Head to headRoman Polanski against Jack Nicholson Both careers by TMDB ratingRoman PolanskiJack Nicholson
Tale of the tape as a director
Roman Polanski vs Jack Nicholson
Roman Polanski averages 6.91 across 24 rated films as a director, ahead of Jack Nicholson at 5.80.
- 25 (24 rated)
- Films directed
- 3
- ◀6.91
- Average
- 5.80
- ◀6.99
- Weighted
- 5.83
- ◀The Pianist 8.4
- Best film
- The Two Jakes 6.0
- ◀7.22, 1962 to 1968
- Peak five
- n/a
- ◀3 films
- Longest 7+ run
- None
- 6.50 (−0.40)
- Current form
- 5.80 (0.00)▶
- ◀41.3K
- TMDB votes
Rows won
7 to 2
Roman Polanski ahead
Films together
6
averaging 6.94
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
 Chinatown | 1974 | 7.9 | Director, Writer, as Man with Knife | as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes |
| Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | 2003 | 7.1 | as Self (archive footage), as Self | as Self |
 Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | 2008 | 6.3 | as Self (archive footage) | as Self / Jake Gittes (archive footage) |
 Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir | 2012 | 6.5 | as Self | as Self (archive footage) |
 Mansfield 66/67 | 2017 | · | as Self - Filmmaker(archive footage) | as Self - Actor(archive footage) |
| Breakdown: 1975 | 2025 | 6.9 | as Self - Director of Chinatown (archive footage) | as Self (The Passenger-archive footage) |