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Director · Writer · Producer · 1896 to 1969

Leo McCarey

Best rated: Make Way for Tomorrow (8.1)

Films
18
Avg rating
6.96
Peak run
1935’39
Oscar wins
2 of 3
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Leo McCarey, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1935 to 1939, 7.40678193519401945195019551960Make Way for Tomorrow 8.1Going My Way 7.0Career avg 6.96

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Leo McCarey's career barcodecoolhot
193118 films1962
Current formLast 5: 6.76 vs career 6.96 (−0.20)
  1. WGoing My Way1944 · 7.00.0
  2. WThe Bells of St. Mary's1945 · 7.2+0.2
  3. LGood Sam1948 · 6.3−0.7
  4. WAn Affair to Remember1957 · 7.4+0.4
  5. LRally 'Round the Flag, Boys!1958 · 5.9−1.1
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Leo by the numbers

Average
6.96
14 rated films
Vote weighted
7.04
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.68
rating spread
Career
32y
1931 to 1962
Total votes
187K
across every film
Best
8.1
Make Way for Tomorrow
Worst
7.0
Going My Way
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
1962Satan Never Sleeps·987
1958Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!5.91,490
1957An Affair to Remember posterAn Affair to Remember7.436,118
1952My Son John·760
1948Good Sam6.31,225
1945The Bells of St. Mary's posterThe Bells of St. Mary's7.210,689
1944Going My Way posterGoing My Way7.015,004
1942Once Upon a Honeymoon6.43,596
1939Love Affair posterLove Affair7.37,373
1937The Awful Truth posterThe Awful Truth7.623,575
1937Make Way for Tomorrow posterMake Way for Tomorrow8.110,818
1936The Milky Way6.51,991
1935Ruggles of Red Gap7.54,945
1934Belle of the Nineties6.31,118
1934Six of a Kind·799
1933Duck Soup posterDuck Soup7.764,533
1932The Kid from Spain·666
1931Indiscreet6.21,630
Better together?

Leo McCarey'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: Leo McCarey and Robert Emmett Dolan movies · Leo McCarey and Cary Grant movies · Leo McCarey and George Barnes movies · Leo McCarey and Viña Delmar movies

Takes

On Leo McCarey

8 nominations, 3 wins

Awards record

  • Best Original Song · Academy Awards 1958
    Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Harold Adamson and Leo McCarey
    Nominated
  • Best Original Story · Academy Awards 1953
    Leo McCarey
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1946
    Leo McCarey
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1945
    Leo McCarey
    Won
  • Best Original Story · Academy Awards 1945
    Leo McCarey
    Won
  • Best Original Story · Academy Awards 1941
    Bella Spewack, Samuel Spewack, Leo McCarey
    Nominated
  • Best Original Story · Academy Awards 1940
    Mildred Cram, Leo McCarey
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1938
    Leo McCarey
    Won

Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.

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