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Jim Abrahams

American movie director and writer (1944–2024)

0.96body-of-work score · ranked #914 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

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

Born
May 10, 1944 · Shorewood
Died
November 26, 2024 · Santa Monica
Nationality
United States
Work
screenwriter, film director, film producer, writer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Jim Abrahams
Eric Garcetti · CC BY 2.0

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
    Airplane!

    1980 · United States · comedy, romance

    National Film Registry (inducted 2010) · Empire 500 (2008) #368 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.684 citations
  2. 2
    Ruthless People

    1986 · United States · comedy, crime

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation
  3. 3
    Top Secret!

    1984 · United States / United Kingdom · thriller, comedy

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 9 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.