John Dahl
American film and television director and writer
0.98body-of-work score · ranked #906 of 2640 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
- Directing career
- 8 directorial credits, 1989–2007 · first: Kill Me Again (1989) · latest: You Kill Me (2007)
- Work
- screenwriter, film director, television director, director
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
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
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.
- 1989Kill Me Again
- 1992Red Rock West
- 1994The Last Seduction
- 1996Unforgettable
- 1998Rounders
- 2001Joy Ride
- 2005The Great Raid
- 2007You Kill Me
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