- Films
- 17
- Avg rating
- 5.39
- Peak run
- 1991’95
Every film, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Melvin by the numbers
Average
5.39
11 rated films
Vote weighted
5.32
bigger films count more
Median
5.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.69
rating spread
Career
49y
1970 to 2018
Total votes
2.85K
across every film
Best
5.7
Boomerang
Worst
4.1
Jaws: The Revenge
Newest first
Filmography
| 2021 | Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking | Self | · | 4 |
| 2018 | Armed | Grandpa V. | · | 23 |
| 2013 |  Peeples | Grandpa Peeples | 5.6 | 76 |
| 2011 | Redemption Road | Elmo | · | 11 |
| 2011 |  The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 | Self (voice) | 7.5 | 46 |
| 2009 | American Swing | Self | · | 19 |
| 2007 | Blackout | George | · | 10 |
| 2005 | How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) | · | · | 5 |
| 2003 |  The Hebrew Hammer | Sweetback | 5.5 | 67 |
| 1999 | Love Kills | Able | · | 4 |
| 1995 |  Fist of the North Star | Asher | 4.3 | 88 |
| 1995 |  Panther | Old Jail Bird | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1994 |  Terminal Velocity | Noble | 5.4 | 297 |
| 1993 |  Last Action Hero | Self | 6.5 | 3,136 |
| 1993 |  Posse | Papa Joe | 5.5 | 96 |
| 1992 |  Boomerang | Editor | 5.7 | 657 |
| 1991 | True Identity | Taxi Driver | 5.6 | 33 |
| 1989 | Identity Crisis | The Inspector | · | 8 |
| 1987 | O.C. and Stiggs | Wino Bob | · | 22 |
| 1987 |  Jaws: The Revenge | Mr. Witherspoon | 4.1 | 1,218 |
Better together?
Melvin Van Peebles's regulars
- Mario Van PeeblesDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.10 avg▼−0.54
- Robert MaxwellCinematographer · 2 films · 5.10 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: Melvin Van Peebles and Mario Van Peebles movies · Melvin Van Peebles and Robert Maxwell movies
Takes