- Films
- 24
- Avg rating
- 6.39
- Peak run
- 1951’59
- Oscar wins
- 1 of 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 writer, films with 25+ votes
George by the numbers
Average
6.39
11 rated films
Vote weighted
6.39
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.49
rating spread
Career
49y
1946 to 1994
Total votes
1.11K
across every film
Best
7.0
Angels in the Outfield
Worst
5.5
Penelope
Newest first
Filmography
| 1994 |  Angels in the Outfield | 6.1 | 508 |
| 1966 | Penelope | 5.5 | 25 |
| 1962 | The Horizontal Lieutenant | · | 5 |
| 1961 | The Honeymoon Machine | · | 23 |
| 1960 |  Where the Boys Are | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1959 |  The Gazebo | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1959 | Ask Any Girl | · | 14 |
| 1958 |  Party Girl | 6.8 | 70 |
| 1957 | Don't Go Near the Water | · | 17 |
| 1957 |  Designing Woman | 6.6 | 84 |
| 1953 | I Love Melvin | 6.2 | 27 |
| 1952 | Lovely to Look At | · | 11 |
| 1951 | It's a Big Country | · | 9 |
| 1951 | Texas Carnival | · | 8 |
| 1951 | Angels in the Outfield | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1951 | Excuse My Dust | · | 5 |
| 1950 | The Toast of New Orleans | · | 12 |
| 1950 |  Summer Stock | 6.7 | 59 |
| 1950 | Three Little Words | · | 17 |
| 1949 |  Take Me Out to the Ball Game | 6.6 | 54 |
Better together?
George Wells's regulars
- Richard ThorpeWriter · 4 films
- Charles WaltersWriter · 4 films · 6.70 avg▲+0.30
- Clarence BrownWriter · 2 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.48
- Don WeisWriter · 2 films · 6.20 avg▲+0.32
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: Richard Thorpe and George Wells movies · Charles Walters and George Wells movies · Clarence Brown and George Wells movies · Don Weis and George Wells movies
Takes
On George Wells
1 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1958George Wells