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D. W. Griffith

3.94body-of-work score · ranked #256 of 1774 directors · 7 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. 1Intolerance19161.18
  2. 2San Francisco19360.90
  3. 3The Birth of a Nation19150.63
  4. 4Broken Blossoms19190.54
  5. 5A Corner in Wheat19090.23
  6. 6Lady Helen's Escapade19090.23
  7. 7The Musketeers of Pig Alley19120.23