Roman Polanski

Director

Roman Polanski has a .208 batting average: 5 of 24 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.208
Hits
5 of 24 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 23% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1958–2023

Films, ranked by rating

  1. Chinatown (1974) — 98/100 · hit
  2. The Pianist (2002) — 91/100 · hit
  3. Rosemary's Baby (1968) — 86/100 · hit
  4. Repulsion (1965) — 82/100 · hit
  5. Knife in the Water (1962) — 80/100 · hit
  6. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100
  7. The Tenant (1976) — 77/100
  8. Tess (1979) — 76/100
  9. Macbeth (1971) — 75/100
  10. Death and the Maiden (1994) — 74/100
  11. The Ghost Writer (2010) — 74/100
  12. Venus in Fur (2013) — 74/100
  13. Cul-de-sac (1966) — 73/100
  14. An Officer and a Spy (2019) — 70/100
  15. Frantic (1988) — 69/100
  16. Carnage (2011) — 69/100
  17. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) — 68/100
  18. Bitter Moon (1992) — 68/100
  19. Oliver Twist (2005) — 67/100
  20. Two Men and a Wardrobe (1958) — 65/100 · short, not counted
  21. The Ninth Gate (1999) — 57/100
  22. Based on a True Story (2017) — 53/100
  23. Pirates (1986) — 48/100
  24. What? (1972) — 39/100
  25. The Palace (2023) — 37/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Chinatown (1974) — 98/100 · hit
  2. The Pianist (2002) — 91/100 · hit
  3. Rosemary's Baby (1968) — 86/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. The Palace (2023) — 37/100
  2. What? (1972) — 39/100
  3. Pirates (1986) — 48/100

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

How these numbers work: Methodology