Joseph Ruben
American film director, screenwriter and producer
0.48body-of-work score · ranked #1423 of 2640 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- May 10, 1950 · Briarcliff Manor
- Nationality
- United States
- Directing career
- 15 directorial credits, 1974–2017 · first: The Sister-in-Law (1974) · latest: The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film producer, director
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.
- 10.321 citation
- 20.171 citation
Complete filmography
All 15 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1974The Sister-in-Law
- 1976The Pom Pom Girls
- 1977Joyride
- 1978Our Winning Season
- 1980Gorp
- 1984Dreamscape
- 1987The Stepfather
- 1989True Believer
- 1991Sleeping with the Enemy
- 1993The Good Son
- 1995Money Train
- 1998Return to Paradise
- 2004The Forgotten
- 2013Penthouse North
- 2017The Ottoman Lieutenant