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Noah Baumbach

American filmmaker (born 1969)

2.90body-of-work score · ranked #380 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library

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

Born
September 3, 1969 · Brooklyn
Nationality
United States
Work
screenwriter, film director, film producer, actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Noah Baumbach
Bryan Berlin · CC BY-SA 4.0

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 Squid and the Whale

    2005 · United States · drama, comedy

    Film Comment year-end poll 2005 #6 · Sarris's annual top 10 2005 #2 · Criterion Collection spine #845

    0.984 citations
  2. 2
    Marriage Story

    2019 · United States / United Kingdom · comedy, drama, romance

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2019 · Film Comment year-end poll 2019 #11 · Criterion Collection spine #1038

    0.893 citations
  3. 3
    Frances Ha

    2012 · United States · comedy, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2013 #9 · Criterion Collection spine #681 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.573 citations
  4. 4
    Greenberg

    2010 · United States · drama, comedy, romance

    Film Comment year-end poll 2010 #10

    0.291 citation
  5. 5
    Kicking and Screaming

    1995 · United States · comedy, romance, drama

    Criterion Collection spine #349

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

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