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Philip Kaufman

American film director, screenwriter and film producer

4.53body-of-work score · ranked #243 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library

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

Born
October 23, 1936 · Chicago
Nationality
United States
Work
film actor, voice actor, film director, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Philip Kaufman
Gorup de Besanez · 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
    The Right StuffMust-See #240

    1983 · United States · adventure, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1984 #2 · Ebert's annual top 10 1983 #1 · Siskel's annual top 10 1983 #1

    2.489 citations
  2. 2
    The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    1988 · United States · drama, romance

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1988 #2 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1988 #8 · Ebert's annual top 10 1988 #3

    1.686 citations
  3. 3
    The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

    1972 · United States · western

    Ebert's annual top 10 1972 #10

    0.141 citation
  4. 4
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1978 · United States · sci-fi, horror, thriller

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation
  5. 5
    The Wanderers

    1979 · United States · drama

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 13 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.