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Brian De Palma

American film director and screenwriter

7.47body-of-work score · ranked #134 of 2631 directors · 18 films in our library

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

Born
September 11, 1940 · Newark
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, screenwriter, producer, film editor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Brian De Palma
jon rubin · 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
    Redacted

    2007 · Canada / United States · drama, war

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2008 #1

    1.001 citation
  2. 2
    Carlito's Way

    1993 · United States · drama, crime, thriller

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1994 #3 · Empire 500 (2008) #278 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.803 citations
  3. 3
    The Untouchables

    1987 · United States · crime, action, biography

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1987 #4 · Empire 500 (2008) #295 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.723 citations
  4. 4
    Dressed to KillÖlüme Kuşanmak

    1980 · United States · film-noir, horror, thriller

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #770 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1980 #10

    0.584 citations
  5. 5
    Carrie

    1976 · United States · horror, thriller, drama

    Empire 500 (2008) #86 · National Film Registry (inducted 2022) · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.573 citations
  6. 6
    Blow Out

    1981 · United States · crime, mystery, thriller

    Empire 500 (2008) #139 · Criterion Collection spine #562 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.483 citations
  7. 7
    Mission to Mars

    2000 · United States · action, sci-fi, adventure

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2000 #4

    0.431 citation
  8. 8
    Scarface

    1983 · United States · crime, drama, thriller

    Empire 500 (2008) #284 · Roger Ebert's Great Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.433 citations
  9. 9
    Sisters

    1972 · United States · horror, thriller, film-noir

    Criterion Collection spine #89 · Siskel's annual top 10 1973 #9 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.423 citations
  10. 10
    Femme Fatale

    2002 · France · thriller, crime, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2002 #18 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.352 citations
  11. 11
    Mission: Impossible

    1996 · United States / United Kingdom / Czech Republic · crime, action, thriller

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1996 #8

    0.321 citation
  12. 12
    Snake Eyes

    1998 · United States · crime, drama, mystery

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1998 #9

    0.301 citation
  13. 13
    Raising Cain

    1992 · United States · thriller, horror, crime

    Hoberman's annual top 10 1992 #7 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.282 citations
  14. 14
    The Fury

    1978 · United States · horror, sci-fi, film-noir

    Hoberman's annual top 10 1978 #8 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.272 citations
  15. 15
    Passion

    2012 · France / Germany / United Kingdom · drama, thriller, crime

    Film Comment year-end poll 2013 #46

    0.181 citation
  16. 16
    Phantom of the Paradise

    1974 · United States · musical, horror, comedy

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation
  17. 17
    Obsession

    1976 · United States · mystery, drama, thriller

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  18. 18
    Body Double

    1984 · United States · mystery, thriller, horror

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 32 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.