History of Movies.

Robert Bresson

11.75body-of-work score · ranked #50 of 1774 directors · 9 films in our library

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

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. 1A Man Escaped19562.96
  2. 2Au Hasard Balthazar19662.50
  3. 3L'Argent19832.05
  4. 4Pickpocket19591.91
  5. 5Diary of a Country Priest19510.93
  6. 6Mouchette19670.54
  7. 7The Trial of Joan of Arc19620.39
  8. 8Four Nights of a Dreamer19710.32
  9. 9Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne19450.16