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Source author · 1938 to 2025

Frederick Forsyth

Best rated (source author): The Day of the Jackal (7.5)

Source author films
4
Source author avg
6.57
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Source author films, by TMDB rating

The career

Frederick Forsyth, source author career by TMDB rating5-film average
56781974197619781980198219841986The Day of the Jackal 7.5The Dogs of War 5.8Career avg 6.57

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Frederick Forsyth's career barcodecoolhot
19734 films1987
Current formLast 4: 6.57 vs career 6.57 (−0.00)
  1. WThe Day of the Jackal1973 · 7.5+1.0
  2. WThe Odessa File1974 · 6.6+0.1
  3. LThe Dogs of War1980 · 5.8−0.8
  4. LThe Fourth Protocol1987 · 6.3−0.2
As a source author, films with 25+ votes

Frederick by the numbers

Average
6.57
4 rated films
Vote weighted
6.62
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.72
rating spread
Career
15y
1973 to 1987
Total votes
1.33K
across every film
Best
7.5
The Day of the Jackal
Worst
5.8
The Dogs of War
Newest first

Filmography

Source author filmography
1987The Fourth Protocol posterThe Fourth Protocol6.3215
1980The Dogs of War posterThe Dogs of War5.8186
1974The Odessa File posterThe Odessa File6.6207
1973The Day of the Jackal posterThe Day of the Jackal7.5718
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On Frederick Forsyth

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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