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Lewis Milestone

Russian-American film director (1895-1980)

6.62body-of-work score · ranked #158 of 2631 directors · 8 films in our library

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

Born
September 30, 1895 · Chișinău
Died
September 25, 1980 · Los Angeles
Nationality
Russian Empire, United States
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Lewis Milestone
film studio publicity still. Original uploader was Wikiwatcher1 at en.wikipedia · Public domain

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
    All Quiet on the Western FrontMust-See #122

    1930 · United States · war, drama

    Oscar Best Picture winner 1929 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1930 #1 · AFI 100 (1998) #54

    3.266 citations
  2. 2
    The Front Page

    1931 · United States · comedy

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1933 #3 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1930 · National Film Registry (inducted 2010)

    1.183 citations
  3. 3
    Of Mice and Men

    1939 · United States · drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1939 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.622 citations
  4. 4
    The Racket

    1928 · United States · drama, crime, silent

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1928

    0.451 citation
  5. 5
    Mutiny on the Bounty

    1962 · United States · drama, action

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1962

    0.451 citation
  6. 6
    A Walk in the Sun

    1945 · United States · drama, war

    National Film Registry (inducted 2016) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.392 citations
  7. 7
    The Kid Brother

    1927 · United States · comedy, silent

    Criterion Collection spine #964

    0.161 citation
  8. 8
    Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

    1933 · United States · comedy, romance, musical

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 41 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1925Seven Sinners
  • 1926Fine Manners
  • 1926The Caveman
  • 1926The New Klondike
  • 1927The Kid Brother
  • 1927Two Arabian Knights
  • 1928Tempest
  • 1928The Garden of Eden
  • 1928The Racket
  • 1929Betrayal
  • 1929New York Nights
  • 1930All Quiet on the Western Front
  • 1931The Front Page
  • 1932Rain
  • 1933Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
  • 1934The Captain Hates the Sea
  • 1935Paris in Spring
  • 1936Anything Goes
  • 1936The General Died at Dawn
  • 1939Of Mice and Men
  • 1939The Night of Nights
  • 1940Lucky Partners
  • 1941My Life with Caroline
  • 1942Our Russian Front
  • 1943Edge of Darkness
  • 1943The North Star
  • 1944The Purple Heart
  • 1945A Walk in the Sun
  • 1946The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
  • 1948Arch of Triumph
  • 1948No Minor Vices
  • 1949The Red Pony
  • 1951Halls of Montezuma
  • 1952Kangaroo
  • 1952Les Misérables
  • 1953Melba
  • 1954They Who Dare
  • 1955The Widow
  • 1959Pork Chop Hill
  • 1960Ocean's 11
  • 1962Mutiny on the Bounty