Martin Ritt
American film director (1914–1990)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- March 2, 1914 · New York City
- Died
- December 8, 1990 · Santa Monica
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film producer, film director, actor, stage actor
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
1972 · United States · drama
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1972 · National Film Registry (inducted 2021) · Ebert's annual top 10 1972 #9
0.984 citations - 2
1979 · United States · drama
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1979 · National Film Registry (inducted 2011) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.843 citations - 3
1963 · United States · drama
National Film Registry (inducted 2018) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #1319
0.553 citations - 4
1970 · United States · romance, biography, drama
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1971 #10
0.291 citation - 5
1957 · United States · crime, drama, film-noir
National Film Registry (inducted 2023)
0.231 citation - 6
1965 · United Kingdom · thriller, drama
Criterion Collection spine #452
0.161 citation
Complete filmography
All 26 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1957Edge of the City
- 1957No Down Payment
- 1958The Long, Hot Summer
- 1959The Black Orchid
- 1959The Sound and the Fury
- 1960Five Branded Women
- 1961Paris Blues
- 1962Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
- 1963Hud
- 1964The Outrage
- 1965The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- 1967Hombre
- 1968The Brotherhood
- 1970The Great White Hope
- 1970The Molly Maguires
- 1972Pete 'n' Tillie
- 1972Sounder
- 1974Conrack
- 1976The Front
- 1978Casey's Shadow
- 1979Norma Rae
- 1981Back Roads
- 1983Cross Creek
- 1985Murphy's Romance
- 1987Nuts
- 1990Stanley & Iris