.77 avg▼−0.25
- Ralph LewisDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.70 avg●−0.04
- Herbert BunstonDirector and actor · 2 films
- Frederick LonsdaleWriter · 2 films
- Ruth CummingsWriter · 2 films
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Sidney Franklin
2 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonIrving G. Thalberg Memorial Award · Academy Awards 1943Sidney Franklin
- NominatedBest Director · Academy Awards 1938Sidney Franklin
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