History of Movies.

Josef von Sternberg

7.70body-of-work score · ranked #113 of 1774 directors · 13 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. 1Morocco19301.57
  2. 2The Docks of New York19281.39
  3. 3Shanghai Express19321.06
  4. 4Underworld19270.79
  5. 5Dishonored19310.55
  6. 6The Salvation Hunters19250.50
  7. 7The Last Command19280.39
  8. 8The Case of Lena Smith19290.32
  9. 9The Scarlet Empress19340.29
  10. 10An American Tragedy19310.29
  11. 11It19270.23
  12. 12Blonde Venus19320.16
  13. 13The Devil Is a Woman19350.16