Ernst Lubitsch

Director

Ernst Lubitsch has a .444 batting average: 8 of 18 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.444
Hits
8 of 18 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 8% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1918–1946

Films, ranked by rating

  1. The Shop Around the Corner (1940) — 87/100 · hit
  2. To Be or Not to Be (1942) — 84/100 · hit
  3. Ninotchka (1939) — 84/100 · hit
  4. Trouble in Paradise (1932) — 82/100 · hit
  5. Angel (1937) — 82/100 · hit
  6. The Love Parade (1929) — 81/100 · hit
  7. Cluny Brown (1946) — 81/100 · hit
  8. If I Had a Million (1932) — 80/100 · hit
  9. Heaven Can Wait (1943) — 78/100
  10. The Merry Widow (1934) — 78/100
  11. The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) — 77/100
  12. One Hour with You (1932) — 75/100
  13. The Doll (1919) — 74/100
  14. Design for Living (1933) — 74/100
  15. The Oyster Princess (1919) — 70/100
  16. I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918) — 66/100
  17. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) — 63/100
  18. That Uncertain Feeling (1941) — 62/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. The Shop Around the Corner (1940) — 87/100 · hit
  2. To Be or Not to Be (1942) — 84/100 · hit
  3. Ninotchka (1939) — 84/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. That Uncertain Feeling (1941) — 62/100
  2. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) — 63/100
  3. I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918) — 66/100

How these numbers work: Methodology