Phil Karlson
American film director (1908–1982)
0.45body-of-work score · ranked #1475 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- July 2, 1908 · Chicago
- Died
- December 12, 1985 · Los Angeles
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, director
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
1955 · United States · film-noir, crime, drama
National Film Registry (inducted 2019) · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.342 citations - 20.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 51 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1940Seven Sinners
- 1944A Wave, a WAC and a Marine
- 1945G. I. Honeymoon
- 1945The Shanghai Cobra
- 1945There Goes Kelly
- 1946Behind the Mask
- 1946Bowery Bombshell
- 1946Dark Alibi
- 1946Live Wires
- 1946Swing Parade of 1946
- 1946The Missing Lady
- 1946Wife Wanted
- 1947Black Gold
- 1947Kilroy Was Here
- 1947Louisiana
- 1948Adventures in Silverado
- 1948Ladies of the Chorus
- 1948Rocky
- 1948Thunderhoof
- 1949Down Memory Lane
- 1950The Big Cat
- 1950The Iroquois Trail
- 1951Lorna Doone
- 1951Mask of the Avenger
- 1951The Texas Rangers
- 1952Kansas City Confidential
- 1952Scandal Sheet
- 1952The Brigand
- 195399 River Street
- 1954They Rode West
- 19555 Against the House
- 1955Hell's Island
- 1955The Phenix City Story
- 1955Tight Spot
- 1957The Brothers Rico
- 1958Gunman's Walk
- 1959The Scarface Mob
- 1960Hell to Eternity
- 1960Key Witness
- 1961The Secret Ways
- 1961The Young Doctors
- 1962Kid Galahad
- 1963Rampage
- 1966The Silencers
- 1967A Time for Killing
- 1968Alexander the Great
- 1969The Wrecking Crew
- 1970Hornets’ Nest
- 1972Ben
- 1973Walking Tall
- 1975Framed