History of Movies.

Charlie Chaplin

15.97body-of-work score · ranked #28 of 1774 directors · 11 films in our library

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

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. 1City Lights19312.92
  2. 2Modern Times19362.74
  3. 3The Great Dictator19402.63
  4. 4The Gold Rush19252.15
  5. 5A Woman of Paris19231.16
  6. 6Monsieur Verdoux19471.16
  7. 7A King in New York19571.00
  8. 8The Circus19280.79
  9. 9Limelight19520.79
  10. 10The Kid19210.39
  11. 11The Immigrant19170.23