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John McNaughton

American film and television director

0.61body-of-work score · ranked #1302 of 2640 directors · 2 films in our library

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

Born
January 13, 1950 · Chicago
Nationality
United States
Directing career
12 directorial credits, 1986–2013 · first: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) · latest: The Harvest (2013)
Work
film producer, film director, screenwriter, writer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

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
    Mad Dog and Glory

    1993 · United States · comedy, romance, drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1993 #7

    0.331 citation
  2. 2
    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986 · United States · horror, thriller, crime

    Kehr's annual top 10 1989 #7 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.282 citations

Complete filmography

All 12 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.