Guy Hamilton

English film director (1922-2016)

0.97body-of-work score · ranked #909 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

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

Born
September 16, 1922 · Paris
Died
April 20, 2016 · Palma
Nationality
United Kingdom, France
Work
film director, screenwriter, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Guy Hamilton
Rob Mieremet / Anefo · CC0

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

    1964 · United Kingdom / United States · action, thriller

    BFI Top 100 British films #70 · Empire 500 (2008) #166 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.865 citations
  2. 2

    1973 · United Kingdom / United States · thriller, action

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 22 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1952The Ringer
  • 1953The Intruder
  • 1954An Inspector Calls
  • 1955The Colditz Story
  • 1956Charley Moon
  • 1957Manuela
  • 1959A Touch of Larceny
  • 1959The Devil's Disciple
  • 1960The Party's Over
  • 1961The Best of Enemies
  • 1963Man in the Middle
  • 1964Goldfinger
  • 1966Funeral in Berlin
  • 1969Battle of Britain
  • 1971Diamonds Are Forever
  • 1973Live and Let Die
  • 1974The Man with the Golden Gun
  • 1978Force 10 from Navarone
  • 1980The Mirror Crack'd
  • 1982Evil Under the Sun
  • 1985Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
  • 1989Try This One for Size