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Kathryn Bigelow

American filmmaker (born 1951)

5.60body-of-work score · ranked #183 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library

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

Born
November 27, 1951 · San Carlos
Nationality
United States
Work
screenwriter, film director, film producer, executive producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Kathryn Bigelow
Bryan Berlin · 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
    The Hurt LockerMust-See #60

    2008 · United States · action, thriller, war

    Oscar Best Picture winner 2009 · BAFTA Best Film winner 2010 · Film Comment year-end poll 2009 #1

    3.958 citations
  2. 2
    Zero Dark Thirty

    2012 · United States · thriller, war, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2012 · Film Comment year-end poll 2012 #10

    0.742 citations
  3. 3
    Point Break

    1991 · United States / Japan · crime, thriller, action

    Empire 500 (2008) #197 · Kehr's annual top 10 1991 #7 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.473 citations
  4. 4
    Near Dark

    1987 · United States · horror, western

    Kehr's annual top 10 1987 #7 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.282 citations
  5. 5
    Strange Days

    1995 · United States · sci-fi, thriller, action

    Kehr's annual top 10 1995 #8

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 13 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.