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Otto Preminger

Austrian-American director, producer, and actor (1905–1986)

7.23body-of-work score · ranked #138 of 2631 directors · 14 films in our library

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

Born
December 5, 1905 · Vyzhnytsia
Died
April 23, 1986 · New York City
Nationality
Austria, United States
Work
film director, actor, film producer, character actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Otto Preminger
Allan warren · CC BY-SA 3.0

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
    Carmen Jones

    1954 · United States · romance, drama, musical

    Locarno Golden Leopard winner 1955 · BAFTA Best Film nominee 1956 · National Film Registry (inducted 1992)

    1.444 citations
  2. 2
    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959 · United States · crime, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1959 · National Film Registry (inducted 2012) · Letterboxd Top 250 #239

    1.316 citations
  3. 3
    Advise & Consent

    1962 · United States · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1965 #3 · Sarris's annual top 10 1962 #4

    0.722 citations
  4. 4
    Laura

    1944 · United States · crime, mystery, drama

    National Film Registry (inducted 1999) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Roger Ebert's Great Movies

    0.644 citations
  5. 5
    Bunny Lake Is Missing

    1965 · United Kingdom / United States · thriller, mystery

    Sarris's annual top 10 1965 #1 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.612 citations
  6. 6
    The Man with the Golden Arm

    1955 · United States · drama, film-noir

    National Film Registry (inducted 2020) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.503 citations
  7. 7
    The Human Factor

    1979 · United Kingdom / United States · thriller

    Kehr's annual top 10 1980 #2 · Sarris's annual top 10 1980 #12

    0.452 citations
  8. 8
    Moonfleet

    1954 · United States · action, adventure, drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1960 #8 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.432 citations
  9. 9
    Bonjour Tristesse

    1958 · United States / United Kingdom · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1958 #5

    0.391 citation
  10. 10
    Porgy and Bess

    1959 · United States · musical, drama, romance

    National Film Registry (inducted 2011)

    0.231 citation
  11. 11
    Such Good Friends

    1971 · United States · comedy, drama

    Sarris's annual top 10 1971 #9

    0.151 citation
  12. 12
    The Cardinal

    1963 · United States · drama

    Sarris's annual top 10 1963 #10

    0.141 citation
  13. 13
    Angel Face

    1953 · United States · drama, crime, film-noir

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  14. 14
    River of No Return

    1954 · United States · western, action

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 40 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.