James Cameron
Peaked in the '90s
Best movie
8.6
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Worst movie
3.8
Piranha II: The Spawning (1982)
First 5 to latest 5
+0.3
6.9 → 7.2 on average
Average rating
7.3
8.3M votes in total
IMDb rating per movie
The best rated of the 14 movies James Cameron directed or wrote is Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), at 8.6 on IMDb, and the worst is Piranha II: The Spawning (1982), at 3.8. The first 5 average 6.9 and the latest 5 7.2, up by 0.3. Together they average 7.3, from 8.3M votes in total.
Movie by movie
| Movie | Role | Released | Votes | Rating | Change | Rating bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piranha II: The SpawningWorst | Director · Writer | 1982 | 11.2K | 3.8 | ||
| The Terminator | Director · Writer | 1984 | 1M | 8.1 | +4.3 | |
| Rambo: First Blood Part II | Writer | 1985 | 199K | 6.5 | −1.6 | |
| Aliens | Director · Writer | 1986 | 850.4K | 8.4 | +1.9 | |
| The Abyss | Director · Writer | 1989 | 211.3K | 7.5 | −0.9 | |
| Terminator 2: Judgment DayBest | Director · Writer | 1991 | 1.3M | 8.6 | +1.1 | |
| True Lies | Director · Writer | 1994 | 304.2K | 7.3 | −1.3 | |
| Strange Days | Writer | 1995 | 87K | 7.2 | −0.1 | |
| Titanic | Director · Writer | 1997 | 1.4M | 8.0 | +0.8 | |
| Avatar | Director · Writer | 2009 | 1.5M | 7.9 | −0.1 | |
| Alita: Battle Angel | Writer | 2019 | 328.1K | 7.3 | −0.6 | |
| Terminator: Dark Fate | Writer | 2019 | 215.6K | 6.2 | −1.1 | |
| Avatar: The Way of Water | Director · Writer | 2022 | 650K | 7.5 | +1.3 | |
| Avatar: Fire and Ash | Director · Writer | 2025 | 215.1K | 7.2 | −0.3 |
Movies with at least 10,000 votes on IMDb.
Worked with
Sigourney Weaver
The early years were better
First 5 7.8−0.9Latest 5 6.9
Zoe Saldaña
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
First 5 6.1+0.6Latest 5 6.7
Leonardo DiCaprio
Like a fine wine
First 5 6.4+1.2Latest 5 7.6
Ralph Fiennes
One for the ages
First 5 7.5−0.6Latest 5 6.9
David S. Goyer
Hit and miss
First 5 6.2+0.6Latest 5 6.8
Sylvester Stallone
Never topped Rocky
First 5 7.0−0.7Latest 5 6.3