Buster Keaton

Director

Buster Keaton has a .727 batting average: 8 of 11 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.727
Hits
8 of 11 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 2% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1917–1965

Films, ranked by rating

  1. The General (1926) — 97/100 · hit
  2. Sherlock Jr. (1924) — 92/100 · hit
  3. One Week (1920) — 88/100 · short, not counted
  4. Our Hospitality (1923) — 85/100 · hit
  5. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) — 85/100 · hit
  6. The Navigator (1924) — 84/100 · hit
  7. Seven Chances (1925) — 84/100 · hit
  8. Go West (1925) — 82/100 · hit
  9. Spite Marriage (1929) — 80/100 · hit
  10. Three Ages (1923) — 78/100
  11. College (1927) — 78/100
  12. The Scarecrow (1920) — 76/100 · short, not counted
  13. The Goat (1921) — 75/100 · short, not counted
  14. Battling Butler (1926) — 75/100
  15. Cops (1922) — 74/100 · short, not counted
  16. The High Sign (1921) — 74/100 · short, not counted
  17. Neighbors (1920) — 74/100 · short, not counted
  18. The Play House (1921) — 71/100 · short, not counted
  19. Hard Luck (1921) — 70/100 · short, not counted
  20. The Railrodder (1965) — 69/100 · short, not counted
  21. Convict 13 (1920) — 69/100 · short, not counted
  22. The Electric House (1922) — 69/100 · short, not counted
  23. The Boat (1921) — 68/100 · short, not counted
  24. The Love Nest (1923) — 68/100 · short, not counted
  25. The Blacksmith (1922) — 67/100 · short, not counted
  26. Day Dreams (1922) — 67/100 · short, not counted
  27. The Haunted House (1921) — 67/100 · short, not counted
  28. The Paleface (1922) — 65/100 · short, not counted
  29. My Wife's Relations (1922) — 64/100 · short, not counted
  30. The Balloonatic (1923) — 64/100 · short, not counted
  31. The Frozen North (1922) — 64/100 · short, not counted
  32. The Rough House (1917) — 56/100 · short, not counted

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. The General (1926) — 97/100 · hit
  2. Sherlock Jr. (1924) — 92/100 · hit
  3. One Week (1920) — 88/100 · short, not counted

Lowest rated

  1. The Rough House (1917) — 56/100 · short, not counted
  2. The Frozen North (1922) — 64/100 · short, not counted
  3. The Balloonatic (1923) — 64/100 · short, not counted

How these numbers work: Methodology