Akira Kurosawa

Director

Akira Kurosawa has a .500 batting average: 15 of 30 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.500
Hits
15 of 30 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 5% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1943–1993

Films, ranked by rating

  1. Seven Samurai (1954) — 100/100 · hit
  2. Rashomon (1950) — 99/100 · hit
  3. Ikiru (1952) — 91/100 · hit
  4. Ran (1985) — 91/100 · hit
  5. High and Low (1963) — 91/100 · hit
  6. Throne of Blood (1957) — 90/100 · hit
  7. Yojimbo (1961) — 90/100 · hit
  8. Kagemusha (1980) — 90/100 · hit
  9. The Hidden Fortress (1958) — 89/100 · hit
  10. The Bad Sleep Well (1960) — 87/100 · hit
  11. Stray Dog (1949) — 86/100 · hit
  12. Sanjuro (1962) — 84/100 · hit
  13. Drunken Angel (1948) — 83/100 · hit
  14. Red Beard (1965) — 82/100 · hit
  15. No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) — 82/100 · hit
  16. Dersu Uzala (1975) — 78/100
  17. One Wonderful Sunday (1947) — 78/100
  18. Madadayo (1993) — 77/100
  19. Scandal (1950) — 77/100
  20. The Lower Depths (1957) — 76/100
  21. The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952) — 75/100
  22. Dreams (1990) — 73/100
  23. I Live in Fear (1955) — 73/100
  24. The Quiet Duel (1949) — 73/100
  25. Dodes'ka-den (1970) — 72/100
  26. Sanshiro Sugata (1943) — 72/100
  27. Rhapsody in August (1991) — 67/100
  28. The Idiot (1951) — 66/100
  29. Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945) — 60/100
  30. The Most Beautiful (1944) — 56/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Seven Samurai (1954) — 100/100 · hit
  2. Rashomon (1950) — 99/100 · hit
  3. Ikiru (1952) — 91/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. The Most Beautiful (1944) — 56/100
  2. Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945) — 60/100
  3. The Idiot (1951) — 66/100

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

How these numbers work: Methodology