Jean-Pierre Melville

Director

Jean-Pierre Melville has a .667 batting average: 8 of 12 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.667
Hits
8 of 12 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 3% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1949–1972

Films, ranked by rating

  1. Army of Shadows (1969) — 87/100 · hit
  2. Le Deuxième Souffle (1966) — 87/100 · hit
  3. The Silence of the Sea (1949) — 85/100 · hit
  4. Le Samouraï (1967) — 84/100 · hit
  5. Le Cercle Rouge (1970) — 84/100 · hit
  6. Le Doulos (1962) — 84/100 · hit
  7. Léon Morin, Priest (1961) — 82/100 · hit
  8. Bob le Flambeur (1956) — 80/100 · hit
  9. The Strange Ones (1950) — 74/100
  10. Un Flic (1972) — 72/100
  11. Two Men in Manhattan (1959) — 65/100
  12. Magnet of Doom (1963) — 64/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Army of Shadows (1969) — 87/100 · hit
  2. Le Deuxième Souffle (1966) — 87/100 · hit
  3. The Silence of the Sea (1949) — 85/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. Magnet of Doom (1963) — 64/100
  2. Two Men in Manhattan (1959) — 65/100
  3. Un Flic (1972) — 72/100

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How these numbers work: Methodology