Billy Wilder

Writer

Billy Wilder has written 27 rated films; 11 were hits (80/100 or higher), a .407 batting average.

Batting average
.407
Hits
11 of 27 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 11% of 468 writers, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1938–1981

Films, rated out of 100

  1. Buddy Buddy (1981) — 63/100
  2. Fedora (1978) — 69/100
  3. The Front Page (1974) — 68/100
  4. Avanti! (1972) — 74/100
  5. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) — 74/100
  6. The Fortune Cookie (1966) — 75/100
  7. Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) — 69/100
  8. Irma la Douce (1963) — 72/100
  9. One, Two, Three (1961) — 78/100
  10. The Apartment (1960) — 97/100 · hit
  11. Some Like It Hot (1959) — 99/100 · hit
  12. Love in the Afternoon (1957) — 73/100
  13. The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) — 75/100
  14. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) — 85/100 · hit
  15. The Seven Year Itch (1955) — 76/100
  16. Sabrina (1954) — 78/100
  17. Stalag 17 (1953) — 82/100 · hit
  18. Ace in the Hole (1951) — 80/100 · hit
  19. Sunset Boulevard (1950) — 98/100 · hit
  20. A Foreign Affair (1948) — 78/100
  21. The Lost Weekend (1945) — 90/100 · hit
  22. Double Indemnity (1944) — 98/100 · hit
  23. Five Graves to Cairo (1943) — 83/100 · hit
  24. The Major and the Minor (1942) — 78/100
  25. Ball of Fire (1941) — 81/100 · hit
  26. Ninotchka (1939) — 84/100 · hit
  27. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) — 63/100

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

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Some Like It Hot (1959) — 99/100 · hit
  2. Sunset Boulevard (1950) — 98/100 · hit
  3. Double Indemnity (1944) — 98/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. Buddy Buddy (1981) — 63/100
  2. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) — 63/100
  3. The Front Page (1974) — 68/100

Also on Movie Moneyball as director. Each page is a separate record.

How these numbers work: Methodology