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David O. Russell

American film director, screenwriter and producer

3.32body-of-work score · ranked #331 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library

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

Born
August 20, 1958 · Manhattan
Nationality
United States
Work
film producer, film director, screenwriter, writer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of David O. Russell
Georges Biard · CC BY-SA 3.0

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
    Silver Linings Playbook

    2012 · United States · drama, comedy, romance

    TIFF People's Choice winner 2012 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2012 · Film Comment year-end poll 2012 #18

    1.443 citations
  2. 2
    American Hustle

    2013 · United States · crime, comedy, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2013 · Film Comment year-end poll 2013 #19

    0.682 citations
  3. 3
    The Fighter

    2010 · United States · biography, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2010

    0.451 citation
  4. 4
    I Heart Huckabees

    2004 · Germany / United States / United Kingdom · drama, comedy

    Film Comment year-end poll 2004 #16 · Sarris's annual top 10 2004 #9

    0.402 citations
  5. 5
    Three Kings

    1999 · United States · crime, comedy, drama

    Ebert's annual top 10 1999 #3 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.362 citations

Complete filmography

All 11 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.