John Huston
American film director, screenwriter, and actor (1906–1987)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- August 5, 1906 · Nevada
- Died
- August 28, 1987 · Middletown
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter
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
1948 · United States · drama, western
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1948 · AFI 100 (2007) #38 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1949 #8
2.5310 citations - 2
1941 · United States · crime, mystery, film-noir
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1941 · AFI 100 (2007) #31 · AFI 100 (1998) #23
2.119 citations - 3
1985 · United States · comedy, romance, drama
Sarris's annual top 10 1985 #1 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1985 · Ebert's annual top 10 1985 #4
1.555 citations - 4
1987 · United Kingdom / Ireland / United States · drama
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1988 #3 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1988 #7 · Kurosawa's 100 favorite films
1.476 citations - 5
1951 · United States / United Kingdom · drama, comedy, romance
AFI 100 (1998) #17 · AFI 100 (2007) #65 · National Film Registry (inducted 1994)
1.084 citations - 6
1950 · United States · crime, film-noir, drama
National Film Registry (inducted 2008) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #847
0.674 citations - 7
1952 · United Kingdom / United States · drama, romance, biography
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1952 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.622 citations - 8
1979 · United States / Germany · comedy, drama
NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #470 · Sarris's annual top 10 1980 #21
0.554 citations - 9
1975 · United Kingdom / United States / Australia · adventure, drama
Empire 500 (2008) #130 · Kehr's annual top 10 1976 #5 · Siskel's annual top 10 1976 #10
0.553 citations - 100.362 citations
- 110.282 citations
- 120.251 citation
- 13
1945 · United States · documentary, war
National Film Registry (inducted 1991)
0.231 citation - 140.231 citation
- 150.171 citation
- 160.171 citation
- 17
1973 · United Kingdom / United States / Australia · thriller, drama
Sarris's annual top 10 1973 #7
0.171 citation - 180.161 citation
- 19
1953 · United States / Italy / United Kingdom · adventure, comedy, action
Roger Ebert's Great Movies
0.131 citation
Complete filmography
All 46 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1941The Maltese Falcon
- 1942Across the Pacific
- 1942In This Our Life
- 1942Winning Your Wings
- 1943Report from the Aleutians
- 1944Tunisian Victory
- 1945The Battle of San Pietro
- 1946Let There Be Light
- 1948Key Largo
- 1948The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- 1949We Were Strangers
- 1950The Asphalt Jungle
- 1951The African Queen
- 1951The Red Badge of Courage
- 1952Moulin Rouge
- 1953Beat the Devil
- 1956Moby Dick
- 1957A Farewell to Arms
- 1957Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
- 1958The Barbarian and the Geisha
- 1958The Roots of Heaven
- 1960The Unforgiven
- 1961The Misfits
- 1962Freud: The Secret Passion
- 1963The List of Adrian Messenger
- 1964The Night of the Iguana
- 1966The Bible: In the Beginning...
- 1967Casino Royale
- 1967Reflections in a Golden Eye
- 1969A Walk with Love and Death
- 1969Sinful Davey
- 1969The Madwoman of Chaillot
- 1970The Kremlin Letter
- 1972Fat City
- 1972The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
- 1973The Mackintosh Man
- 1975The Man Who Would Be King
- 1976Independence
- 1979Love and Bullets
- 1979Wise Blood
- 1980Phobia
- 1981Escape to Victory
- 1982Annie
- 1984Under the Volcano
- 1985Prizzi's Honor
- 1987The Dead