Dario Argento

Italian film director and screenwriter (born 1940)

1.20body-of-work score · ranked #757 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

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

Born
September 7, 1940 · Rome
Nationality
Italy
Work
film director, film producer, screenwriter, composer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Dario Argento
Filmfestival Linz · 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

    1977 · Italy · horror, mystery, thriller

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #211 · Empire 500 (2008) #312 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.683 citations
  2. 2
    The Bird with the Crystal PlumageL'uccello dalle piume di cristallo

    1970 · Italy · horror, mystery, drama

    Empire 500 (2008) #272 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.302 citations
  3. 3
    Four Flies on Grey Velvet4 mosche di velluto grigio

    1971 · France / Italy · crime, thriller, mystery

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation
  4. 4
    Deep RedProfondo rosso

    1975 · Italy · thriller, horror, mystery

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 21 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1970The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
  • 1971Four Flies on Grey Velvet
  • 1971The Cat o' Nine Tails
  • 1973The Five Days
  • 1975Deep Red
  • 1977Suspiria
  • 1980Inferno
  • 1982Tenebrae
  • 1985Phenomena
  • 1987Opera
  • 1990Two Evil Eyes
  • 1993Trauma
  • 1996The Stendhal Syndrome
  • 1998The Phantom of the Opera
  • 2001Sleepless
  • 2004The Card Player
  • 2005Do You Like Hitchcock?
  • 2007The Mother of Tears
  • 2009Giallo
  • 2012Dracula 3D
  • 2022Dark Glasses