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Alejandro Jodorowsky

Chilean-French filmmaker and comics writer

1.28body-of-work score · ranked #729 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

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

Born
February 17, 1929 · Tocopilla
Nationality
Chile, France
Work
writer, film director, playwright, screenwriter
Movement
surrealism, avant-garde
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Alejandro Jodorowsky
Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0

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
    Santa Sangre

    1989 · Mexico · horror, drama

    Ebert's annual top 10 1990 #6 · Empire 500 (2008) #476 · Roger Ebert's Great Movies

    0.594 citations
  2. 2
    The Dance of RealityLa danza de la realidad

    2013 · Chile / France · musical, biography, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2014 #7

    0.331 citation
  3. 3
    El Topo

    1970 · Mexico · western, drama

    Roger Ebert's Great Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.242 citations
  4. 4
    The Holy Mountain

    1973 · Mexico · drama, fantasy

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 10 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.