Werner Herzog

Writer

Werner Herzog has written 33 rated films; 7 were hits (80/100 or higher), a .212 batting average.

Batting average
.212
Hits
7 of 33 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 25% of 468 writers, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1968–2026

Films, rated out of 100

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

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

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

How these numbers work: Methodology