History of Movies.

John Schlesinger

9.19body-of-work score · ranked #78 of 1774 directors · 7 films in our library

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

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. 1Midnight Cowboy19694.85Must-See #53
  2. 2A Kind of Loving19622.00
  3. 3Darling19651.13
  4. 4Sunday, Bloody Sunday19710.41
  5. 5Billy Liar19630.40
  6. 6Far from the Madding Crowd19670.24
  7. 7Visions of Eight19730.16