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J. Lee Thompson Movies Ranked: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
J. Lee Thompson directed 10 films in our catalog, from 1958 to 1987. Top of the list is Cape Fear ('1962), at 7.7 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 6.5. Biggest split between audiences and critics: The White Buffalo, 6.2 on IMDb against 25 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Fear '1962 | Thriller / Drama / Crime | 7.7 | 89% | 76 | 7.4 | J. Lee Thompson |
| 2 | The Guns of Navarone '1961 | Drama / War | 7.5 | 92% | 72 | 7.3 | J. Lee Thompson |
| 3 | Ice Cold in Alex '1958 | War / Drama | 7.7 | - | - | 7.3 | J. Lee Thompson |
| 4 | What a Way to Go! '1964 | Comedy / Romance | 6.9 | 31% | - | 7.1 | J. Lee Thompson |
| 5 | Mackenna's Gold '1969 | Action / Western | 6.7 | 20% | 37 | 6.6 | J. Lee Thompson |
| 6 | The White Buffalo '1977 | Western / Action | 6.2 | 29% | 25 | 6.0 | J. Lee Thompson |
| 7 | Death Wish 4: The Crackdown '1987 | Crime / Action / Thriller / Drama | 5.4 | 22% | 46 | 5.7 | J. Lee Thompson |
| 8 | Conquest of the Planet of the Apes '1972 | Action / Sci-Fi | 6.1 | 52% | 49 | 6.2 | J. Lee Thompson |
| 9 | King Solomon's Mines '1985 | Action / Comedy | 5.2 | 8% | 29 | 5.4 | J. Lee Thompson |
| 10 | Battle for the Planet of the Apes '1973 | Action / Sci-Fi | 5.4 | 33% | 40 | 5.7 | J. Lee Thompson |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.