Sam Peckinpah

Director

Sam Peckinpah has a .214 batting average: 3 of 14 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.214
Hits
3 of 14 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 24% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1961–1983

Films, ranked by rating

  1. The Wild Bunch (1969) — 96/100 · hit
  2. The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) — 80/100 · hit
  3. Ride the High Country (1962) — 80/100 · hit
  4. Straw Dogs (1971) — 75/100
  5. Junior Bonner (1972) — 75/100
  6. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) — 75/100
  7. Major Dundee (1965) — 72/100
  8. The Getaway (1972) — 71/100
  9. Cross of Iron (1977) — 71/100
  10. The Deadly Companions (1961) — 68/100
  11. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) — 66/100
  12. Convoy (1978) — 59/100
  13. The Killer Elite (1975) — 58/100
  14. The Osterman Weekend (1983) — 52/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. The Wild Bunch (1969) — 96/100 · hit
  2. The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) — 80/100 · hit
  3. Ride the High Country (1962) — 80/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. The Osterman Weekend (1983) — 52/100
  2. The Killer Elite (1975) — 58/100
  3. Convoy (1978) — 59/100

How these numbers work: Methodology