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Peter Jackson

New Zealand film director, screenwriter, producer and actor (born 1961)

10.13body-of-work score · ranked #79 of 2631 directors · 8 films in our library

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

Born
October 31, 1961 · Wellington
Nationality
New Zealand
Work
film director, film producer, screenwriter, writer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Peter Jackson
New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General · CC BY 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 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingMust-See #73

    2003 · New Zealand / United States · fantasy, adventure

    Oscar Best Picture winner 2003 · BAFTA Best Film winner 2004 · Letterboxd Top 250 #11

    3.697 citations
  2. 2
    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingMust-See #114

    2001 · New Zealand / United States · fantasy, adventure, action

    BAFTA Best Film winner 2002 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2001 · AFI 100 (2007) #50

    3.3510 citations
  3. 3
    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002 · New Zealand / United States · fantasy, adventure, action

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2002 · Letterboxd Top 250 #45 · TIME All-TIME 100

    1.244 citations
  4. 4
    King Kong

    2005 · United States / New Zealand · adventure, drama, action

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2005 #9 · Film Comment year-end poll 2005 #48 · Empire 500 (2008) #450

    0.814 citations
  5. 5
    Heavenly Creatures

    1994 · New Zealand / Germany · drama, crime, biography

    Sarris's annual top 10 1994 #2 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1994 #4 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.643 citations
  6. 6
    Bad Taste

    1987 · New Zealand · comedy, sci-fi, horror

    Empire 500 (2008) #416

    0.171 citation
  7. 7
    Braindead

    1992 · New Zealand · horror, comedy, sci-fi

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation
  8. 8
    They Shall Not Grow Old

    2018 · United Kingdom / New Zealand · documentary, war

    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.