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Neil Jordan

Irish filmmaker and fiction writer

5.81body-of-work score · ranked #175 of 2631 directors · 9 films in our library

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

Born
February 25, 1950 · Sligo
Nationality
Ireland
Work
film director, writer, screenwriter, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Neil Jordan
David Shankbone · 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
    The Crying GameMust-See #354

    1992 · United Kingdom / Japan / Ireland · drama, romance, thriller

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1992 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1993 #4 · BFI Top 100 British films #26

    2.108 citations
  2. 2
    Michael Collins

    1996 · United States / United Kingdom / Ireland · biography, drama, war

    Venice Golden Lion winner 1996

    1.001 citation
  3. 3
    Mona Lisa

    1986 · United Kingdom / Australia · romance, drama, crime

    BFI Top 100 British films #67 · Siskel's annual top 10 1986 #5 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.885 citations
  4. 4
    The End of the Affair

    1999 · United Kingdom / United States · romance, drama, war

    Sarris's annual top 10 1999 #1 · BAFTA Best Film nominee 2000

    0.802 citations
  5. 5
    Breakfast on Pluto

    2005 · United Kingdom / Ireland · drama, comedy

    Film Comment year-end poll 2005 #28 · Sarris's annual top 10 2005 #6

    0.382 citations
  6. 6
    Interview with the VampireInterview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

    1994 · United States · horror, fantasy, romance

    Empire 500 (2008) #281

    0.181 citation
  7. 7
    The Good Thief

    2002 · Canada / France / United Kingdom · crime, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2003 #47

    0.181 citation
  8. 8
    The Butcher Boy

    1997 · Ireland · comedy, drama

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation
  9. 9
    The Company of Wolves

    1984 · United Kingdom / Australia · horror, fantasy

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    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.