Abraham Polonsky

American politician (1910-1999)

0.67body-of-work score · ranked #1235 of 2640 directors · 2 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born: December 5, 1910 · New York City
Died: October 26, 1999 · Beverly Hills
Nationality: United States
Directing career: 3 directorial credits, 1948–1971 · first: Force of Evil (1948) · last: Romance of a Horsethief (1971)
Work: film director, screenwriter, lawyer, novelist
Reference: Wikipedia · Wikidata

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

1
Force of Evil
1948 · United States · crime, drama, film-noir
National Film Registry (inducted 1994) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.503 citations
2
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1969 · United States · western, drama
NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.171 citation

Complete filmography

All 3 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

1948Force of Evil
1969Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1971Romance of a Horsethief