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Ridley Scott

English filmmaker (born 1937)

8.74body-of-work score · ranked #105 of 2631 directors · 7 films in our library

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

Born
November 30, 1937 · South Shields
Nationality
United Kingdom
Work
film director, film producer, executive producer, television producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Ridley Scott
Raph_PH · 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
    GladiatorMust-See #235

    2000 · United Kingdom / United States · drama, action, adventure

    Oscar Best Picture winner 2000 · BAFTA Best Film winner 2001 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2000 #8

    2.524 citations
  2. 2
    Blade RunnerMust-See #236

    1982 · United States / Hong Kong, China · thriller, film-noir, sci-fi

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #54 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #62 · Empire 500 (2008) #20

    2.519 citations
  3. 3
    Alien

    1979 · United States / United Kingdom · horror, sci-fi, thriller

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #146 · Empire 500 (2008) #33 · National Film Registry (inducted 2002)

    1.376 citations
  4. 4
    Thelma & Louise

    1991 · United States / United Kingdom / France · comedy, drama, crime

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1991 #4 · National Film Registry (inducted 2016) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    1.296 citations
  5. 5
    The Martian

    2015 · United States / United Kingdom · sci-fi, adventure, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2015

    0.451 citation
  6. 6
    Black Hawk Down

    2001 · United States · war, action, drama

    Ebert's annual top 10 2001 #2

    0.321 citation
  7. 7
    The Duellists

    1977 · United Kingdom / Australia · drama, war

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.282 citations

Complete filmography

All 37 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1965Boy and Bicycle
  • 1973The Bike Ride
  • 1977The Duellists
  • 1979Alien
  • 1982Blade Runner
  • 1982Film Excerpt: Blade Runner Spinners
  • 1982Film Excerpt: Opening Hades Sequence + Behind The Scenes Footage / Explainer Of Filming Blade Runner Landscape
  • 19841984
  • 1985Legend
  • 1987Someone to Watch Over Me
  • 1989Black Rain
  • 1991Thelma & Louise
  • 19921492 – Conquest of Paradise
  • 1996White Squall
  • 1997G.I. Jane
  • 2000Gladiator
  • 2001Black Hawk Down
  • 2001Hannibal
  • 2003Matchstick Men
  • 2005All the Invisible Children
  • 2005Kingdom of Heaven
  • 2006A Good Year
  • 2007American Gangster
  • 2008Body of Lies
  • 2010Robin Hood
  • 2012Prometheus
  • 2013The Counselor
  • 2014Exodus: Gods and Kings
  • 2015The Martian
  • 2017Alien: Covenant
  • 2017Alien: Covenant – Prologue: Phobos
  • 2017Alien: Covenant – Prologue: The Crossing
  • 2017All the Money in the World
  • 2021House of Gucci
  • 2021The Last Duel
  • 2023Napoleon
  • 2024Gladiator II