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Melvin Van Peebles

American filmmaker (1932–2021)

1.04body-of-work score · ranked #829 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

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

Born
August 21, 1932 · Chicago
Died
September 21, 2021 · Manhattan
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, novelist, screenwriter, film editor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Melvin Van Peebles
Alex Lozupone · CC BY-SA 4.0

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
    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971 · United States · comedy, action, thriller

    National Film Registry (inducted 2020) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #1095

    0.553 citations
  2. 2
    The Story of a Three-Day Pass

    1967 · France · romance, drama

    Criterion Collection spine #1093

    0.161 citation
  3. 3
    Watermelon Man

    1970 · United States · comedy, drama

    Criterion Collection spine #1094

    0.161 citation
  4. 4
    Don't Play Us Cheap

    1973 · United States · musical

    Criterion Collection spine #1096

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 9 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.