Michael Mann

American film director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1943)

3.63body-of-work score · ranked #307 of 2631 directors · 8 films in our library

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

Born
February 5, 1943 · Chicago
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, film producer, screenwriter, writer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Michael Mann
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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

    1999 · United States · biography, thriller, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1999 · Sarris's annual top 10 1999 #6 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    1.055 citations
  2. 2

    1995 · United States · thriller, drama, crime

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #169 · Empire 500 (2008) #38 · Letterboxd Top 250 #151

    1.014 citations
  3. 3

    1981 · United States · crime, film-noir

    Ebert's annual top 10 1981 #7 · Criterion Collection spine #691 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.443 citations
  4. 4

    2004 · United States · film-noir, thriller, crime

    Film Comment year-end poll 2004 #18 · Sarris's annual top 10 2004 #10

    0.382 citations
  5. 5

    2009 · United States · biography, crime, action

    Film Comment year-end poll 2009 #21

    0.221 citation
  6. 6

    1992 · United States · drama, romance, war

    Empire 500 (2008) #131

    0.211 citation
  7. 7

    2006 · United States · crime, action, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2006 #28

    0.211 citation
  8. 8

    1986 · United States · film-noir, thriller, crime

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 14 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.