John Carpenter

Director

John Carpenter has a .158 batting average: 3 of 19 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.158
Hits
3 of 19 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 29% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1974–2011

Films, ranked by rating

  1. Halloween (1978) — 84/100 · hit
  2. The Thing (1982) — 80/100 · hit
  3. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) — 80/100 · hit
  4. Escape from New York (1981) — 75/100
  5. Someone's Watching Me! (1978) — 74/100 · TV film, not counted
  6. Cigarette Burns (2005) — 74/100 · TV film, not counted
  7. They Live (1988) — 72/100
  8. Starman (1984) — 72/100
  9. Big Trouble in Little China (1986) — 68/100
  10. Elvis (1979) — 68/100
  11. The Fog (1980) — 67/100
  12. Christine (1983) — 67/100
  13. In the Mouth of Madness (1995) — 65/100
  14. Dark Star (1974) — 64/100
  15. Prince of Darkness (1987) — 63/100
  16. Body Bags (1993) — 63/100 · TV film, not counted
  17. Escape from L.A. (1996) — 57/100
  18. Pro-Life (2006) — 56/100 · TV film, not counted
  19. Vampires (1998) — 54/100
  20. Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) — 51/100
  21. Village of the Damned (1995) — 49/100
  22. The Ward (2011) — 48/100
  23. Ghosts of Mars (2001) — 42/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Halloween (1978) — 84/100 · hit
  2. The Thing (1982) — 80/100 · hit
  3. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) — 80/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. Ghosts of Mars (2001) — 42/100
  2. The Ward (2011) — 48/100
  3. Village of the Damned (1995) — 49/100

Also on Movie Moneyball as writer, composer. Each page is a separate record.

How these numbers work: Methodology