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Bernardo Bertolucci

Italian film director and screenwriter (1941–2018)

10.07body-of-work score · ranked #81 of 2631 directors · 11 films in our library

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

Born
March 16, 1941 · Parma
Died
November 22, 2018 · Rome
Nationality
Kingdom of Italy, Italy
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, film actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Bernardo Bertolucci
© Elisa Caldana / Associazione Culturale Cinemazero from Pordenone, Italia · CC BY-SA 2.0

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
    The Last EmperorMust-See #62

    1987 · China / France / United Kingdom · drama, biography

    Oscar Best Picture winner 1987 · BAFTA Best Film winner 1989 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1988 #1

    3.949 citations
  2. 2
    Last Tango in ParisUltimo tango a Parigi

    1972 · France / Italy · drama, romance

    Ebert's annual top 10 1973 #2 · Siskel's annual top 10 1973 #2 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1973 #10

    1.336 citations
  3. 3
    The ConformistIl conformista

    1970 · Italy / France / Germany · film-noir, drama

    Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #93 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #118 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    1.174 citations
  4. 4
    Before the RevolutionPrima della rivoluzione

    1964 · Italy · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1968 #2 · Scorsese's 39 essential foreign films · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.973 citations
  5. 5
    1900Novecento

    1976 · Italy / France / Germany · drama, romance

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1982 #2 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.802 citations
  6. 6
    Tragedy of a Ridiculous ManLa tragedia di un uomo ridicolo

    1981 · Italy · drama, comedy

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1981 #3 · Sarris's annual top 10 1982 #9

    0.652 citations
  7. 7
    The Sheltering Sky

    1990 · United Kingdom / Italy · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1991 #5

    0.391 citation
  8. 8
    The Spider's StratagemStrategia del ragno

    1970 · Italy · drama

    Sarris's annual top 10 1973 #5 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.302 citations
  9. 9
    La Luna

    1979 · Italy · drama

    Kehr's annual top 10 1979 #6

    0.181 citation
  10. 10
    Besieged

    1998 · United Kingdom / Italy · drama, romance

    Kehr's annual top 10 1999 #6

    0.181 citation
  11. 11
    La commare secca

    1962 · Italy · drama, crime

    Criterion Collection spine #272

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 24 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.