Blake Edwards
American film director, screenwriter and producer (1922-2010)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- July 26, 1922 · Tulsa
- Died
- December 15, 2010 · Santa Monica
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, actor, screenwriter, film producer
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
1979 · United States · comedy, romance
Kehr's annual top 10 1979 #1 · Sarris's annual top 10 1979 #4 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
1.145 citations - 2
1964 · United States / United Kingdom · comedy, crime, mystery
NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Sarris's annual top 10 1964 #7 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.453 citations - 3
1961 · United States · comedy, romance, drama
National Film Registry (inducted 2012) · Empire 500 (2008) #486
0.392 citations - 4
1962 · United States · drama
National Film Registry (inducted 2018) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.392 citations - 5
1963 · United States · crime, comedy
National Film Registry (inducted 2010) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.392 citations - 6
1982 · United Kingdom / United States · comedy, romance, musical
Sarris's annual top 10 1982 #5 · Kehr's annual top 10 1982 #null
0.342 citations - 70.251 citation
- 80.191 citation
- 90.171 citation
- 100.171 citation
- 110.151 citation
- 120.151 citation
- 130.141 citation
- 140.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 40 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1955Bring Your Smile Along
- 1956He Laughed Last
- 1957Mister Cory
- 1958The Perfect Furlough
- 1959Operation Petticoat
- 1959This Happy Feeling
- 1960High Time
- 1961Breakfast at Tiffany's
- 1962Days of Wine and Roses
- 1962Experiment in Terror
- 1963The Pink Panther
- 1964A Shot in the Dark
- 1965The Great Race
- 1966What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
- 1967Gunn
- 1968The Party
- 1970Darling Lili
- 1971Wild Rovers
- 1972The Carey Treatment
- 1974The Tamarind Seed
- 1975The Return of the Pink Panther
- 1976The Pink Panther Strikes Again
- 1978Revenge of the Pink Panther
- 197910
- 1981S.O.B.
- 1982Trail of the Pink Panther
- 1982Victor/Victoria
- 1983Curse of the Pink Panther
- 1983The Man Who Loved Women
- 1984Micki & Maude
- 1986A Fine Mess
- 1986That's Life!
- 1987Blind Date
- 1988Justin Case
- 1988Sunset
- 1989Peter Gunn
- 1989Skin Deep
- 1991Switch
- 1993Son of the Pink Panther
- 1995Victor/Victoria