Writing · 1902 to 1968

John Steinbeck

Best rated: The Grapes of Wrath (8.1)

Films: 16
Avg rating: 7.07
Peak run: 1939’47
7+ run: 2 films

Films: 16
Avg rating: 7.07
Peak run: 1939’47
7+ run: 2 films

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The career

John Steinbeck, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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193916 films2016

Current formLast 5: 6.86 vs career 7.07 (−0.21)

As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

John by the numbers

Average

7.07

12 rated films

Vote weighted

7.16

bigger films count more

Median

7.3

half are better

Consistency

±0.72

rating spread

Career

78y

1939 to 2016

Total votes

284K

across every film

Best

8.1

The Grapes of Wrath

Worst

7.2

Viva Zapata!

Newest first

Filmography

Writing filmography

2016	In Dubious Battle	6.0	4,805
2004	The Pearl	·	284
1992	Of Mice and Men	7.4	51,946
1987	Ondu Muthina Kathe	·	279
1982	Cannery Row	6.6	4,405
1957	The Wayward Bus	6.5	1,356
1955	East of Eden	7.8	51,430
1952	Viva Zapata!	7.2	13,614
1949	The Red Pony	6.3	1,341
1947	The Pearl	7.4	1,265
1945	A Medal for Benny	·	258
1944	Lifeboat	7.6	34,261
1943	The Moon Is Down	·	679
1942	Tortilla Flat	6.2	2,218
1940	The Grapes of Wrath	8.1	108K
1939	Of Mice and Men	7.8	7,662

Better together?

John Steinbeck's regulars

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Takes

On John Steinbeck

3 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1953
John Steinbeck
Nominated
Best Original Story · Academy Awards 1946
John Steinbeck, Jack Wagner
Nominated
Best Original Story · Academy Awards 1945
John Steinbeck
Nominated

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