- Films
- 11
- Avg rating
- 7.61
- Peak run
- 1962’80
- 7+ run
- 4 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
Leigh by the numbers
Average
7.61
7 rated films
Vote weighted
7.69
bigger films count more
Median
7.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.64
rating spread
Career
81y
1945 to 2025
Total votes
1.81M
across every film
Best
8.7
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Worst
6.7
Rio Lobo
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 | Mynocks from Space: A Live Staged Reading of Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back | · | 34 |
| 1980 |  Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | 8.7 | 1.53M |
| 1973 |  The Long Goodbye | 7.5 | 45,277 |
| 1970 |  Rio Lobo | 6.7 | 15,484 |
| 1966 |  El Dorado | 7.5 | 34,002 |
| 1962 |  Hatari! | 7.1 | 16,024 |
| 1961 | Gold of the Seven Saints | · | 808 |
| 1959 |  Rio Bravo | 7.9 | 74,580 |
| 1946 | Crime Doctor's Man Hunt | · | 407 |
| 1946 |  The Big Sleep | 7.9 | 95,183 |
| 1945 | The Vampire's Ghost | · | 757 |
Better together?
Leigh Brackett'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: Howard Hawks and Leigh Brackett movies
Takes
On Leigh Brackett
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