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John Dahl

American film and television director and writer

0.98body-of-work score · ranked #903 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

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

Born
December 11, 1956 · Billings
Nationality
United States
Work
screenwriter, film director, television director, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of John Dahl
Gustavo Fernandez at https://www.flickr.com/photos/gafl/ · CC BY 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
    The Last Seduction

    1994 · United States · film-noir, thriller, crime

    Ebert's annual top 10 1994 #5 · Empire 500 (2008) #323 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.654 citations
  2. 2
    Red Rock West

    1992 · United States · film-noir, crime, drama

    Sarris's annual top 10 1994 #6 · Siskel's annual top 10 1994 #9

    0.332 citations

Complete filmography

All 8 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.