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George Lucas

Best rated: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (8.6)

Films
6
Avg rating
7.23
Peak run
1973’05
Oscar noms
2
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

George Lucas, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1973 to 2005, 7.3667891975198019851990199520002005Star Wars: Episode IV - A… 8.6Star Wars: Episode I - Th… 6.5Career avg 7.23

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

George Lucas's career barcodecoolhot
19716 films2005
Current formLast 5: 7.36 vs career 7.23 (+0.13)
  1. WAmerican Graffiti1973 · 7.4+0.2
  2. WStar Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope1977 · 8.6+1.4
  3. LStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace1999 · 6.5−0.7
  4. LStar Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002 · 6.6−0.6
  5. WStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith2005 · 7.7+0.5
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

George by the numbers

Average
7.23
6 rated films
Vote weighted
7.26
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.83
rating spread
Career
35y
1971 to 2005
Total votes
4.47M
across every film
Best
8.6
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Worst
6.5
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith posterStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith7.7936K
2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones posterStar Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones6.6833K
1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace posterStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace6.5941K
1977Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope posterStar Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope8.61.59M
1973American Graffiti posterAmerican Graffiti7.4107K
1971THX 1138 posterTHX 11386.658,102
Better together?

George Lucas's regulars

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: Steven Spielberg and George Lucas movies · George Lucas and John Williams movies · George Lucas and Ian McDiarmid movies · George Lucas and Natalie Portman movies

Takes

On George Lucas

5 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award · Academy Awards 1992
    George Lucas
    Won
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1978
    George Lucas
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1978
    George Lucas
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1974
    George Lucas
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1974
    George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck
    Nominated

Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.

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