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Arthur Penn

American producer and director (1922–2010)

8.14body-of-work score · ranked #119 of 2631 directors · 7 films in our library

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

Born
September 27, 1922 · Philadelphia
Died
September 28, 2010 · Manhattan
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, film producer, screenwriter, theatre director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Arthur Penn
Distributed by PBS · Public domain

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
    Bonnie and ClydeMust-See #67

    1967 · United States · drama, crime, biography

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1968 #1 · Ebert's annual top 10 1967 #1 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1967

    3.8212 citations
  2. 2
    Little Big Man

    1970 · United States · comedy, drama, western

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1971 #3 · National Film Registry (inducted 2014) · Siskel's annual top 10 1971 #4

    1.225 citations
  3. 3
    The Miracle Worker

    1962 · United States · biography, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1963 #2 · National Film Registry (inducted 2024) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    1.174 citations
  4. 4
    Night Moves

    1975 · United States · film-noir, mystery, thriller

    Ebert's annual top 10 1975 #2 · Sarris's annual top 10 1975 #6 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    1.076 citations
  5. 5
    Alice's Restaurant

    1969 · United States · drama, comedy, biography

    Siskel's annual top 10 1969 #3 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.422 citations
  6. 6
    The Train

    1964 · United States / Italy / France · thriller, drama, war

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.282 citations
  7. 7
    Visions of Eight

    1973 · Germany / United States · documentary

    Criterion Collection spine #1081

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 19 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.