History of Movies.

Orson Welles

17.26body-of-work score · ranked #18 of 1774 directors · 9 films in our library

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

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. 1Citizen Kane19419.16Must-See #2
  2. 2Othello19513.16
  3. 3Touch of Evil19581.80
  4. 4The Magnificent Ambersons19421.69
  5. 5Mr. Arkadin19550.59
  6. 6Chimes at Midnight19650.29
  7. 7The Lady from Shanghai19470.23
  8. 8The Trial19620.16
  9. 9F for Fake19730.16