Writing · 1924 to 1995
Terry Southern
Best rated: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (8.3)
- Films
- 12
- Avg rating
- 6.38
- Peak run
- 1964’67
- 7+ run
- 3 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
Terry by the numbers
Average
6.38
10 rated films
Vote weighted
6.56
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±1.26
rating spread
Career
62y
1964 to 2025
Total votes
771K
across every film
Best
8.3
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Worst
5.9
Barbarella
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 | National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove | · | 343 |
| 1988 | The Telephone | 4.1 | 1,218 |
| 1970 | End of the Road | · | 509 |
| 1969 |  Easy Rider | 7.2 | 124K |
| 1969 | The Magic Christian | 5.8 | 4,242 |
| 1968 |  Barbarella | 5.9 | 41,349 |
| 1968 | Candy | 5.1 | 4,214 |
| 1967 | Don't Make Waves | 5.8 | 2,194 |
| 1965 |  The Cincinnati Kid | 7.2 | 19,983 |
| 1965 |  The Collector | 7.5 | 13,413 |
| 1965 | The Loved One | 6.9 | 4,319 |
| 1964 |  Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | 8.3 | 555K |
Takes
On Terry Southern
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1970Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1965Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, Terry Southern
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