Jim Jarmusch

Director

Jim Jarmusch has a .125 batting average: 2 of 16 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.125
Hits
2 of 16 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 36% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1981–2025

Films, ranked by rating

  1. Stranger Than Paradise (1984) — 81/100 · hit
  2. Paterson (2016) — 80/100 · hit
  3. Down by Law (1986) — 78/100
  4. Mystery Train (1989) — 78/100
  5. Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002) — 76/100
  6. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) — 76/100
  7. Gimme Danger (2016) — 76/100
  8. Broken Flowers (2005) — 75/100
  9. Night on Earth (1991) — 75/100
  10. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) — 75/100
  11. Coffee and Cigarettes III (1997) — 74/100 · short, not counted
  12. Dead Man (1995) — 71/100
  13. Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) — 71/100
  14. Coffee and Cigarettes (1987) — 70/100 · short, not counted
  15. Coffee and Cigarettes II (1989) — 70/100 · short, not counted
  16. Coffee and Cigarettes (2004) — 67/100
  17. Permanent Vacation (1981) — 64/100
  18. The Dead Don't Die (2019) — 54/100
  19. The Limits of Control (2009) — 53/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Stranger Than Paradise (1984) — 81/100 · hit
  2. Paterson (2016) — 80/100 · hit
  3. Down by Law (1986) — 78/100

Lowest rated

  1. The Limits of Control (2009) — 53/100
  2. The Dead Don't Die (2019) — 54/100
  3. Permanent Vacation (1981) — 64/100

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How these numbers work: Methodology