Directing · Writing · age 53

Rian Johnson

Best rated: Knives Out (7.9)

Films: 7
Avg rating: 7.19
Peak run: 2012’25
7+ run: 3 films

Films: 7
Avg rating: 7.19
Peak run: 2012’25
7+ run: 3 films

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The career

Rian Johnson, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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20057 films2025

Current formLast 5: 7.30 vs career 7.19 (+0.11)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Rian by the numbers

Average

7.19

7 rated films

Vote weighted

7.20

bigger films count more

Median

7.1

half are better

Consistency

±0.40

rating spread

Career

21y

2005 to 2025

Total votes

3.22M

across every film

Best

7.9

Knives Out

Worst

6.7

The Brothers Bloom

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

2025	Wake Up Dead Man	7.3	262K
2022	Glass Onion	7.1	535K
2019	Knives Out	7.9	893K
2017	Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi	6.8	728K
2012	Looper	7.4	634K
2008	The Brothers Bloom	6.7	54,360
2005	Brick	7.1	115K

Better together?

Rian Johnson's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Rian Johnson

2 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2023
Written by Rian Johnson
Nominated
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2020
Written by Rian Johnson
Nominated

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