Lasse Hallström
Swedish director and screenwriter
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- June 2, 1946 · Johannes parish
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film editor, television 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.
- 1My Life as a DogMitt liv som hund
1985 · Sweden · comedy, drama
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1989 #5 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #178
0.874 citations - 2
1999 · United States · romance, drama
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1999 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.622 citations - 3
1993 · United States · drama, comedy
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1994 #5 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.552 citations - 4
2000 · United Kingdom / United States · romance, drama, comedy
Oscar Best Picture nominee 2000
0.451 citation - 50.141 citation
Complete filmography
All 31 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1967
- 1973Ska vi hem till dig... eller hem till mig... eller var och en till sitt?
- 1975A Guy and a Gal
- 1977ABBA: The Movie
- 1979Father to Be
- 1981Tuppen
- 1983Happy We
- 1985My Life as a Dog
- 1986The Children of Noisy Village
- 1987More About the Children of Noisy Village
- 1991Once Around
- 1993What's Eating Gilbert Grape
- 1995Lumière and Company
- 1995Something to Talk About
- 1999The Cider House Rules
- 2000Chocolat
- 2001The Shipping News
- 2005An Unfinished Life
- 2005Casanova
- 2006The Hoax
- 2009Hachi: A Dog's Tale
- 2010Dear John
- 2011Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
- 2012The Hypnotist
- 2013Safe Haven
- 2014The Hundred-Foot Journey
- 2017A Dog's Purpose
- 2018The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
- 2023ABBA: The Movie - Fan Event
- 2025The Map That Leads to You
- —Hilma