- Films
- 132
- Avg rating
- 6.73
- Peak run
- 1940’41
- 7+ run
- 4 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 composer, films with 25+ votes
Franz by the numbers
Average
6.73
79 rated films
Vote weighted
6.83
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.62
rating spread
Career
33y
1934 to 1966
Total votes
24.3K
across every film
Best
8.3
Rear Window
Worst
4.4
The Silver Chalice
Newest first
Filmography
| 1966 |  Lost Command | 6.2 | 64 |
| 1962 |  Taras Bulba | 6.3 | 85 |
| 1962 | Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man | · | 17 |
| 1962 | My Geisha | · | 23 |
| 1961 | King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein | · | 5 |
| 1961 |  Return to Peyton Place | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1960 |  Cimarron | 6.2 | 81 |
| 1960 | Sunrise at Campobello | · | 15 |
| 1960 |  The Story of Ruth | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1959 | Beloved Infidel | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1959 | Career | · | 15 |
| 1959 |  The Nun's Story | 7.2 | 205 |
| 1959 | Count Your Blessings | · | 5 |
| 1958 |  I Married a Monster from Outer Space | 6.0 | 70 |
| 1958 |  Run Silent, Run Deep | 7.0 | 199 |
| 1957 |  Sayonara | 6.7 | 150 |
| 1957 |  Peyton Place | 6.7 | 96 |
| 1957 |  The Spirit of St. Louis | 6.7 | 152 |
| 1956 | Back from Eternity | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1956 | Crime in the Streets | 6.2 | 27 |
Better together?
Franz Waxman's regulars
- W.S. Van DykeComposer · 5 films
- Delmer DavesComposer · 5 films · 6.93 avg
- Alfred HitchcockComposer · 4 films · 7.40 avg
- Frank BorzageComposer · 4 films · 7.10 avg
- Billy WilderComposer · 4 films · 7.09 avg
- Vincent ShermanComposer · 4 films · 6.73 avg
- Jean NegulescoComposer · 4 films · 6.70 avg
- Victor FlemingComposer · 4 films · 6.45 avg
- William DieterleComposer · 4 films · 6.10 avg
- Richard ThorpeComposer · 3 films
- Henry KosterComposer · 3 films · 7.07 avg
- Jack ConwayComposer · 3 films · 7.00 avg
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: W.S. Van Dyke and Franz Waxman movies · Delmer Daves and Franz Waxman movies · Alfred Hitchcock and Franz Waxman movies · Frank Borzage and Franz Waxman movies
Takes
On Franz Waxman
12 nominations, 2 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1963Franz Waxman
- NominatedBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1960Franz Waxman
- NominatedBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1955Franz Waxman
- WonBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1952Franz Waxman
- WonBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1951Franz Waxman
- NominatedBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1947Franz Waxman
- NominatedBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1946Franz Waxman
- NominatedBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1942Franz Waxman
- NominatedBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1942Franz Waxman
- NominatedBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1941Franz Waxman
- NominatedBest Song Score or Adaptation Score · Academy Awards 1939Franz Waxman
- NominatedBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1939Franz Waxman