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Actor · Producer · age 79

Richard Dreyfuss

Best rated: Stand by Me (7.8)

Films
68
Avg rating
6.13
Peak run
1967’75
Oscar wins
1 of 2
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Every film, by TMDB rating

The career

Richard Dreyfuss, acting career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak era
Peak 1967 to 1975, 7.01345678197019801990200020102020Stand by Me 7.8Piranha 3D 5.4Career avg 6.13

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Richard Dreyfuss's career barcodecoolhot
196775 films2025
Current formLast 5: 5.46 vs career 6.13 (−0.67)
  1. LCrime Story2021 · 3.8−2.3
  2. LEvery Last One of Them2021 · 5.2−0.9
  3. LMurder at Yellowstone City2022 · 5.5−0.6
  4. WSweetwater2023 · 6.9+0.8
  5. LInto the Deep2025 · 5.9−0.2
As an actor, films with 25+ votes

Richard by the numbers

Average
6.13
58 rated films
Vote weighted
6.24
bigger films count more
Median
6.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.75
rating spread
Career
59y
1967 to 2025
Total votes
57.4K
across every film
Best
7.8
Stand by Me
Worst
5.4
Piranha 3D
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2025Waltzing with Brando posterWaltzing with BrandoSeymour Kraft·21
2025Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story posterJaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside StorySelf7.565
2025Into the Deep posterInto the DeepSeamus5.9162
2023Sweetwater posterSweetwaterMaurice Podoloff6.932
2022Save ChristmasSanta·0
2022Murder at Yellowstone City posterMurder at Yellowstone CityEdgar5.597
2021Every Last One of Them posterEvery Last One of ThemMurphy5.256
2021Crime Story posterCrime StoryBen Myers3.834
2020Audrey posterAudreySelf - Actor7.165
2019Astronaut posterAstronautAngus6.128
2019Daughter of the Wolf posterDaughter of the WolfFather5.5349
2019Polar posterPolarPorter6.42,616
2019The Last Laugh posterThe Last LaughBuddy Green5.4186
2018Asher posterAsherAvi5.8165
2018Bayou Caviar posterBayou CaviarYuri4.644
2018Book Club posterBook ClubGeorge6.2849
2015Zipper posterZipperGeorge Hiller5.5174
2013Very Good Girls posterVery Good GirlsDanny5.8467
2013Cas & Dylan posterCas & DylanDr. Cas Pepper6.325
2013Paranoia posterParanoiaFrank Cassidy5.7935
Better together?

Richard Dreyfuss'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: Steven Spielberg and Richard Dreyfuss movies · John Badham and Richard Dreyfuss movies · Paul Mazursky and Richard Dreyfuss movies · Christian Sesma and Richard Dreyfuss movies

Takes

On Richard Dreyfuss

2 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 1996
    Richard Dreyfuss
    Nominated
  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 1978
    Richard Dreyfuss
    Won

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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