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Directing · Writing · 1880 to 1962

Tod Browning

Best rated: Freaks (7.8)

Films
21
Avg rating
7.14
Peak run
1927’32
7+ run
4 films
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Tod Browning, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1927 to 1932, 7.346781920192519301935Freaks 7.8Mark of the Vampire 6.3Career avg 7.14

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

Tod Browning's career barcodecoolhot
191921 films1939
Current formLast 5: 7.12 vs career 7.14 (−0.02)
  1. WWest of Zanzibar1928 · 7.2+0.1
  2. WDracula1931 · 7.3+0.2
  3. WFreaks1932 · 7.8+0.7
  4. LMark of the Vampire1935 · 6.3−0.8
  5. LThe Devil-Doll1936 · 7.0−0.1
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Tod by the numbers

Average
7.14
8 rated films
Vote weighted
7.18
bigger films count more
Median
7.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.49
rating spread
Career
21y
1919 to 1939
Total votes
158K
across every film
Best
7.8
Freaks
Worst
6.3
Mark of the Vampire
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
1939Miracles for Sale·912
1936The Devil-Doll7.05,559
1935Mark of the Vampire6.36,194
1933Fast Workers·884
1932Freaks posterFreaks7.855,478
1931Dracula posterDracula7.365,682
1931The Iron Man·369
1930Outside the Law·256
1929The Thirteenth Chair·933
1929Where East Is East·786
1928West of Zanzibar7.22,152
1927London After Midnight6.71,594
1927The Show·795
1927The Unknown posterThe Unknown7.710,448
1926The Blackbird·985
1926The Road to Mandalay·264
1925The Mystic·743
1925The Unholy Three7.12,543
1923White Tiger·299
1920Outside the Law·847
Better together?

Tod Browning's regulars

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

Takes

On Tod Browning

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