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Directing · Writing · age 58

Adam McKay

Best rated: The Big Short (7.8)

Films
8
Avg rating
6.96
Peak run
2010’21
Oscar noms
2
CompareBacon number
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Adam McKay, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 2010 to 2021, 7.02678200420062008201020122014201620182020The Big Short 7.8Anchorman 2: The Legend C… 6.3Career avg 6.96

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

Adam McKay's career barcodecoolhot
20048 films2021
Current formLast 5: 7.02 vs career 6.96 (+0.06)
  1. LThe Other Guys2010 · 6.7−0.3
  2. LAnchorman 2: The Legend Continues2013 · 6.3−0.7
  3. WThe Big Short2015 · 7.8+0.8
  4. WVice2018 · 7.2+0.2
  5. WDon't Look Up2021 · 7.1+0.1
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Adam by the numbers

Average
6.96
8 rated films
Vote weighted
6.97
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.45
rating spread
Career
18y
2004 to 2021
Total votes
2.89M
across every film
Best
7.8
The Big Short
Worst
6.3
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
2021Don't Look Up posterDon't Look Up7.1683K
2018Vice posterVice7.2177K
2015The Big Short posterThe Big Short7.8549K
2013Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues posterAnchorman 2: The Legend Continues6.3204K
2010The Other Guys posterThe Other Guys6.7314K
2008Step Brothers posterStep Brothers6.9346K
2006Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby posterTalladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby6.6217K
2004Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy posterAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy7.1405K
Better together?

Adam McKay's regulars

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

Takes

On Adam McKay

7 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2022
    Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 2022
    Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 2019
    Adam McKay
    Nominated
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 2019
    Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2019
    Written by Adam McKay
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2016
    Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
    Won
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 2016
    Adam McKay
    Nominated

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