Michael Powell
English film director (1905–1990)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- September 30, 1905 · Kent
- Died
- February 19, 1990 · Gloucestershire
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Work
- film director, actor, screenwriter, film producer
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
1948 · United Kingdom · romance, drama, musical
Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #67 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #72 · BFI Top 100 British films #9
3.4112 citations - 2
1946 · United Kingdom · fantasy, drama, comedy
Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #78 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1950 #6 · BFI Top 100 British films #20
1.998 citations - 3
1947 · United Kingdom · drama
Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #169 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1951 #10 · BFI Top 100 British films #44
1.607 citations - 4
1943 · United Kingdom · romance, war, drama
Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #196 · BFI Top 100 British films #45 · Empire 500 (2008) #80
1.477 citations - 5
1945 · United Kingdom · romance, drama, comedy
Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #196 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #94
0.955 citations - 6
1960 · United Kingdom · horror, thriller, crime
BFI Top 100 British films #78 · Criterion Collection spine #58 · Roger Ebert's Great Movies
0.765 citations - 7
1944 · United Kingdom · comedy, drama, war
Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #243 · Empire 500 (2008) #176 · Criterion Collection spine #341
0.743 citations - 8
1941 · United Kingdom · drama
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1942 · Criterion Collection spine #376 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.723 citations - 9
1940 · United Kingdom · fantasy, adventure
NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #431 · Roger Ebert's Great Movies
0.685 citations - 100.161 citation
- 110.161 citation
Complete filmography
All 56 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1931Two Crowded Hours
- 1932C.O.D.
- 1932His Lordship
- 1932Hotel Splendide
- 1932My Friend the King
- 1932Rynox
- 1932The Rasp
- 1932The Star Reporter
- 1933Born Lucky
- 1934Red Ensign
- 1934Something Always Happens
- 1934The Fire Raisers
- 1935Lazybones
- 1935Someday
- 1935The Girl in the Crowd
- 1935The Love Test
- 1935The Night of the Party
- 1935The Phantom Light
- 1935The Price of a Song
- 1936Crown v. Stevens
- 1936Her Last Affaire
- 1936The Brown Wallet
- 1936The Man Behind the Mask
- 1937The Edge of the World
- 1939Smith
- 1939The Lion Has Wings
- 1939The Spy in Black
- 1940Contraband
- 1940The Thief of Bagdad
- 194149th Parallel
- 1941An Airman's Letter to His Mother
- 1942One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
- 1943The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
- 1944A Canterbury Tale
- 1944The Volunteer
- 1945I Know Where I'm Going!
- 1946A Matter of Life and Death
- 1947Black Narcissus
- 1948The Red Shoes
- 1949The Small Back Room
- 1950Gone to Earth
- 1950The Fighting Pimpernel
- 1951The Tales of Hoffmann
- 1952The Wild Heart
- 1955Oh... Rosalinda!!
- 1955The Sorcerer's Apprentice
- 1956The Battle of the River Plate
- 1957Ill Met by Moonlight
- 1959Honeymoon
- 1960Peeping Tom
- 1961The Queen's Guards
- 1963Herzog Blaubarts Burg
- 1966They're a Weird Mob
- 1969Age of Consent
- 1972The Boy Who Turned Yellow
- 1977Return to the Edge of the World