Directing · Writing · 1906 to 1976

Carol Reed

Best rated: The Third Man (8.1)

Films: 26
Avg rating: 7.10
Peak run: 1940’49
Oscar wins: 1 of 3

Films: 26
Avg rating: 7.10
Peak run: 1940’49
Oscar wins: 1 of 3

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The career

Carol Reed, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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193826 films1972

Current formLast 5: 7.08 vs career 7.10 (−0.02)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Carol by the numbers

Average

7.10

16 rated films

Vote weighted

7.16

bigger films count more

Median

7.1

half are better

Consistency

±0.43

rating spread

Career

35y

1938 to 1972

Total votes

334K

across every film

Best

8.1

The Third Man

Worst

6.8

Trapeze

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

1972	The Public Eye	·	941
1970	Flap	·	593
1968	Oliver!	7.4	44,924
1965	The Agony and the Ecstasy	7.2	8,934
1963	The Running Man	6.5	2,272
1962	Mutiny on the Bounty	7.2	19,747
1959	Our Man in Havana	7.1	6,939
1958	The Key	6.7	1,988
1956	Trapeze	6.8	5,886
1955	A Kid for Two Farthings	6.4	1,329
1953	The Man Between	7.0	2,958
1951	Outcast of the Islands	6.9	1,464
1949	The Third Man	8.1	198K
1948	The Fallen Idol	7.6	10,904
1947	Odd Man Out	7.6	13,320
1945	The True Glory	·	698
1944	The Way Ahead	6.9	2,552
1942	The Young Mr. Pitt	·	512
1941	The Remarkable Mr. Kipps	·	584
1940	The Stars Look Down	7.0	1,337

Better together?

Carol Reed's regulars

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

Takes

On Carol Reed

3 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Director · Academy Awards 1969
Carol Reed
Won
Best Director · Academy Awards 1951
Carol Reed
Nominated
Best Director · Academy Awards 1950
Carol Reed
Nominated

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