Aki Kaurismäki

Director

Aki Kaurismäki has a .250 batting average: 5 of 20 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.250
Hits
5 of 20 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 20% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1983–2023

Films, ranked by rating

  1. Drifting Clouds (1996) — 86/100 · hit
  2. The Match Factory Girl (1990) — 85/100 · hit
  3. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) — 82/100 · hit
  4. The Man Without a Past (2002) — 81/100 · hit
  5. Fallen Leaves (2023) — 80/100 · hit
  6. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100
  7. Le Havre (2011) — 79/100
  8. The Other Side of Hope (2017) — 77/100
  9. Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002) — 76/100
  10. Ariel (1988) — 73/100
  11. Shadows in Paradise (1986) — 73/100
  12. La Vie de Bohème (1992) — 73/100
  13. I Hired a Contract Killer (1990) — 70/100
  14. Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana (1994) — 70/100
  15. Calamari Union (1985) — 70/100
  16. Crime and Punishment (1983) — 70/100
  17. Hamlet Goes Business (1987) — 68/100
  18. Lights in the Dusk (2006) — 66/100
  19. Rocky VI (1986) — 59/100 · short, not counted
  20. Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994) — 58/100
  21. Juha (1999) — 56/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Drifting Clouds (1996) — 86/100 · hit
  2. The Match Factory Girl (1990) — 85/100 · hit
  3. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) — 82/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. Juha (1999) — 56/100
  2. Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994) — 58/100
  3. Rocky VI (1986) — 59/100 · short, not counted

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

How these numbers work: Methodology