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Frank Darabont

American film director, screenwriter and producer

4.38body-of-work score · ranked #251 of 2640 directors · 2 films in our library

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

Born
January 28, 1959 · Montbéliard
Nationality
United States
Directing career
7 directorial credits, 1983–2007 · first: The Woman in the Room (1983) · latest: The Mist (2007)
Work
screenwriter, film producer, film director, writer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Frank Darabont
PopCultureGeek.com · 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
    The Shawshank RedemptionMust-See #90

    1994 · United States · drama, crime

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1995 #1 · Empire 500 (2008) #4 · Letterboxd Top 250 #7

    3.559 citations
  2. 2
    The Green Mile

    1999 · United States · drama, fantasy

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1999 · Letterboxd Top 250 #182 · Empire 500 (2008) #331

    0.833 citations

Complete filmography

All 7 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.