John McTiernan
American filmmaker
2.13body-of-work score · ranked #491 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- January 8, 1951 · Albany
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, film producer, actor, 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
1988 · United States · action, thriller, crime
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1989 #1 · Empire 500 (2008) #29 · National Film Registry (inducted 2017)
1.815 citations - 20.181 citation
- 30.141 citation
Complete filmography
All 13 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1986Nomads
- 1987Predator
- 1988Die Hard
- 1988Die Hard (Special Edition)
- 1990The Hunt for Red October
- 1992Medicine Man
- 1993Last Action Hero
- 1995Die Hard with a Vengeance
- 1999The 13th Warrior
- 1999The Thomas Crown Affair
- 2002Rollerball
- 2003Basic
- —Tau Ceti Four