James L. Brooks

Director

James L. Brooks has a .143 batting average: 1 of 7 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.143
Hits
1 of 7 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 37% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1983–2025

Films, ranked by rating

  1. Terms of Endearment (1983) — 80/100 · hit
  2. Broadcast News (1987) — 79/100
  3. As Good as It Gets (1997) — 76/100
  4. I'll Do Anything (1994) — 59/100
  5. Spanglish (2004) — 58/100
  6. How Do You Know (2010) — 48/100
  7. Ella McCay (2025) — 44/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Terms of Endearment (1983) — 80/100 · hit
  2. Broadcast News (1987) — 79/100
  3. As Good as It Gets (1997) — 76/100

Lowest rated

  1. Ella McCay (2025) — 44/100
  2. How Do You Know (2010) — 48/100
  3. Spanglish (2004) — 58/100

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

How these numbers work: Methodology