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John Alcott career

John Alcott averages 6.56 across 16 rated films as a cinematographer, with The Shining on top at 8.2.

Average
6.56
16 rated films
Best rated
8.2
The Shining
Peak five
7.00
1975 to 1980
Votes
40.2K
across every film
John Alcott, cinematography career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak era
Peak 1975 to 1980, 7.00567819721974197619781980198219841986The Shining 8.2Baby: Secret of the Lost … 5.2Career avg 6.56

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

John Alcott's career barcodecoolhot
197118 films1987
Current formLast 5: 6.27 vs career 6.56 (−0.29)
  1. WUnder Fire1983 · 6.7+0.1
  2. LGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes1984 · 6.4−0.2
  3. LBaby: Secret of the Lost Legend1985 · 5.2−1.4
  4. LWhite Water Summer1987 · 6.2−0.4
  5. WNo Way Out1987 · 6.9+0.3
John Alcott career
No Way Out posterNo Way Out19876.9859
White Water Summer posterWhite Water Summer19876.2110
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend posterBaby: Secret of the Lost Legend19855.278
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes posterGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes19846.4514
Under Fire posterUnder Fire19836.7193
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse posterTriumphs of a Man Called Horse19835.626
The Beastmaster posterThe Beastmaster19826.3485
Vice Squad posterVice Squad19826.295
The Disappearance posterThe Disappearance1977·24
Fort Apache, the Bronx posterFort Apache, the Bronx19816.5131
Terror Train posterTerror Train19805.8323
The Shining posterThe Shining19808.219,507
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? posterWho Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?19786.2101
March or Die posterMarch or Die19775.892
Barry Lyndon posterBarry Lyndon19758.03,314
Overlord posterOverlord19756.893
Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs posterLittle Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs1974·12
A Clockwork Orange posterA Clockwork Orange19718.214,205

Feature films with 25+ TMDB votes count toward the average. Peak five is the best run of five films in a row; the 7+ run counts films in a row rated 7.0 or higher.

Sources: TMDB (as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z).

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