Charlie Chaplin

Director

Charlie Chaplin has a .667 batting average: 8 of 12 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.667
Hits
8 of 12 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 3% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1914–1967

Films, ranked by rating

  1. City Lights (1931) — 99/100 · hit
  2. The Gold Rush (1925) — 95/100 · hit
  3. Modern Times (1936) — 89/100 · hit
  4. The Kid (1921) — 89/100 · hit
  5. The Great Dictator (1940) — 87/100 · hit
  6. The Circus (1928) — 85/100 · hit
  7. Monsieur Verdoux (1947) — 85/100 · hit
  8. Limelight (1952) — 82/100 · hit
  9. The Idle Class (1921) — 82/100 · short, not counted
  10. A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) — 75/100
  11. A Dog's Life (1918) — 75/100 · short, not counted
  12. The Immigrant (1917) — 74/100 · short, not counted
  13. A King in New York (1957) — 73/100
  14. Easy Street (1917) — 73/100 · short, not counted
  15. Pay Day (1922) — 72/100 · short, not counted
  16. The Adventurer (1917) — 71/100 · short, not counted
  17. Shoulder Arms (1918) — 71/100 · short, not counted
  18. The Pilgrim (1923) — 71/100
  19. The Cure (1917) — 70/100 · short, not counted
  20. The Pawnshop (1916) — 69/100 · short, not counted
  21. One A.M. (1916) — 69/100 · short, not counted
  22. The Rink (1916) — 68/100 · short, not counted
  23. The Vagabond (1916) — 68/100 · short, not counted
  24. The Tramp (1915) — 67/100 · short, not counted
  25. Behind the Screen (1916) — 67/100 · short, not counted
  26. The Champion (1915) — 66/100 · short, not counted
  27. Sunnyside (1919) — 66/100 · short, not counted
  28. The Bank (1915) — 65/100 · short, not counted
  29. The Floorwalker (1916) — 65/100 · short, not counted
  30. A Day's Pleasure (1919) — 65/100 · short, not counted
  31. The Count (1916) — 64/100 · short, not counted
  32. Police (1916) — 64/100 · short, not counted
  33. The Fireman (1916) — 64/100 · short, not counted
  34. A Woman (1915) — 63/100 · short, not counted
  35. A Night in the Show (1915) — 63/100 · short, not counted
  36. The New Janitor (1914) — 62/100 · short, not counted
  37. The Rounders (1914) — 62/100 · short, not counted
  38. His Trysting Places (1914) — 62/100 · short, not counted
  39. Work (1915) — 61/100 · short, not counted
  40. Shanghaied (1915) — 61/100 · short, not counted
  41. Dough and Dynamite (1914) — 60/100 · short, not counted
  42. His Musical Career (1914) — 60/100 · short, not counted
  43. A Jitney Elopement (1915) — 59/100 · short, not counted
  44. His New Profession (1914) — 59/100 · short, not counted
  45. His New Job (1915) — 59/100 · short, not counted
  46. A Night Out (1915) — 59/100 · short, not counted
  47. A Burlesque on Carmen (1915) — 59/100 · short, not counted
  48. The Masquerader (1914) — 58/100 · short, not counted
  49. Twenty Minutes of Love (1914) — 57/100 · short, not counted
  50. Caught in the Rain (1914) — 57/100 · short, not counted
  51. Gentlemen of Nerve (1914) — 57/100 · short, not counted
  52. Laughing Gas (1914) — 56/100 · short, not counted
  53. By the Sea (1915) — 56/100 · short, not counted
  54. Those Love Pangs (1914) — 55/100 · short, not counted
  55. Getting Acquainted (1914) — 55/100 · short, not counted
  56. His Prehistoric Past (1914) — 55/100 · short, not counted
  57. In the Park (1915) — 55/100 · short, not counted
  58. A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) — 54/100
  59. The Face on the Barroom Floor (1914) — 53/100 · short, not counted
  60. The Bond (1918) — 53/100 · short, not counted
  61. Recreation (1914) — 51/100 · short, not counted

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. City Lights (1931) — 99/100 · hit
  2. The Gold Rush (1925) — 95/100 · hit
  3. Modern Times (1936) — 89/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. Recreation (1914) — 51/100 · short, not counted
  2. The Bond (1918) — 53/100 · short, not counted
  3. The Face on the Barroom Floor (1914) — 53/100 · short, not counted

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How these numbers work: Methodology