Billy Wilder

Director

Billy Wilder has a .375 batting average: 9 of 24 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.375
Hits
9 of 24 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 12% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1942–1981

Films, ranked by rating

  1. Some Like It Hot (1959) — 99/100 · hit
  2. Sunset Boulevard (1950) — 98/100 · hit
  3. Double Indemnity (1944) — 98/100 · hit
  4. The Apartment (1960) — 97/100 · hit
  5. The Lost Weekend (1945) — 90/100 · hit
  6. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) — 85/100 · hit
  7. Five Graves to Cairo (1943) — 83/100 · hit
  8. Stalag 17 (1953) — 82/100 · hit
  9. Ace in the Hole (1951) — 80/100 · hit
  10. One, Two, Three (1961) — 78/100
  11. Sabrina (1954) — 78/100
  12. The Major and the Minor (1942) — 78/100
  13. A Foreign Affair (1948) — 78/100
  14. The Seven Year Itch (1955) — 76/100
  15. The Fortune Cookie (1966) — 75/100
  16. The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) — 75/100
  17. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) — 74/100
  18. Avanti! (1972) — 74/100
  19. Love in the Afternoon (1957) — 73/100
  20. Irma la Douce (1963) — 72/100
  21. Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) — 69/100
  22. Fedora (1978) — 69/100
  23. The Front Page (1974) — 68/100
  24. Buddy Buddy (1981) — 63/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Some Like It Hot (1959) — 99/100 · hit
  2. Sunset Boulevard (1950) — 98/100 · hit
  3. Double Indemnity (1944) — 98/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. Buddy Buddy (1981) — 63/100
  2. The Front Page (1974) — 68/100
  3. Fedora (1978) — 69/100

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

How these numbers work: Methodology