Lindsay Anderson

British feature-film, theatre and documentary director and film critic (1923-1994)

4.85body-of-work score · ranked #225 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library

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

Born
April 17, 1923 · Bengaluru
Died
August 30, 1994 · Angoulême
Nationality
United Kingdom
Work
film director, actor, screenwriter, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

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

    1968 · United Kingdom · drama

    Palme d'Or winner 1969 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1969 #3 · BFI Top 100 British films #12

    3.228 citations
  2. 2

    1987 · United States · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1988 #4 · Kurosawa's 100 favorite films · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.773 citations
  3. 3

    1963 · United Kingdom · drama

    BFI Top 100 British films #52 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #417

    0.593 citations
  4. 4

    1975 · United Kingdom / Australia · drama

    Ebert's annual top 10 1975 #9

    0.151 citation
  5. 5

    1973 · United Kingdom / United States / Australia · fantasy, comedy, drama

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 17 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1952Wakefield Express
  • 1952Wakefield Express: The Portrait Of A Newspaper
  • 1953O Dreamland
  • 1954Thursday's Children
  • 1957Every Day Except Christmas
  • 1963This Sporting Life
  • 1967The White Bus
  • 1968If....
  • 1973O Lucky Man!
  • 1975In Celebration
  • 1980Look Back in Anger
  • 1982Britannia Hospital
  • 1986Wham! in China: Foreign Skies
  • 1987The Whales of August
  • 1989Glory! Glory!
  • Mick Travis Trilogy
  • The Singing Lesson