John Milius

American screenwriter and director

0.77body-of-work score · ranked #1023 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

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

Born
April 11, 1944 · St. Louis
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of John Milius
JeanMilius · CC BY-SA 4.0

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

    1978 · United States · comedy, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1979 #8 · Kehr's annual top 10 1978 #8

    0.472 citations
  2. 2

    1973 · United States · crime

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1974 #9

    0.301 citation

Complete filmography

All 10 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1966Marcello, I'm So Bored
  • 1973Dillinger
  • 1975The Wind and the Lion
  • 1978Big Wednesday
  • 1982Conan the Barbarian
  • 1984Red Dawn
  • 1989Farewell to the King
  • 1991Flight of the Intruder
  • 1994Motorcycle Gang
  • 1997Rough Riders