- Films
- 25
- Avg rating
- 6.45
- Peak run
- 1956’67
- 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
Stirling by the numbers
Average
6.45
23 rated films
Vote weighted
6.48
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.83
rating spread
Career
41y
1955 to 1995
Total votes
475K
across every film
Best
7.9
In the Heat of the Night
Worst
4.5
The Swarm
Newest first
Filmography
| 1995 |  The Grass Harp | 6.6 | 20,030 |
| 1995 |  Village of the Damned | 5.7 | 37,393 |
| 1987 | Catch the Heat | · | 416 |
| 1987 |  Over the Top | 5.9 | 66,294 |
| 1980 | When Time Ran Out... | 4.6 | 3,622 |
| 1978 | The Swarm | 4.5 | 9,516 |
| 1978 | Circle of Iron | 5.7 | 2,859 |
| 1977 | Telefon | 6.5 | 6,903 |
| 1976 |  The Enforcer | 6.7 | 53,720 |
| 1975 | The Killer Elite | 5.9 | 8,495 |
| 1974 |  The Towering Inferno | 7.0 | 53,643 |
| 1973 | Shaft in Africa | 5.9 | 3,491 |
| 1972 | The New Centurions | 7.0 | 3,892 |
| 1972 |  The Poseidon Adventure | 7.1 | 54,789 |
| 1971 | Murphy's War | 6.7 | 4,472 |
| 1970 | The Liberation of L.B. Jones | 6.8 | 1,443 |
| 1970 | A Walk in the Spring Rain | · | 979 |
| 1969 | Marlowe | 6.4 | 4,675 |
| 1968 | Charly | 6.9 | 7,861 |
| 1967 |  In the Heat of the Night | 7.9 | 92,643 |
Better together?
Stirling Silliphant's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Stirling Silliphant
1 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1968Stirling Silliphant
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.