- Films
- 38
- Avg rating
- 6.40
- Peak run
- 1942’56
- Oscar noms
- 1
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
Cecil by the numbers
Average
6.40
17 rated films
Vote weighted
6.47
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.45
rating spread
Career
43y
1914 to 1956
Total votes
3.59K
across every film
Best
7.8
The Ten Commandments
Worst
6.3
The Greatest Show on Earth
Newest first
Filmography
| 1956 |  The Ten Commandments | 7.8 | 1,940 |
| 1952 |  The Greatest Show on Earth | 6.3 | 288 |
| 1949 |  Samson and Delilah | 6.6 | 261 |
| 1947 |  Unconquered | 6.5 | 67 |
| 1944 |  The Story of Dr. Wassell | · | 24 |
| 1942 |  Reap the Wild Wind | 6.4 | 65 |
| 1940 |  North West Mounted Police | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1939 |  Union Pacific | 6.7 | 82 |
| 1938 | The Buccaneer | · | 12 |
| 1936 |  The Plainsman | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1935 | The Crusades | · | 19 |
| 1934 |  Cleopatra | 6.1 | 102 |
| 1934 | Four Frightened People | · | 19 |
| 1933 | This Day and Age | · | 3 |
| 1932 |  The Sign of the Cross | 6.4 | 55 |
| 1931 | The Squaw Man | · | 12 |
| 1930 |  Madam Satan | 5.9 | 28 |
| 1929 | Dynamite | · | 15 |
| 1928 | The Godless Girl | · | 16 |
| 1927 |  The King of Kings | 6.4 | 68 |
Better together?
Cecil B. DeMille's regulars
- Jeanie MacphersonWriter · 18 films · 6.26 avg▼−0.12
- Alvin WyckoffCinematographer · 13 films · 6.08 avg
- Victor MilnerCinematographer · 8 films · 6.42 avg
- Theodore RobertsDirector and actor · 8 films · 6.23 avg▼−0.08
- Elliott DexterDirector and actor · 7 films
- Victor YoungComposer · 7 films · 6.48 avg
- Raymond HattonDirector and actor · 7 films · 6.10 avg▼−0.27
- Jesse Lasky Jr.Writer · 6 films · 6.73 avg▲+0.30
- Gloria SwansonDirector and actor · 6 films · 6.50 avg●+0.02
- Sylvia AshtonDirector and actor · 4 films
- Fredric M. FrankWriter · 4 films · 6.80 avg▲+0.20
- Julia FayeDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.50 avg●−0.03
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: Cecil B. DeMille and Jeanie Macpherson movies · Cecil B. DeMille and Alvin Wyckoff movies · Cecil B. DeMille and Victor Milner movies · Cecil B. DeMille and Theodore Roberts movies
Takes
On Cecil B. DeMille
5 nominations, 3 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Picture · Academy Awards 1957Cecil B. DeMille, Producer
- WonBest Picture · Academy Awards 1953Cecil B. DeMille, Producer
- NominatedBest Director · Academy Awards 1953Cecil B. DeMille
- WonIrving G. Thalberg Memorial Award · Academy Awards 1953Cecil B. DeMille
- WonSpecial Award · Academy Awards 1950Cecil B. DeMille