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Don Siegel

American film director (1912–1991)

3.38body-of-work score · ranked #328 of 2631 directors · 10 films in our library

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

Born
October 26, 1912 · Chicago
Died
April 20, 1991 · San Luis Obispo County
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, director, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

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
    Dirty Harry

    1971 · United States · thriller, crime, action

    National Film Registry (inducted 2012) · Empire 500 (2008) #184 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.865 citations
  2. 2
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956 · United States · sci-fi, horror, mystery

    TIME All-TIME 100 · National Film Registry (inducted 1994) · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.714 citations
  3. 3
    The Shootist

    1976 · United States · western

    Kehr's annual top 10 1976 #6 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Ebert's annual top 10 1976 #10

    0.493 citations
  4. 4
    Charley Varrick

    1973 · United States · action, crime, thriller

    Sarris's annual top 10 1973 #6 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.463 citations
  5. 5
    Madigan

    1968 · United States · crime, action, drama

    Sarris's annual top 10 1968 #7

    0.171 citation
  6. 6
    Escape from Alcatraz

    1979 · United States · action, drama

    Kehr's annual top 10 1979 #7

    0.171 citation
  7. 7
    Riot in Cell Block 11

    1954 · United States · drama, crime, film-noir

    Criterion Collection spine #704

    0.161 citation
  8. 8
    Two Mules for Sister Sara

    1970 · United States · western, comedy, war

    Sarris's annual top 10 1970 #10

    0.141 citation
  9. 9
    Coogan's Bluff

    1968 · United States · action, thriller, crime

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation
  10. 10
    The Beguiled

    1971 · United States · thriller, drama

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 38 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.