History of Movies.

Alexander Payne

3.41body-of-work score · ranked #292 of 1774 directors · 5 films in our library

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

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. 1Sideways20040.90
  2. 2The Descendants20110.90
  3. 3Nebraska20130.90
  4. 4The Holdovers20230.55
  5. 5Election19990.16