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Mike Hodges

British film director and screenwriter (1932–2022)

1.56body-of-work score · ranked #611 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

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

Born
July 29, 1932 · Bristol
Died
December 17, 2022 · Dorset
Nationality
United Kingdom
Work
screenwriter, film director, novelist, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Mike Hodges
Kirsty Downs · Public domain

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
    Get Carter

    1971 · United Kingdom · film-noir, crime

    BFI Top 100 British films #16 · Empire 500 (2008) #225 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.844 citations
  2. 2
    Croupier

    1998 · United Kingdom / United States · film-noir, drama, crime

    Film Comment year-end poll 2000 #15 · Sarris's annual top 10 2000 #5 · Kehr's annual top 10 2000 #7

    0.613 citations
  3. 3
    Flash Gordon

    1980 · United Kingdom / United States · action, sci-fi, adventure

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 13 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1971Get Carter
  • 1972Pulp
  • 1974The Terminal Man
  • 1980Flash Gordon
  • 1983Missing Pieces
  • 1984Squaring the Circle
  • 1985Morons from Outer Space
  • 1986Florida Straits
  • 1987A Prayer for the Dying
  • 1989Black Rainbow
  • 1998Croupier
  • 2003Greatest Video Hits 2
  • 2003I'll Sleep When I'm Dead