Werner Herzog

Director

Werner Herzog has a .222 batting average: 8 of 36 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.222
Hits
8 of 36 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 21% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1968–2026

Films, ranked by rating

  1. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) — 98/100 · hit
  2. Lessons of Darkness (1992) — 88/100 · TV film, not counted
  3. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) — 84/100 · hit
  4. Stroszek (1977) — 83/100 · hit
  5. Grizzly Man (2005) — 82/100 · hit
  6. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) — 81/100 · hit
  7. Land of Silence and Darkness (1971) — 81/100 · hit
  8. Encounters at the End of the World (2008) — 80/100 · hit
  9. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) — 80/100 · hit
  10. Even Dwarfs Started Small (1971) — 79/100
  11. Ghost Elephants (2026) — 79/100
  12. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) — 78/100
  13. The White Diamond (2004) — 78/100
  14. Signs of Life (1968) — 78/100
  15. Fitzcarraldo (1982) — 77/100
  16. Heart of Glass (1976) — 77/100
  17. Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010) — 77/100
  18. Rescue Dawn (2007) — 76/100
  19. Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002) — 76/100
  20. Into the Abyss (2011) — 76/100
  21. Into the Inferno (2016) — 76/100
  22. My Best Fiend (1999) — 75/100
  23. Woyzeck (1979) — 75/100
  24. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974) — 74/100
  25. La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe (1977) — 74/100 · short, not counted
  26. Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016) — 74/100
  27. Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020) — 74/100
  28. Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) — 73/100
  29. Meeting Gorbachev (2019) — 73/100
  30. Cobra Verde (1987) — 69/100
  31. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) — 69/100
  32. Family Romance, LLC (2019) — 67/100
  33. Fata Morgana (1972) — 66/100
  34. The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) — 63/100
  35. Invincible (2001) — 60/100
  36. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010) — 59/100
  37. Queen of the Desert (2015) — 46/100
  38. Salt and Fire (2016) — 43/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) — 98/100 · hit
  2. Lessons of Darkness (1992) — 88/100 · TV film, not counted
  3. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) — 84/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. Salt and Fire (2016) — 43/100
  2. Queen of the Desert (2015) — 46/100
  3. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010) — 59/100

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How these numbers work: Methodology