George A. Romero
Canadian-American filmmaker (1940–2017)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- February 4, 1940 · New York City
- Died
- July 16, 2017 · Toronto
- Nationality
- United States, Canada
- Work
- film director, film producer, film editor, actor
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
1968 · United States · horror, sci-fi, mystery
National Film Registry (inducted 1999) · Empire 500 (2008) #397 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.845 citations - 2
1978 · United States / Italy · horror, sci-fi, action
Kehr's annual top 10 1979 #3 · Empire 500 (2008) #415 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.704 citations - 3
2005 · United States / France / Canada · horror, sci-fi, action
Film Comment year-end poll 2005 #14 · Kehr's annual top 10 2005 #9
0.412 citations - 4
1985 · United States · horror, sci-fi, action
Kehr's annual top 10 1985 #6 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.403 citations - 5
1978 · United States · horror, drama, crime
Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.222 citations - 60.181 citation
- 70.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 19 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1968Night of the Living Dead
- 1971There's Always Vanilla
- 1972Season of the Witch
- 1973The Crazies
- 1974O. J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose
- 1975The Amusement Park
- 1978Dawn of the Dead
- 1978Martin
- 1981Knightriders
- 1982Creepshow
- 1985Day of the Dead
- 1988Monkey Shines
- 1990Two Evil Eyes
- 1993The Dark Half
- 2000Bruiser
- 2005Land of the Dead
- 2007Diary of the Dead
- 2009Survival of the Dead
- —Jacaranda Joe