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Jacques Tati

French filmmaker (1907-1982)

5.67body-of-work score · ranked #179 of 2631 directors · 7 films in our library

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

Born
October 9, 1907 · Le Pecq
Died
November 5, 1982 · Paris
Nationality
France
Work
film actor, actor, film director, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Jacques Tati
Willy Pragher · CC BY 3.0 de

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
    PlaytimeMust-See #290

    1967 · France / Italy · comedy, drama

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #23 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #41 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1967 #5

    2.288 citations
  2. 2
    Mon Oncle

    1958 · France / Italy · comedy

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1958 #2 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1958 #8 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    1.637 citations
  3. 3
    Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 · France · comedy

    Empire 500 (2008) #218 · Criterion Collection spine #110 · Roger Ebert's Great Movies

    0.715 citations
  4. 4
    Jour de Fête

    1949 · France

    Criterion Collection spine #730 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.383 citations
  5. 5
    TrafficTrafic

    1971 · France / Italy · comedy

    Criterion Collection spine #439 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.272 citations
  6. 6
    Parade

    1974 · Sweden / France · comedy

    Criterion Collection spine #731 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.272 citations
  7. 7
    School for PostmenL'École des facteurs

    1947 · France · comedy

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 10 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.