Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Director

Joseph L. Mankiewicz has a .353 batting average: 6 of 17 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.353
Hits
6 of 17 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 13% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1946–1972

Films, ranked by rating

  1. All About Eve (1950) — 99/100 · hit
  2. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) — 86/100 · hit
  3. A Letter to Three Wives (1949) — 85/100 · hit
  4. 5 Fingers (1952) — 85/100 · hit
  5. Sleuth (1972) — 82/100 · hit
  6. Julius Caesar (1953) — 81/100 · hit
  7. People Will Talk (1951) — 79/100
  8. Somewhere in the Night (1946) — 77/100
  9. No Way Out (1950) — 77/100
  10. Guys and Dolls (1955) — 75/100
  11. The Barefoot Contessa (1954) — 75/100
  12. There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) — 72/100
  13. House of Strangers (1949) — 71/100
  14. Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) — 69/100
  15. Dragonwyck (1946) — 67/100
  16. Cleopatra (1963) — 65/100
  17. The Honey Pot (1967) — 62/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. All About Eve (1950) — 99/100 · hit
  2. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) — 86/100 · hit
  3. A Letter to Three Wives (1949) — 85/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. The Honey Pot (1967) — 62/100
  2. Cleopatra (1963) — 65/100
  3. Dragonwyck (1946) — 67/100

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How these numbers work: Methodology