- Films
- 27
- Avg rating
- 6.85
- Peak run
- 1944’47
- 7+ run
- 4 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
William by the numbers
Average
6.85
22 rated films
Vote weighted
6.93
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.79
rating spread
Career
86y
1933 to 2018
Total votes
327K
across every film
Best
7.9
The Big Sleep
Worst
6.6
Land of the Pharaohs
Newest first
Filmography
| 2018 |  Burning | 7.4 | 87,724 |
| 2014 | The Sound and the Fury | 4.8 | 1,396 |
| 2013 | As I Lay Dying | 5.3 | 4,342 |
| 1991 | Leg | · | 320 |
| 1972 | Tomorrow | 7.4 | 1,869 |
| 1969 | The Reivers | 6.6 | 3,600 |
| 1961 | Sanctuary | · | 406 |
| 1959 | The Sound and the Fury | 6.2 | 1,125 |
| 1958 |  The Long, Hot Summer | 7.3 | 13,878 |
| 1957 | The Tarnished Angels | 7.1 | 4,553 |
| 1955 | Land of the Pharaohs | 6.6 | 5,437 |
| 1949 | Intruder in the Dust | 7.6 | 3,503 |
| 1948 | Adventures of Don Juan | 7.0 | 3,879 |
| 1947 | Deep Valley | 6.8 | 1,239 |
| 1946 |  The Big Sleep | 7.9 | 95,167 |
| 1945 | God Is My Co-Pilot | · | 779 |
| 1945 |  Mildred Pierce | 7.9 | 31,866 |
| 1945 | The Southerner | 7.1 | 4,388 |
| 1944 | To Have and Have Not | 7.8 | 41,656 |
| 1943 | Air Force | 7.0 | 4,220 |
Better together?
William Faulkner's regulars
- Howard HawksWriter · 6 films · 7.04 avg▲+0.11
- Martin RittWriter · 2 films · 6.75 avg▼−0.11
- Raoul WalshWriter · 2 films · 6.50 avg▼−0.28
- James FrancoWriter · 2 films · 5.05 avg▼−0.91
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On William Faulkner
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.