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George Stevens

American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer (1904–1975)

9.94body-of-work score · ranked #82 of 2631 directors · 11 films in our library

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

Born
December 18, 1904 · Oakland
Died
March 8, 1975 · Lancaster
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, film producer, cinematographer, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of George Stevens
Quigley Publishing · 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
    ShaneMust-See #305

    1953 · United States · western, romance, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1953 · AFI 100 (2007) #45 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1953 #7

    2.228 citations
  2. 2
    A Place in the Sun

    1951 · United States · drama, film-noir, romance

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1951 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1952 #10 · AFI 100 (1998) #92

    1.667 citations
  3. 3
    Swing Time

    1936 · United States · musical, comedy, romance

    AFI 100 (2007) #90 · TIME All-TIME 100 · National Film Registry (inducted 2004)

    1.266 citations
  4. 4
    Giant

    1956 · United States · drama, western

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1956 · AFI 100 (1998) #82 · National Film Registry (inducted 2005)

    1.084 citations
  5. 5
    I Remember Mama

    1948 · United States · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1949 #3 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.672 citations
  6. 6
    The More the Merrier

    1943 · United States · comedy, romance

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1943 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.622 citations
  7. 7
    The Diary of Anne Frank

    1959 · United States · drama, biography, war

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1959 · Sarris's annual top 10 1959 #9

    0.602 citations
  8. 8
    Woman of the Year

    1942 · United States · comedy, romance

    National Film Registry (inducted 1999) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #867

    0.553 citations
  9. 9
    Alice Adams

    1935 · United States · drama, romance

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1935

    0.451 citation
  10. 10
    The Talk of the Town

    1942 · United States · comedy, romance, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1942

    0.451 citation
  11. 11
    Gunga Din

    1939 · United States · adventure, war

    National Film Registry (inducted 1999) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.392 citations

Complete filmography

All 33 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.