- Films
- 6
- Avg rating
- 6.75
- Peak run
- 1999’15
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 25+ votes
Brian by the numbers
Average
6.75
6 rated films
Vote weighted
6.79
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.53
rating spread
Career
25y
1999 to 2023
Total votes
12.9K
across every film
Best
7.2
42
Worst
5.7
The Order
Newest first
Filmography
| 2023 |  Finestkind | 6.8 | 360 |
| 2015 |  Legend | 7.0 | 4,435 |
| 2013 |  42 | 7.2 | 2,022 |
| 2003 |  The Order | 5.7 | 392 |
| 2001 |  A Knight's Tale | 6.9 | 3,541 |
| 1999 |  Payback | 6.8 | 2,105 |
Better together?
Brian Helgeland's regulars
- Carter BurwellComposer · 3 films · 6.92 avg
- Clint EastwoodWriter · 2 films · 6.97 avg▲+0.28
- Tony ScottWriter · 2 films · 6.92 avg▲+0.27
- Richard DonnerWriter · 2 films · 6.56 avg●−0.02
- Heath LedgerDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.30 avg▼−0.43
- Shannyn SossamonDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.30 avg●+0.04
- Mark AddyDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.30 avg▼−0.22
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Brian Helgeland and Carter Burwell movies · Clint Eastwood and Brian Helgeland movies · Tony Scott and Brian Helgeland movies · Richard Donner and Brian Helgeland movies
Takes
On Brian Helgeland
2 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2004Screenplay by Brian Helgeland
- WonBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1998Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson