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Neil Simon career

Neil Simon averages 6.48 across 21 rated films as a writer, with The Odd Couple on top at 7.4.

Average
6.48
21 rated films
Best rated
7.4
The Odd Couple
Peak five
6.85
1972 to 1977
7+ run
2 films
1967 to 1968
Neil Simon, writing career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1972 to 1977, 6.855678197019751980198519901995The Odd Couple 7.4The Out-of-Towners 5.8Career avg 6.48

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

Neil Simon's career barcodecoolhot
196626 films1999
Current formLast 5: 6.04 vs career 6.48 (−0.44)
  1. LBiloxi Blues1988 · 6.3−0.2
  2. LThe Marrying Man1991 · 5.5−0.9
  3. LLost in Yonkers1993 · 6.3−0.2
  4. LThe Odd Couple II1998 · 6.3−0.2
  5. LThe Out-of-Towners1999 · 5.8−0.7
Neil Simon career
The Out-of-Towners posterThe Out-of-Towners19995.8267
The Odd Couple II posterThe Odd Couple II19986.3159
Lost in Yonkers posterLost in Yonkers19936.345
The Marrying Man posterThe Marrying Man19915.5133
Biloxi Blues posterBiloxi Blues19886.3235
Brighton Beach Memoirs posterBrighton Beach Memoirs19866.654
The Slugger's Wife posterThe Slugger's Wife1985·19
The Lonely Guy posterThe Lonely Guy19846.2158
Max Dugan Returns posterMax Dugan Returns19836.659
I Ought to Be in Pictures posterI Ought to Be in Pictures1982·13
Only When I Laugh posterOnly When I Laugh1981·22
Seems Like Old Times posterSeems Like Old Times19806.3168
Chapter Two posterChapter Two1979·20
California Suite posterCalifornia Suite19785.9128
The Cheap Detective posterThe Cheap Detective19786.4110
The Goodbye Girl posterThe Goodbye Girl19777.0192
Murder by Death posterMurder by Death19767.1941
The Sunshine Boys posterThe Sunshine Boys19756.9113
The Prisoner of Second Avenue posterThe Prisoner of Second Avenue19756.678
The Heartbreak Kid posterThe Heartbreak Kid19726.7114
Last of the Red Hot Lovers posterLast of the Red Hot Lovers1972·11
Plaza Suite posterPlaza Suite19716.255
The Out-of-Towners posterThe Out-of-Towners19706.8148
The Odd Couple posterThe Odd Couple19687.4681
Barefoot in the Park posterBarefoot in the Park19677.1633

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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