Orson Welles

Director

Orson Welles has a .462 batting average: 6 of 13 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.462
Hits
6 of 13 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 8% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1941–2018

Films, ranked by rating

  1. Citizen Kane (1941) — 100/100 · hit
  2. Touch of Evil (1958) — 91/100 · hit
  3. Chimes at Midnight (1965) — 82/100 · hit
  4. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) — 81/100 · hit
  5. F for Fake (1973) — 80/100 · hit
  6. Othello (1951) — 80/100 · hit
  7. The Trial (1962) — 79/100
  8. The Lady from Shanghai (1947) — 79/100
  9. Macbeth (1948) — 79/100
  10. The Stranger (1946) — 78/100
  11. The Other Side of the Wind (2018) — 73/100
  12. The Immortal Story (1968) — 71/100
  13. Mr. Arkadin (1955) — 70/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Citizen Kane (1941) — 100/100 · hit
  2. Touch of Evil (1958) — 91/100 · hit
  3. Chimes at Midnight (1965) — 82/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. Mr. Arkadin (1955) — 70/100
  2. The Immortal Story (1968) — 71/100
  3. The Other Side of the Wind (2018) — 73/100

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How these numbers work: Methodology