Max Steiner

Composer

Max Steiner scored 46 rated films; 20 were hits (80/100 or higher), a .435 batting average.

Batting average
.435
Hits
20 of 46 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 5% of 306 composers, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1932–1956

Films, rated out of 100

  1. The Searchers (1956) — 96/100 · hit
  2. Helen of Troy (1956) — 62/100
  3. Room for One More (1952) — 71/100
  4. Distant Drums (1951) — 64/100
  5. The Flame and the Arrow (1950) — 80/100 · hit
  6. The Breaking Point (1950) — 84/100 · hit
  7. White Heat (1949) — 84/100 · hit
  8. The Fountainhead (1949) — 74/100
  9. Flamingo Road (1949) — 75/100
  10. Beyond the Forest (1949) — 65/100
  11. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) — 97/100 · hit
  12. Key Largo (1948) — 80/100 · hit
  13. Pursued (1947) — 81/100 · hit
  14. Life with Father (1947) — 74/100
  15. The Big Sleep (1946) — 83/100 · hit
  16. Cloak and Dagger (1946) — 71/100
  17. Mildred Pierce (1945) — 82/100 · hit
  18. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) — 81/100 · hit
  19. Passage to Marseille (1944) — 67/100
  20. Casablanca (1943) — 100/100 · hit
  21. In This Our Life (1942) — 71/100
  22. Sergeant York (1941) — 77/100
  23. They Died with Their Boots On (1941) — 71/100
  24. The Great Lie (1941) — 66/100
  25. Santa Fe Trail (1940) — 58/100
  26. The Letter (1940) — 84/100 · hit
  27. All This, and Heaven Too (1940) — 77/100
  28. Gone with the Wind (1939) — 97/100 · hit
  29. Dodge City (1939) — 82/100 · hit
  30. Dark Victory (1939) — 76/100
  31. Each Dawn I Die (1939) — 62/100
  32. The Old Maid (1939) — 73/100
  33. Jezebel (1938) — 79/100
  34. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) — 86/100 · hit
  35. The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) — 70/100
  36. A Star Is Born (1937) — 79/100
  37. The Life of Emile Zola (1937) — 82/100 · hit
  38. Kid Galahad (1937) — 83/100 · hit
  39. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) — 67/100
  40. Alice Adams (1935) — 76/100
  41. The Informer (1935) — 73/100
  42. The Lost Patrol (1934) — 80/100 · hit
  43. King Kong (1933) — 93/100 · hit
  44. Little Women (1933) — 78/100
  45. The Son of Kong (1933) — 51/100
  46. The Most Dangerous Game (1932) — 82/100 · hit

Films that qualify under the rating methodology, not a complete filmography.

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Casablanca (1943) — 100/100 · hit
  2. Gone with the Wind (1939) — 97/100 · hit
  3. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) — 97/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. The Son of Kong (1933) — 51/100
  2. Santa Fe Trail (1940) — 58/100
  3. Helen of Troy (1956) — 62/100

How these numbers work: Methodology