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James Cameron

Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)

7.16body-of-work score · ranked #139 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

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

Born
August 16, 1954 · Kapuskasing
Nationality
Canada, New Zealand
Work
film producer, film director, screenwriter, film editor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of James Cameron
Kevin Paul · CC BY 4.0

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
    TitanicMust-See #72

    1997 · United States · drama, romance

    Oscar Best Picture winner 1997 · Kehr's annual top 10 1997 #1 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1998 #4

    3.729 citations
  2. 2
    Terminator 2: Judgment DayTerminator 2

    1991 · United States · action, thriller, sci-fi

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1991 #8 · Empire 500 (2008) #35 · National Film Registry (inducted 2023)

    1.145 citations
  3. 3
    Aliens

    1986 · United States · action, horror, thriller

    Empire 500 (2008) #30 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1986 #9 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.884 citations
  4. 4
    The Terminator

    1984 · United States / United Kingdom · action, sci-fi, thriller

    National Film Registry (inducted 2008) · Empire 500 (2008) #308 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.523 citations
  5. 5
    Avatar

    2009 · United States · sci-fi, action, adventure

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2009

    0.451 citation
  6. 6
    Avatar: The Way of Water

    2022 · United States · sci-fi, action, adventure

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2022

    0.451 citation

Complete filmography

All 18 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.