John Huston

Director

John Huston has a .258 batting average: 8 of 31 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.258
Hits
8 of 31 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 18% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1941–1987

Films, ranked by rating

  1. The Maltese Falcon (1941) — 98/100 · hit
  2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) — 97/100 · hit
  3. The African Queen (1952) — 91/100 · hit
  4. The Man Who Would Be King (1975) — 84/100 · hit
  5. The Asphalt Jungle (1950) — 83/100 · hit
  6. Fat City (1972) — 81/100 · hit
  7. Key Largo (1948) — 80/100 · hit
  8. The Dead (1987) — 80/100 · hit
  9. The Misfits (1961) — 77/100
  10. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) — 76/100
  11. Moby Dick (1956) — 75/100
  12. The Red Badge of Courage (1951) — 75/100
  13. The Night of the Iguana (1964) — 74/100
  14. Wise Blood (1979) — 74/100
  15. Prizzi's Honor (1985) — 73/100
  16. Across the Pacific (1942) — 72/100
  17. Freud: The Secret Passion (1962) — 72/100
  18. In This Our Life (1942) — 71/100
  19. Moulin Rouge (1952) — 70/100
  20. Under the Volcano (1984) — 69/100
  21. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) — 67/100
  22. The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) — 66/100
  23. Escape to Victory (1981) — 66/100
  24. The Unforgiven (1960) — 65/100
  25. Beat the Devil (1953) — 65/100
  26. Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) — 64/100
  27. The Battle of San Pietro (1945) — 64/100 · short, not counted
  28. The Kremlin Letter (1970) — 61/100
  29. The MacKintosh Man (1973) — 60/100
  30. Annie (1982) — 57/100
  31. The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) — 54/100
  32. Casino Royale (1967) — 45/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. The Maltese Falcon (1941) — 98/100 · hit
  2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) — 97/100 · hit
  3. The African Queen (1952) — 91/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. Casino Royale (1967) — 45/100
  2. The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) — 54/100
  3. Annie (1982) — 57/100

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How these numbers work: Methodology