- Films
- 14
- Avg rating
- 7.09
- Peak run
- 1923’25
- 7+ run
- 7 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
Sam by the numbers
Average
7.09
10 rated films
Vote weighted
7.13
bigger films count more
Median
7.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.77
rating spread
Career
22y
1923 to 1944
Total votes
50.9K
across every film
Best
8.1
Safety Last!
Worst
5.4
Coquette
Newest first
Filmography
| 1944 | Nothing But Trouble | 6.3 | 1,411 |
| 1934 | The Cat's-Paw | 6.7 | 1,484 |
| 1931 | Kiki | · | 368 |
| 1929 | The Taming of the Shrew | · | 714 |
| 1929 | Coquette | 5.4 | 2,541 |
| 1928 | Tempest | · | 609 |
| 1927 | My Best Girl | 7.4 | 1,033 |
| 1926 | Exit Smiling | · | 566 |
| 1926 | For Heaven's Sake | 7.5 | 2,210 |
| 1925 |  The Freshman | 7.5 | 6,713 |
| 1924 | Hot Water | 7.1 | 1,761 |
| 1924 |  Girl Shy | 7.6 | 4,004 |
| 1923 | Why Worry? | 7.3 | 2,298 |
| 1923 |  Safety Last! | 8.1 | 25,220 |
Better together?
Sam Taylor's regulars
- Fred C. NewmeyerWriter · 8 films · 7.31 avg●+0.04
- Tim WhelanWriter · 7 films · 7.50 avg▲+0.25
- Harold LloydDirector and actor · 7 films · 7.40 avg▲+0.26
- Walter LundinCinematographer · 7 films · 7.40 avg
- Don HuletteComposer · 5 films · 7.60 avg
- Robert IsraelComposer · 5 films · 7.40 avg
- Jobyna RalstonDirector and actor · 5 films · 7.40 avg▲+0.18
- Ted WildeWriter · 4 films · 7.48 avg▲+0.18
- John GreyWriter · 4 films · 6.88 avg▼−0.20
- Mary PickfordDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.40 avg▼−0.51
- Karl StrussCinematographer · 3 films · 5.40 avg
- Joseph CawthornDirector and actor · 2 films
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: Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor movies · Sam Taylor and Tim Whelan movies · Sam Taylor and Harold Lloyd movies · Sam Taylor and Walter Lundin movies
Takes
On Sam Taylor
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