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Edmund Goulding

British director and screenwriter (1891–1959)

4.00body-of-work score · ranked #274 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

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

Born
March 20, 1891 · Feltham
Died
December 24, 1959 · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Nationality
United Kingdom, United States
Work
film director, film producer, screenwriter, film actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Edmund Goulding
Unknown photographer · Public domain

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
    Grand HotelMust-See #309

    1932 · United States · drama, romance

    Oscar Best Picture winner 1931 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1933 #9 · National Film Registry (inducted 2007)

    2.194 citations
  2. 2
    Dark Victory

    1939 · United States · romance, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1939 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.622 citations
  3. 3
    The Razor's Edge

    1946 · United States · drama, film-noir

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1946

    0.451 citation
  4. 4
    The Constant Nymph

    1943 · United States · romance, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1947 #9

    0.301 citation
  5. 5
    Nightmare Alley

    1947 · United States · crime, drama, film-noir

    Criterion Collection spine #1078 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.272 citations
  6. 6
    Hell's Angels

    1930 · United States · war, drama, musical

    Criterion Collection spine #1288

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 37 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1925Sally, Irene and Mary
  • 1925Sun-Up
  • 1926Paris
  • 1927Love
  • 1927Women Love Diamonds
  • 1928A Certain Young Man
  • 1929The Trespasser
  • 1930Hell's Angels
  • 1930Paramount on Parade
  • 1930Reaching for the Moon
  • 1930The Devil's Holiday
  • 1931The Night Angel
  • 1932Blondie of the Follies
  • 1932Grand Hotel
  • 1934Hollywood Party
  • 1934Riptide
  • 1935The Flame Within
  • 1937That Certain Woman
  • 1938The Dawn Patrol
  • 1938White Banners
  • 1939Dark Victory
  • 1939The Old Maid
  • 1939We Are Not Alone
  • 1940'Til We Meet Again
  • 1941The Great Lie
  • 1943Claudia
  • 1943Forever and a Day
  • 1943The Constant Nymph
  • 1946Of Human Bondage
  • 1946The Razor's Edge
  • 1947Nightmare Alley
  • 1950Everybody Does It
  • 1950Mister 880
  • 1952We're Not Married!
  • 1953Down Among the Sheltering Palms
  • 1956Teenage Rebel
  • 1958Mardi Gras