Director · Writer · age 65
John Dower
Best rated: Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (7.2)
- Films
- 6
- Avg rating
- 6.85
- 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 director, films with 1,000+ votes
John by the numbers
Average
6.85
4 rated films
Vote weighted
6.83
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.35
rating spread
Career
23y
2003 to 2025
Total votes
20.3K
across every film
Best
7.2
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Worst
6.5
The Mystery of D.B. Cooper
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 | Flintoff | · | 511 |
| 2025 | The Balloonists | · | 54 |
| 2020 | The Mystery of D.B. Cooper | 6.5 | 2,398 |
| 2015 |  My Scientology Movie | 6.6 | 14,336 |
| 2006 | Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos | 7.2 | 1,602 |
| 2003 | Live Forever | 7.1 | 1,370 |
Better together?
John Dower'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: John Dower and Will Pugh movies
Takes
On John Dower
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