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Monte Hellman

American film director, film producer and film editor (1932–2021)

1.75body-of-work score · ranked #573 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

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

Born
July 12, 1932 · Greenpoint
Died
April 20, 2021 · Eisenhower Medical Center
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, film producer, film editor, writer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Monte Hellman
Rodrigo Sombra · CC BY 2.0

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
    Two-Lane Blacktop

    1971 · United States · drama, action

    National Film Registry (inducted 2012) · Criterion Collection spine #414 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.614 citations
  2. 2
    Ride in the Whirlwind

    1966 · United States · western

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1968 #9 · Criterion Collection spine #735

    0.462 citations
  3. 3
    The Shooting

    1966 · United States · western

    Criterion Collection spine #734 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.272 citations
  4. 4
    Road to Nowhere

    2010 · United States · romance

    Film Comment year-end poll 2011 #44

    0.181 citation
  5. 5
    A Fistful of DollarsPer un pugno di dollari

    1964 · Italy / Spain / Germany · western, action

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation
  6. 6
    Cockfighter

    1974 · United States · drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 20 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.