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Bill Forsyth

British film director

2.62body-of-work score · ranked #421 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

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

Born
July 29, 1946 · Glasgow
Nationality
United Kingdom
Work
film director, screenwriter, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Bill Forsyth
Martin Burns · CC BY 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
    Local Hero

    1983 · United Kingdom · comedy, drama

    BFI Top 100 British films #37 · Sarris's annual top 10 1983 #4 · Empire 500 (2008) #209

    1.146 citations
  2. 2
    Housekeeping

    1987 · United States / Canada · comedy, drama

    Sarris's annual top 10 1987 #2 · Sarris's annual top 10 1989 #9 · Ebert's annual top 10 1987 #10

    0.724 citations
  3. 3
    Gregory's Girl

    1981 · United Kingdom · comedy, romance

    BFI Top 100 British films #30 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.583 citations
  4. 4
    That Sinking Feeling

    1979 · United Kingdom · crime

    Sarris's annual top 10 1984 #6

    0.181 citation

Complete filmography

All 8 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.