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Richard Lester

American film director

5.20body-of-work score · ranked #199 of 2631 directors · 10 films in our library

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

Born
January 19, 1932 · Philadelphia
Nationality
United States
Work
film producer, film director, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Richard Lester
Pietro Luca Cassarino · 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 Knack ...and How to Get It

    1965 · United Kingdom · comedy, romance

    Palme d'Or winner 1965 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    1.612 citations
  2. 2
    A Hard Day's Night

    1964 · United Kingdom · comedy, musical

    TIME All-TIME 100 · BFI Top 100 British films #88 · Empire 500 (2008) #410

    1.509 citations
  3. 3
    Juggernaut

    1974 · United Kingdom · action

    Sarris's annual top 10 1974 #2 · Kehr's annual top 10 1974 #10

    0.462 citations
  4. 4
    Robin and Marian

    1976 · United Kingdom / United States · drama, romance, adventure

    Kehr's annual top 10 1976 #3 · Sarris's annual top 10 1976 #8

    0.412 citations
  5. 5
    The Three Musketeers

    1973 · United Kingdom / United States / Panama · adventure, action, comedy

    Kehr's annual top 10 1974 #5 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.302 citations
  6. 6
    Petulia

    1968 · United Kingdom / United States · romance

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.282 citations
  7. 7
    The Bed Sitting Room

    1969 · United Kingdom · drama

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.222 citations
  8. 8
    The Four Musketeers

    1974 · United Kingdom / United States / Spain · adventure, action, comedy

    Sarris's annual top 10 1975 #5

    0.191 citation
  9. 9
    The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film

    1960 · United Kingdom · comedy

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation
  10. 10
    Superman II

    1980 · United States / United Kingdom · action, sci-fi, fantasy

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 24 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.