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Orson Welles Movies Ranked: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
Orson Welles directed 13 films in our catalog, from 1934 to 1973. Top of the list is Citizen Kane ('1941), at 8.2 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.4. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Touch of Evil, 7.9 on IMDb against 99 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Citizen Kane '1941 | Mystery / Drama | 8.2 | 99% | 100 | 8.0 | Orson Welles |
| 2 | Touch of Evil '1958 | Crime / Thriller / Drama | 7.9 | 96% | 99 | 7.7 | Orson Welles |
| 3 | The Magnificent Ambersons '1942 | Drama / Romance | 7.6 | 89% | 93 | 7.3 | Orson Welles |
| 4 | The Trial '1962 | Crime / Drama / Mystery | 7.6 | 84% | - | 7.4 | Orson Welles |
| 5 | The Lady from Shanghai '1947 | Mystery / Crime / Thriller / Drama | 7.5 | 86% | - | 7.3 | Orson Welles |
| 6 | F for Fake '1973 | Documentary | 7.7 | 88% | 87 | 7.4 | Orson Welles |
| 7 | Othello '1951 | Drama | 7.5 | 87% | - | 7.4 | Orson Welles |
| 8 | Chimes at Midnight '1965 | Comedy / Drama / War | 7.6 | 96% | 94 | 7.2 | Orson Welles |
| 9 | Macbeth '1948 | Drama | 7.4 | 86% | - | 7.3 | Orson Welles |
| 10 | The Stranger '1946 | Thriller / Crime | 7.3 | 97% | 76 | 7.2 | Orson Welles |
| 11 | Mr. Arkadin '1955 | Mystery / Thriller | 7.1 | 72% | - | 6.8 | Orson Welles |
| 12 | The Immortal Story '1968 | Drama / Romance | 6.9 | - | - | 7.1 | Orson Welles |
| 13 | The Hearts of Age '1934 | Horror | 5.5 | - | - | 5.4 | Orson Welles |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.