- Films
- 18
- Avg rating
- 5.88
- Peak run
- 1985’92
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes
Joe by the numbers
Average
5.88
15 rated films
Vote weighted
5.89
bigger films count more
Median
6.2
half are better
Consistency
±1.04
rating spread
Career
34y
1978 to 2011
Total votes
584K
across every film
Best
7.4
Music Box
Worst
4.4
Basic Instinct 2
Newest first
Filmography
| 2011 | Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven | · | 869 |
| 2006 |  Basic Instinct 2 | 4.4 | 44,128 |
| 2006 | Children of Glory | 6.9 | 4,739 |
| 1997 | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn | 3.5 | 3,896 |
| 1997 | Telling Lies in America | 6.2 | 2,615 |
| 1995 |  Jade | 5.4 | 15,792 |
| 1995 |  Showgirls | 5.2 | 83,465 |
| 1993 |  Nowhere to Run | 5.7 | 28,392 |
| 1993 |  Sliver | 5.1 | 38,211 |
| 1992 |  Basic Instinct | 7.1 | 248K |
| 1989 | Music Box | 7.4 | 9,879 |
| 1988 | Betrayed | 6.4 | 7,991 |
| 1988 | Checking Out | · | 559 |
| 1987 | Big Shots | 5.8 | 1,003 |
| 1987 | Hearts of Fire | · | 598 |
| 1985 |  Jagged Edge | 6.5 | 18,912 |
| 1983 |  Flashdance | 6.2 | 65,293 |
| 1978 | F.I.S.T. | 6.4 | 9,497 |
Better together?
Joe Eszterhas's regulars
- Costa-GavrasWriter · 2 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.44
- Richard MarquandWriter · 2 films · 6.50 avg▲+0.10
- Paul VerhoevenWriter · 2 films · 6.15 avg▼−0.20
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Joe Eszterhas
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