John Williams
Composer99 moviesAvg 7.11961 – 2026
🏆61 films with Oscar nominations·21 winners
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99 movies · 1961–2026
Avg 7.18.0+ great7.0+ solidbelow 6.5
1960s
1970s
1971
OSCAR
Fiddler on the Roof
8.0
1972
The Cowboys
7.4
1972
OSCAR
The Poseidon Adventure
7.1
1972
NOM
Images
7.0
1973
The Long Goodbye
7.5
1973
NOM
The Paper Chase
7.2
1973
NOM
Tom Sawyer
6.4
1974
OSCAR
The Towering Inferno
7.0
1974
The Sugarland Express
6.7
1974
OSCAR
Earthquake
5.9
1975
OSCAR
Jaws
8.1
1975
The Eiger Sanction
6.4
1976
Family Plot
6.8
1976
Midway
6.8
1976
The Missouri Breaks
6.5
1977
OSCAR
Star Wars
8.6
1977
OSCAR
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7.6
1977
Black Sunday
6.8
1978
NOM
Superman
7.4
1978
The Fury
6.3
1978
Jaws 2
5.8
1979
Dracula
6.5
1979
NOM
1941
5.8
1980s
1980
OSCAR
The Empire Strikes Back
8.4
1980
Superman II
6.8
1981
OSCAR
Raiders of the Lost Ark
8.4
1982
OSCAR
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
7.9
1983
NOM
Return of the Jedi
7.9
1984
OSCAR
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
7.5
1984
NOM
The River
6.3
1986
SpaceCamp
5.8
1987
NOM
Empire of the Sun
7.7
1987
NOM
The Witches of Eastwick
6.6
1988
NOM
The Accidental Tourist
6.7
1989
OSCAR
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
8.2
1989
OSCAR
Born on the Fourth of July
7.2
1989
Always
6.4
1990s
1990
NOM
Home Alone
7.8
1990
Presumed Innocent
6.9
1990
Stanley & Iris
6.4
1991
OSCAR
JFK
8.0
1991
NOM
Hook
6.8
1992
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
6.9
1992
Far and Away
6.6
1993
OSCAR
Schindler's List
9.0
1993
OSCAR
Jurassic Park
8.2
1995
NOM
Nixon
7.0
1995
NOM
Sabrina
6.3
1996
NOM
Sleepers
7.5
1997
NOM
Amistad
7.3
1997
Rosewood
7.2
1997
Seven Years in Tibet
7.1
1997
NOM
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
6.6
1998
OSCAR
Saving Private Ryan
8.6
1998
Stepmom
6.8
1999
NOM
Angela's Ashes
7.3
1999
NOM
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
6.5
2000s
2000
NOM
The Patriot
7.2
2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
7.9
2001
NOM
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
7.2
2002
NOM
Catch Me If You Can
8.1
2002
NOM
Minority Report
7.6
2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
7.5
2002
NOM
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
6.6
2004
NOM
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
7.9
2004
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
7.8
2004
The Terminal
7.4
2005
NOM
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
7.7
2005
NOM
Munich
7.5
2005
OSCAR
Memoirs of a Geisha
7.3
2005
NOM
War of the Worlds
6.6
2006
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
7.5
2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
6.2
2010s
2011
NOM
The Adventures of Tintin
7.3
2011
NOM
War Horse
7.2
2011
LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace
6.6
2012
OSCAR
Lincoln
7.3
2013
NOM
The Book Thief
7.5
2015
NOM
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
7.2
2016
The BFG
6.3
2017
OSCAR
Dear Basketball
7.2
2017
NOM
The Post
7.2
2017
NOM
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
6.8
2019
Battle at Big Rock
6.8
2019
NOM
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
6.3
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