- Films
- 29
- Avg rating
- 7.19
- Peak run
- 1944’48
- 7+ run
- 10 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
Michael by the numbers
Average
7.19
20 rated films
Vote weighted
7.24
bigger films count more
Median
7.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.53
rating spread
Career
39y
1934 to 1972
Total votes
250K
across every film
Best
8.1
The Red Shoes
Worst
6.6
Pursuit of the Graf Spee
Newest first
Filmography
| 1972 | The Boy Who Turned Yellow | · | 353 |
| 1969 | Age of Consent | 6.3 | 4,239 |
| 1966 | They're a Weird Mob | 6.4 | 1,300 |
| 1960 |  Peeping Tom | 7.6 | 44,477 |
| 1957 | Night Ambush | 6.5 | 2,247 |
| 1956 | Pursuit of the Graf Spee | 6.6 | 5,550 |
| 1955 | Oh... Rosalinda!! | · | 538 |
| 1951 | The Tales of Hoffmann | 7.1 | 4,670 |
| 1950 | The Wild Heart | 6.9 | 1,741 |
| 1949 | The Small Back Room | 7.1 | 3,785 |
| 1949 | The Fighting Pimpernel | · | 684 |
| 1948 |  The Red Shoes | 8.1 | 44,382 |
| 1947 |  Black Narcissus | 7.7 | 31,951 |
| 1946 |  A Matter of Life and Death | 8.0 | 28,348 |
| 1945 |  I Know Where I'm Going! | 7.4 | 11,582 |
| 1944 | A Canterbury Tale | 7.3 | 7,377 |
| 1943 |  The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | 8.0 | 18,532 |
| 1942 | One of Our Aircraft Is Missing | 7.0 | 3,055 |
| 1941 | The 49th Parallel | 7.3 | 8,629 |
| 1940 | Blackout | 6.9 | 1,546 |
Better together?
Michael Powell's regulars
- Emeric PressburgerWriter · 19 films · 7.20 avg▲+0.06
- Emeric PressburgerWriter · 14 films · 7.31 avg●+0.03
- Christopher ChallisCinematographer · 8 films · 6.84 avg
- Brian EasdaleComposer · 7 films · 7.33 avg
- Allan GrayComposer · 4 films · 7.68 avg
- Cyril CusackDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.83 avg▼−0.29
- Ian HunterDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.60 avg▼−0.31
- Anton WalbrookDirector and actor · 3 films · 8.05 avg▲+0.78
- Jack CardiffCinematographer · 3 films · 7.93 avg
- Moira ShearerDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.60 avg▲+0.31
- David FarrarDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.23 avg▲+0.34
- Eric PortmanDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.20 avg▲+0.17
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Michael Powell
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1943Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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