Héctor Babenco
Brazilian-Argentine film director (1946-2016)
1.90body-of-work score · ranked #540 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- February 7, 1946 · Mar del Plata
- Died
- July 13, 2016 · São Paulo
- Nationality
- Argentina, Brazil
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film producer, director
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
1985 · United States / Brazil · drama
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1986 #3 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1985 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
1.284 citations - 2PixotePixote, a Lei do Mais Fraco
1980 · Brazil · crime, drama
NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #1047 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1981 #8
0.624 citations
Complete filmography
All 12 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1973O Fabuloso Fittipaldi
- 1975King of the Night
- 1977Lucio Flavio
- 1980Pixote
- 1985Kiss of the Spider Woman
- 1987Ironweed
- 1991At Play in the Fields of the Lord
- 1996Foolish Heart
- 2003Carandiru
- 2007The Past
- 2014Words with Gods
- 2016My Hindu Friend