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Directing · 1913 to 2001

Stanley Kramer

Best rated: Judgment at Nuremberg (8.3)

Films
15
Avg rating
7.04
Peak run
1960’67
Oscar noms
3
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Stanley Kramer, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1960 to 1967, 7.72567819551960196519701975Judgment at Nuremberg 8.3Ship of Fools 7.0Career avg 7.04

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Stanley Kramer's career barcodecoolhot
195515 films1979
Current formLast 5: 6.74 vs career 7.04 (−0.30)
  1. WGuess Who's Coming to Dinner1967 · 7.8+0.8
  2. WThe Secret of Santa Vittoria1969 · 7.2+0.2
  3. LBless the Beasts & Children1971 · 6.7−0.3
  4. LOklahoma Crude1973 · 6.3−0.7
  5. LThe Domino Principle1977 · 5.7−1.3
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Stanley by the numbers

Average
7.04
13 rated films
Vote weighted
7.13
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.82
rating spread
Career
25y
1955 to 1979
Total votes
304K
across every film
Best
8.3
Judgment at Nuremberg
Worst
7.0
Ship of Fools
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
1979The Runner Stumbles·425
1977The Domino Principle5.73,698
1973Oklahoma Crude6.31,746
1971Bless the Beasts & Children6.71,724
1970R.P.M.·677
1969The Secret of Santa Vittoria7.24,584
1967Guess Who's Coming to Dinner posterGuess Who's Coming to Dinner7.853,343
1965Ship of Fools7.07,850
1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World posterIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World7.451,790
1961Judgment at Nuremberg posterJudgment at Nuremberg8.398,739
1960Inherit the Wind posterInherit the Wind8.136,027
1959On the Beach posterOn the Beach7.116,424
1958The Defiant Ones posterThe Defiant Ones7.520,438
1957The Pride and the Passion5.73,640
1955Not as a Stranger6.73,130
Better together?

Stanley Kramer's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Stanley Kramer

10 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1968
    Stanley Kramer, Producer
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1968
    Stanley Kramer
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1966
    Stanley Kramer, Producer
    Nominated
  • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award · Academy Awards 1962
    Stanley Kramer
    Won
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1962
    Stanley Kramer, Producer
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1962
    Stanley Kramer
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1959
    Stanley Kramer, Producer
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1959
    Stanley Kramer
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1955
    Stanley Kramer, Producer
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1953
    Stanley Kramer, Producer
    Nominated

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