- Films
- 19
- Avg rating
- 5.90
- Peak run
- 1978’81
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
Joe by the numbers
Average
5.90
13 rated films
Vote weighted
5.95
bigger films count more
Median
5.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.65
rating spread
Career
49y
1978 to 2026
Total votes
5.86K
across every film
Best
7.1
The Buddy Holly Story
Worst
5.0
Basket Case 3
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 | Ever After | · | 0 |
| 2025 | Dead Before They Wake | · | 4 |
| 2022 | Eating Miss Campbell | · | 10 |
| 2014 | Tom Holland's Twisted Tales | · | 14 |
| 1996 | Blondes Have More Guns | · | 10 |
| 1993 | South Beach | · | 11 |
| 1992 |  Basket Case 3 | 5.0 | 129 |
| 1990 |  Frankenhooker | 6.3 | 408 |
| 1990 |  Lisa | 5.6 | 53 |
| 1990 |  Basket Case 2 | 5.7 | 165 |
| 1988 |  Child's Play | 6.8 | 3,509 |
| 1988 |  Poltergeist III | 5.2 | 583 |
| 1987 |  Wanted: Dead or Alive | 6.0 | 150 |
| 1982 |  Vice Squad | 6.2 | 95 |
| 1981 |  Under the Rainbow | 5.1 | 44 |
| 1981 |  Dead & Buried | 6.4 | 344 |
| 1980 |  The Exterminator | 5.5 | 158 |
| 1980 |  Fatso | 5.8 | 40 |
| 1978 |  The Buddy Holly Story | 7.1 | 137 |
Better together?
Joe Renzetti's regulars
- Gary ShermanComposer · 5 films · 5.87 avg
- Frank HenenlotterComposer · 3 films · 5.68 avg
- Tom HollandComposer · 2 films · 6.78 avg
- Steve RashComposer · 2 films · 6.12 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: Gary Sherman and Joe Renzetti movies · Frank Henenlotter and Joe Renzetti movies · Tom Holland and Joe Renzetti movies · Steve Rash and Joe Renzetti movies
Takes
On Joe Renzetti
1 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Song Score or Adaptation Score · Academy Awards 1979Joe Renzetti