Charles Crichton
British film director, film editor, screenwriter and film producer (1910-1999)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- August 6, 1910 · Wallasey
- Died
- September 14, 1999 · London
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor
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
1951 · United Kingdom · crime
BFI Top 100 British films #17 · BAFTA Best Film nominee 1952 · Vatican film list
1.044 citations - 20.751 citation
- 3
1988 · United States / United Kingdom · crime, comedy
BFI Top 100 British films #39 · Ebert's annual top 10 1988 #6 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.573 citations - 4
1945 · United Kingdom · horror
NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.282 citations
Complete filmography
All 29 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1944For Those in Peril
- 1945Dead of Night
- 1945Painted Boats
- 1947Hue and Cry
- 1948Against the Wind
- 1948Another Shore
- 1949Train of Events
- 1950Dance Hall
- 1951The Lavender Hill Mob
- 1952Hunted
- 1953The Titfield Thunderbolt
- 1954The Divided Heart
- 1954The Love Lottery
- 1957Man in the Sky
- 1957The Wild Duck
- 1958Law and Disorder
- 1959Floods of Fear
- 1959The Battle of the Sexes
- 1960The Boy Who Stole a Million
- 1964The Third Secret
- 1965He Who Rides a Tiger
- 1976Alien Attack
- 1982Cosmic Princess
- 1983The Unorganized Manager, Part One: Damnation
- 1983The Unorganized Manager, Part Two: Salvation
- 1984More Bloody Meetings
- 1984More Bloody Meetings: The Human Side Of Meetings
- 1987Can You Spare A Moment?: The Counselling Interview
- 1988A Fish Called Wanda