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Jacques Tourneur

French film director (1904–1977)

3.06body-of-work score · ranked #357 of 2631 directors · 8 films in our library

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

Born
November 12, 1904 · Paris
Died
December 19, 1977 · Bergerac
Nationality
France
Work
film director, film editor, actor, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

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
    Out of the Past

    1947 · United States · film-noir, crime, drama

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #157 · TIME All-TIME 100 · National Film Registry (inducted 1991)

    1.427 citations
  2. 2
    Cat People

    1942 · United States · horror, fantasy, film-noir

    National Film Registry (inducted 1993) · Criterion Collection spine #833 · Roger Ebert's Great Movies

    0.745 citations
  3. 3
    I Walked with a Zombie

    1943 · United States · horror, fantasy

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.222 citations
  4. 4
    Night of the Demon

    1957 · United Kingdom · horror

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.222 citations
  5. 5
    The Leopard Man

    1943 · United States · horror

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  6. 6
    Stars in My Crown

    1950 · United States · western

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  7. 7
    The Flame and the Arrow

    1950 · United States · action, adventure

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  8. 8
    Wichita

    1955 · United States · western

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 40 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1931Tout ça ne vaut pas l'amour
  • 1933Pour être aimé
  • 1933Toto
  • 1934Les Filles de la concierge
  • 1936Killer-Dog
  • 1937Romance of Radium
  • 1938The Ship That Died
  • 1939Nick Carter, Master Detective
  • 1939They All Come Out
  • 1940Phantom Raiders
  • 1941Doctors Don't Tell
  • 1942Cat People
  • 1943I Walked with a Zombie
  • 1943The Leopard Man
  • 1944Days of Glory
  • 1944Experiment Perilous
  • 1944Reward Unlimited
  • 1946Canyon Passage
  • 1947Out of the Past
  • 1948Berlin Express
  • 1950Easy Living
  • 1950Stars in My Crown
  • 1950The Flame and the Arrow
  • 1951Anne of the Indies
  • 1951Circle of Danger
  • 1952Way of a Gaucho
  • 1953Appointment in Honduras
  • 1955Stranger on Horseback
  • 1955Wichita
  • 1956Great Day in the Morning
  • 1956Nightfall
  • 1957Night of the Demon
  • 1958The Fearmakers
  • 1959Frontier Rangers
  • 1959The Giant of Marathon
  • 1959Timbuktu
  • 1960Mission of Danger
  • 1961Fury River
  • 1963The Comedy of Terrors
  • 1965City Under the Sea