John Sturges

Director

John Sturges has a .150 batting average: 3 of 20 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.150
Hits
3 of 20 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 29% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1950–1976

Films, ranked by rating

  1. The Great Escape (1963) — 84/100 · hit
  2. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) — 84/100 · hit
  3. Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) — 80/100 · hit
  4. The Magnificent Seven (1960) — 78/100
  5. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) — 71/100
  6. Hour of the Gun (1967) — 71/100
  7. Mystery Street (1950) — 70/100
  8. The Eagle Has Landed (1976) — 67/100
  9. The Law and Jake Wade (1958) — 67/100
  10. Backlash (1956) — 66/100
  11. The Old Man and the Sea (1958) — 65/100
  12. Joe Kidd (1972) — 65/100
  13. Marooned (1969) — 65/100
  14. Escape from Fort Bravo (1953) — 65/100
  15. The Satan Bug (1965) — 59/100
  16. Ice Station Zebra (1968) — 58/100
  17. The Valdez Horses (1973) — 58/100
  18. McQ (1974) — 55/100
  19. The Hallelujah Trail (1965) — 51/100
  20. Never So Few (1959) — 50/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. The Great Escape (1963) — 84/100 · hit
  2. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) — 84/100 · hit
  3. Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) — 80/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. Never So Few (1959) — 50/100
  2. The Hallelujah Trail (1965) — 51/100
  3. McQ (1974) — 55/100

How these numbers work: Methodology