Elmer Bernstein

Composer

Elmer Bernstein scored 50 rated films; 6 were hits (80/100 or higher), a .120 batting average.

Batting average
.120
Hits
6 of 50 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 39% of 306 composers, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1955–2002

Films, rated out of 100

  1. Far from Heaven (2002) — 77/100
  2. Wild Wild West (1999) — 42/100
  3. Bringing Out the Dead (1999) — 70/100
  4. Twilight (1998) — 61/100
  5. The Rainmaker (1997) — 73/100
  6. Bulletproof (1996) — 42/100
  7. Canadian Bacon (1995) — 41/100
  8. The Age of Innocence (1993) — 78/100
  9. Cape Fear (1991) — 74/100
  10. Oscar (1991) — 51/100
  11. The Field (1990) — 60/100
  12. My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) — 85/100 · hit
  13. Funny Farm (1988) — 60/100
  14. ¡Three Amigos! (1986) — 58/100
  15. Legal Eagles (1986) — 56/100
  16. Spies Like Us (1985) — 49/100
  17. The Black Cauldron (1985) — 61/100
  18. Ghostbusters (1984) — 82/100 · hit
  19. Trading Places (1983) — 75/100
  20. An American Werewolf in London (1981) — 74/100
  21. Stripes (1981) — 71/100
  22. The Blues Brothers (1980) — 73/100
  23. Airplane! (1980) — 80/100 · hit
  24. Saturn 3 (1980) — 39/100
  25. Meatballs (1979) — 63/100
  26. Animal House (1978) — 77/100
  27. The Shootist (1976) — 76/100
  28. McQ (1974) — 55/100
  29. See No Evil (1971) — 65/100
  30. True Grit (1969) — 78/100
  31. The Gypsy Moths (1969) — 62/100
  32. The Scalphunters (1968) — 67/100
  33. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) — 75/100
  34. Hawaii (1966) — 66/100
  35. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) — 77/100
  36. The Hallelujah Trail (1965) — 51/100
  37. 7 Women (1965) — 62/100
  38. The World of Henry Orient (1964) — 74/100
  39. The Great Escape (1963) — 84/100 · hit
  40. Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) — 75/100
  41. Kings of the Sun (1963) — 61/100
  42. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) — 96/100 · hit
  43. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) — 79/100
  44. The Comancheros (1961) — 72/100
  45. The Magnificent Seven (1960) — 78/100
  46. Some Came Running (1958) — 72/100
  47. The Tin Star (1957) — 79/100
  48. Men in War (1957) — 76/100
  49. The Ten Commandments (1956) — 81/100 · hit
  50. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) — 72/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) — 96/100 · hit
  2. My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) — 85/100 · hit
  3. The Great Escape (1963) — 84/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. Saturn 3 (1980) — 39/100
  2. Canadian Bacon (1995) — 41/100
  3. Bulletproof (1996) — 42/100

How these numbers work: Methodology