Bille August

Director

Bille August has a .154 batting average: 2 of 13 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.154
Hits
2 of 13 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 31% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1987–2023

Films, ranked by rating

  1. Pelle the Conqueror (1987) — 83/100 · hit
  2. The Best Intentions (1992) — 81/100 · hit
  3. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100
  4. A Fortunate Man (2018) — 76/100
  5. Les Misérables (1998) — 72/100
  6. The Chinese Widow (2017) — 68/100
  7. Return to Sender (2004) — 64/100
  8. 55 Steps (2018) — 59/100
  9. Goodbye Bafana (2007) — 58/100
  10. Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997) — 58/100
  11. The House of the Spirits (1993) — 54/100
  12. Night Train to Lisbon (2013) — 54/100
  13. Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction (2023) — 51/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Pelle the Conqueror (1987) — 83/100 · hit
  2. The Best Intentions (1992) — 81/100 · hit
  3. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100

Lowest rated

  1. Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction (2023) — 51/100
  2. Night Train to Lisbon (2013) — 54/100
  3. The House of the Spirits (1993) — 54/100

How these numbers work: Methodology