Directing · Writing · 1929 to 1982
Elio Petri
Best rated: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (8.0)
- Films
- 11
- Avg rating
- 7.15
- Peak run
- 1968’76
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes
Elio by the numbers
Average
7.15
8 rated films
Vote weighted
7.17
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.53
rating spread
Career
19y
1961 to 1979
Total votes
38.4K
across every film
Best
8.0
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Worst
6.4
A Quiet Place in the Country
Newest first
Filmography
| 1979 | Good News | · | 296 |
| 1976 | Todo modo | 7.5 | 1,988 |
| 1973 | Property Is No Longer a Theft | 7.1 | 1,546 |
| 1971 | The Working Class Goes to Heaven | 7.6 | 4,921 |
| 1970 |  Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | 8.0 | 15,838 |
| 1968 | A Quiet Place in the Country | 6.4 | 2,534 |
| 1967 | We Still Kill the Old Way | 7.0 | 2,258 |
| 1965 | The 10th Victim | 6.6 | 5,859 |
| 1963 | The Teacher from Vigevano | · | 632 |
| 1962 | Days Are Numbered | · | 745 |
| 1961 | The Assassin | 7.0 | 1,803 |
Better together?
Elio Petri's regulars
- Ennio MorriconeComposer · 6 films · 7.32 avg
- Luigi KuveillerCinematographer · 6 films · 7.27 avg
- Gian Maria VolontèDirector and actor · 4 films · 7.53 avg▲+0.26
- Ugo PirroWriter · 4 films · 7.43 avg▲+0.29
- Tonino GuerraWriter · 4 films · 6.67 avg▼−0.47
- Marcello MastroianniDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.03 avg●−0.02
- Salvo RandoneDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.80 avg▼−0.25
- Mariangela MelatoDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.55 avg▲+0.48
- Orazio OrlandoDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.55 avg▲+0.20
- Leonardo SciasciaWriter · 2 films · 7.25 avg▲+0.09
- Mario ScacciaDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.05 avg▲+0.17
- Piero PiccioniComposer · 2 films · 6.80 avg
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Elio Petri
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1972Elio Petri, Ugo Pirro
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