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Kenneth Lonergan

American film director, playwright, and screenwriter

4.28body-of-work score · ranked #257 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

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

Born
October 16, 1962 · New York City
Nationality
United States
Work
screenwriter, playwright, theatre director, actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Kenneth Lonergan
Manfred Werner (Tsui) · 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
    You Can Count on MeMust-See #339

    2000 · United States · drama

    Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner 2000 · Sarris's annual top 10 2000 #1 · Film Comment year-end poll 2000 #9

    2.136 citations
  2. 2
    Manchester by the Sea

    2016 · United States · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2017 #3 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2016 · Film Comment year-end poll 2016 #7

    1.574 citations
  3. 3
    Margaret

    2011 · United States · drama, romance

    Film Comment year-end poll 2011 #20 · Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #100 · Ebert's annual top 10 2011 #14

    0.583 citations