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Paul Greengrass

English writer and film director (born 1955)

3.10body-of-work score · ranked #354 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library

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

Born
August 13, 1955 · Cheam
Nationality
United Kingdom
Work
film director, screenwriter, writer, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Paul Greengrass
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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
    Bloody Sunday

    2002 · Ireland / United Kingdom · drama, documentary, war

    Berlin Golden Bear winner 2002 · Film Comment year-end poll 2002 #15 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    1.423 citations
  2. 2
    United 93

    2006 · United Kingdom / United States / France · drama, documentary, biography

    Film Comment year-end poll 2006 #8 · Empire 500 (2008) #186 · Ebert's annual top 10 2006 #6

    0.693 citations
  3. 3
    Captain Phillips

    2013 · United States · action, thriller, biography

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2013 · Film Comment year-end poll 2013 #50

    0.632 citations
  4. 4
    The Bourne Ultimatum

    2007 · United States / Germany · action, thriller, mystery

    Empire 500 (2008) #234

    0.191 citation
  5. 5
    The Bourne Supremacy

    2004 · United States · action, thriller

    Empire 500 (2008) #454

    0.171 citation

Complete filmography

All 16 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.