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Laurence Olivier

8.84body-of-work score · ranked #83 of 1774 directors · 3 films in our library

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

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. 1Hamlet19483.84
  2. 2Richard III19552.59
  3. 3Henry V19442.41