Alan Rudolph

American film director and screenwriter

1.11body-of-work score · ranked #792 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

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

Born
December 18, 1943 · Los Angeles
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, screenwriter, actor, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
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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. 1

    1984 · United States / Canada · comedy, romance, drama

    Criterion Collection spine #1256 · Ebert's annual top 10 1984 #9 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.423 citations
  2. 2

    1985 · United States · film-noir, crime, drama

    Kehr's annual top 10 1986 #6 · Ebert's annual top 10 1986 #7

    0.342 citations
  3. 3

    2002 · United States · comedy, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2003 #40 · Sarris's annual top 10 2003 #8

    0.342 citations

Complete filmography

All 22 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1972Premonition
  • 1974Terror Circus
  • 1976Welcome to L.A.
  • 1978Remember My Name
  • 1980Roadie
  • 1982Endangered Species
  • 1983Return Engagement
  • 1984Choose Me
  • 1984Songwriter
  • 1985Trouble in Mind
  • 1987Made in Heaven
  • 1988The Moderns
  • 1990Love at Large
  • 1991Mortal Thoughts
  • 1992Equinox
  • 1994Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
  • 1997Afterglow
  • 1999Breakfast of Champions
  • 2000Trixie
  • 2001Investigating Sex
  • 2002The Secret Lives of Dentists
  • 2017Ray Meets Helen