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Karel Reisz

Czech-born British director, producer, film theorist, theatre director (1926-2002)

2.09body-of-work score · ranked #503 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

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

Born
July 21, 1926 · Moravská Ostrava
Died
November 25, 2002 · Camden Town
Nationality
United Kingdom, Czech Republic
Work
film director, film producer, writer, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Karel Reisz
Anefo · CC0

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
    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    1960 · United Kingdom · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1961 #3 · BFI Top 100 British films #14 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    1.164 citations
  2. 2
    The French Lieutenant's Woman

    1981 · United Kingdom / United States · romance, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1982 #9 · Criterion Collection spine #768 · Siskel's annual top 10 1981 #10

    0.613 citations
  3. 3
    Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment

    1966 · United Kingdom · comedy, drama

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation
  4. 4
    Who'll Stop the Rain

    1978 · United States · drama, crime, action

    Hoberman's annual top 10 1978 #9

    0.151 citation

Complete filmography

All 11 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.