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George Roy Hill

American film director (1921–2002)

7.05body-of-work score · ranked #141 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

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

Born
December 20, 1921 · Minneapolis
Died
December 27, 2002 · New York City
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, actor, theatre director, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of George Roy Hill
Steelehill12 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidMust-See #121

    1969 · United States · comedy, drama, western

    BAFTA Best Film winner 1971 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1969 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1970 #4

    3.279 citations
  2. 2
    The StingMust-See #262

    1973 · United States · crime, comedy, drama

    Oscar Best Picture winner 1973 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1974 #4 · National Film Registry (inducted 2005)

    2.374 citations
  3. 3
    The World According to Garp

    1982 · United States · comedy, romance, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1983 #2 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.742 citations
  4. 4
    Slap Shot

    1977 · United States · comedy, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1977 #6

    0.361 citation
  5. 5
    The World of Henry Orient

    1964 · United States · comedy, drama

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation
  6. 6
    Funny Farm

    1988 · United States · comedy

    Siskel's annual top 10 1988 #10

    0.141 citation

Complete filmography

All 15 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.