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Composer · Actor · Producer · 1933 to 2024

Quincy Jones

Best rated: In the Heat of the Night (7.9)

Films
31
Avg rating
6.73
Peak run
1965’67
7+ run
3 films
CompareBacon number
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Quincy Jones, music career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1965 to 1967, 7.22345678197019801990200020102020In the Heat of the Night 7.9Get Rich or Die Tryin' 5.6Career avg 6.73

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

Quincy Jones's career barcodecoolhot
196431 films2024
Current formLast 5: 6.28 vs career 6.73 (−0.45)
  1. WThe New Centurions1972 · 7.0+0.3
  2. WThe Getaway1972 · 7.3+0.6
  3. WThe Color Purple1985 · 7.7+1.0
  4. LGet Rich or Die Tryin'2005 · 5.6−1.1
  5. LLola2024 · 3.8−2.9
As a composer, films with 1,000+ votes

Quincy by the numbers

Average
6.73
24 rated films
Vote weighted
6.80
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.87
rating spread
Career
61y
1964 to 2024
Total votes
495K
across every film
Best
7.9
In the Heat of the Night
Worst
5.6
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Newest first

Filmography

Music filmography
2024Lola3.81,395
2005Get Rich or Die Tryin' posterGet Rich or Die Tryin'5.654,990
1985The Color Purple posterThe Color Purple7.7106K
1972The Getaway posterThe Getaway7.337,962
1972The New Centurions7.03,892
1972The Hot Rock posterThe Hot Rock6.87,962
1971Brother John·941
1971$6.33,138
1971The Anderson Tapes posterThe Anderson Tapes6.410,223
1970They Call Me Mister Tibbs! posterThey Call Me Mister Tibbs!6.05,025
1970The Out of Towners posterThe Out of Towners7.110,220
1970The Last of the Mobile Hot Shots·472
1969Mackenna's Gold posterMackenna's Gold6.710,903
1969Cactus Flower posterCactus Flower7.213,595
1969John and Mary6.62,682
1969Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice posterBob & Carol & Ted & Alice6.88,359
1969The Lost Man·284
1969The Italian Job posterThe Italian Job7.255,078
1968The Hell with Heroes·339
1968The Split6.01,803
Better together?

Quincy Jones'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: Sidney Lumet and Quincy Jones movies · Alan Hicks and Quincy Jones movies · Richard Brooks and Quincy Jones movies · Peter Yates and Quincy Jones movies

Takes

On Quincy Jones

9 nominations, 2 wins

Awards record

  • Honorary Award · Academy Awards 2025
    Quincy Jones
    Won
  • Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award · Academy Awards 1995
    Quincy Jones
    Won
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1986
    Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Quincy Jones, Producers
    Nominated
  • Best Original Song · Academy Awards 1986
    Music by Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton; Lyric by Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton and Lionel Richie
    Nominated
  • Best Original Score · Academy Awards 1986
    Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andrae Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Randy Kerber
    Nominated
  • Best Song Score or Adaptation Score · Academy Awards 1979
    Quincy Jones
    Nominated
  • Best Original Song · Academy Awards 1969
    Music by Quincy Jones; Lyrics by Bob Russell
    Nominated
  • Best Original Score · Academy Awards 1968
    Quincy Jones
    Nominated
  • Best Original Song · Academy Awards 1968
    Music by Quincy Jones; Lyrics by Bob Russell
    Nominated

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

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