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John Boorman

British film director, producer and screenwriter

4.71body-of-work score · ranked #233 of 2631 directors · 7 films in our library

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

Born
January 18, 1933 · Shepperton
Nationality
United Kingdom
Work
screenwriter, film producer, film director, television director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of John Boorman
Georges Biard · CC BY-SA 3.0

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
    Hope and Glory

    1987 · United Kingdom / Australia · drama, comedy

    Kehr's annual top 10 1987 #1 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1987 · BFI Top 100 British films #90

    1.354 citations
  2. 2
    Point Blank

    1967 · United States · crime, film-noir, drama

    National Film Registry (inducted 2016) · Sarris's annual top 10 1967 #4 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.996 citations
  3. 3
    Deliverance

    1972 · United States · thriller, drama, adventure

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1972 · National Film Registry (inducted 2008) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.954 citations
  4. 4
    Beyond Rangoon

    1995 · United States / United Kingdom · drama

    Kehr's annual top 10 1995 #3 · Kehr's annual top 10 1995 #5 · Sarris's annual top 10 1995 #6

    0.623 citations
  5. 5
    Where the Heart Is

    1990 · United States · comedy, romance, drama

    Kehr's annual top 10 1990 #2

    0.321 citation
  6. 6
    The Tailor of Panama

    2001 · United States / Ireland · drama, thriller

    Kehr's annual top 10 2001 #2

    0.321 citation
  7. 7
    The General

    1998 · United Kingdom / Ireland · crime, drama, biography

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation

Complete filmography

All 21 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.