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Robert Aldrich

American film director (1918–1983)

3.90body-of-work score · ranked #282 of 2631 directors · 9 films in our library

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

Born
August 9, 1918 · Cranston
Died
December 5, 1983 · Los Angeles
Nationality
United States
Work
screenwriter, film producer, film director, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Robert Aldrich
Warner Bros. Studios, Robert Aldrich (director) · Public domain

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
    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962 · United States · drama, horror, thriller

    National Film Registry (inducted 2021) · Kurosawa's 100 favorite films · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.976 citations
  2. 2
    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955 · United States · crime, film-noir, sci-fi

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1955 #10 · National Film Registry (inducted 1999) · Criterion Collection spine #568

    0.905 citations
  3. 3
    The Big Knife

    1955 · United States · drama, film-noir

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1955 #3

    0.501 citation
  4. 4
    Ulzana's Raid

    1972 · United States · western, war

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Sarris's annual top 10 1972 #8 · Siskel's annual top 10 1972 #10

    0.473 citations
  5. 5
    ...All the Marbles

    1981 · United States · comedy, drama, action

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1982 #8

    0.321 citation
  6. 6
    The Dirty Dozen

    1967 · United States / United Kingdom · war, drama, action

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

    0.282 citations
  7. 7
    The Flight of the Phoenix

    1965 · United States · action

    Criterion Collection spine #1116

    0.161 citation
  8. 8
    Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

    1964 · United States · mystery, thriller, horror

    Sarris's annual top 10 1965 #8

    0.161 citation
  9. 9
    Hustle

    1975 · United States · film-noir, thriller, crime

    Siskel's annual top 10 1975 #10

    0.141 citation

Complete filmography

All 32 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.