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Martin Ritt

3.32body-of-work score · ranked #303 of 1774 directors · 6 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. 1Sounder19721.13
  2. 2Norma Rae19791.13
  3. 3Hud19630.39
  4. 4The Great White Hope19700.29
  5. 5Edge of the City19570.23
  6. 6The Spy Who Came in from the Cold19650.16