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Benny Safdie

American filmmaker

2.69body-of-work score · ranked #405 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

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

Born
February 24, 1986 · New York City
Nationality
United States
Work
film actor, screenwriter, film director, actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Benny Safdie
Harald Krichel · CC BY-SA 4.0

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
    Good Time

    2017 · United States · crime, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2017 #1 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2017 #7

    1.332 citations
  2. 2
    Uncut Gems

    2019 · United States / Sweden / United Kingdom · crime, comedy, drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2020 #3 · Film Comment year-end poll 2019 #10 · Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #75

    1.194 citations
  3. 3
    Daddy Longlegs

    2009 · United States

    Criterion Collection spine #1138

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 7 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.