Miklós Rózsa

Composer

Miklós Rózsa scored 27 rated films; 10 were hits (80/100 or higher), a .370 batting average.

Batting average

.370

Hits

10 of 27 feature films rated 80/100 or higher

Percentile

top 10% of 306 composers, confidence-adjusted (how it works)

Career

1939–1979

Films, rated out of 100

1. Time After Time (1979) — 73/100
2. Last Embrace (1979) — 58/100
3. Fedora (1978) — 69/100
4. Providence (1977) — 72/100
5. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) — 74/100
6. El Cid (1961) — 76/100
7. King of Kings (1961) — 75/100
8. Ben-Hur (1959) — 95/100 · hit
9. A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) — 74/100
10. Lust for Life (1956) — 73/100
11. Moonfleet (1955) — 67/100
12. Julius Caesar (1953) — 81/100 · hit
13. Quo Vadis (1951) — 72/100
14. The Asphalt Jungle (1950) — 83/100 · hit
15. Adam's Rib (1949) — 80/100 · hit
16. Madame Bovary (1949) — 69/100
17. The Naked City (1948) — 76/100
18. Secret Beyond the Door (1947) — 65/100
19. Brute Force (1947) — 79/100
20. A Double Life (1947) — 75/100
21. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) — 84/100 · hit
22. Spellbound (1945) — 77/100
23. The Lost Weekend (1945) — 90/100 · hit
24. Double Indemnity (1944) — 98/100 · hit
25. Five Graves to Cairo (1943) — 83/100 · hit
26. The Thief of Bagdad (1940) — 84/100 · hit
27. The Spy in Black (1939) — 80/100 · hit

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

1. Double Indemnity (1944) — 98/100 · hit
2. Ben-Hur (1959) — 95/100 · hit
3. The Lost Weekend (1945) — 90/100 · hit

Lowest rated

1. Last Embrace (1979) — 58/100
2. Secret Beyond the Door (1947) — 65/100
3. Moonfleet (1955) — 67/100

How these numbers work: Methodology