Zhang Yimou

Director

Zhang Yimou has a .269 batting average: 7 of 26 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.269
Hits
7 of 26 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 18% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1988–2024

Films, ranked by rating

  1. Raise the Red Lantern (1991) — 87/100 · hit
  2. To Live (1994) — 84/100 · hit
  3. Ju Dou (1990) — 81/100 · hit
  4. Hero (2002) — 80/100 · hit
  5. House of Flying Daggers (2004) — 80/100 · hit
  6. The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) — 80/100 · hit
  7. Lumière & Company (1995) — 80/100 · hit
  8. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100
  9. Not One Less (1999) — 79/100
  10. One Second (2020) — 79/100
  11. Red Sorghum (1988) — 78/100
  12. Coming Home (2014) — 78/100
  13. The Road Home (1999) — 77/100
  14. Shanghai Triad (1995) — 77/100
  15. Shadow (2018) — 76/100
  16. Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010) — 75/100
  17. Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005) — 74/100
  18. Keep Cool (1997) — 74/100
  19. Cliff Walkers (2021) — 72/100
  20. Full River Red (2023) — 71/100
  21. Happy Times (2000) — 70/100
  22. Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) — 69/100
  23. Article 20 (2024) — 69/100
  24. The Flowers of War (2011) — 62/100
  25. The Great Wall (2016) — 51/100
  26. A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009) — 50/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Raise the Red Lantern (1991) — 87/100 · hit
  2. To Live (1994) — 84/100 · hit
  3. Ju Dou (1990) — 81/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009) — 50/100
  2. The Great Wall (2016) — 51/100
  3. The Flowers of War (2011) — 62/100

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How these numbers work: Methodology