Robert Mulligan

American director (1925-2008)

2.13body-of-work score · ranked #490 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

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

Born
August 23, 1925 · New York City
Died
December 20, 2008 · Lyme
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, film producer, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Robert Mulligan
Adamzanzie · 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

    1962 · United States · drama, crime

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1962 · AFI 100 (2007) #25 · AFI 100 (1998) #34

    1.766 citations
  2. 2

    1991 · United States · romance, drama

    Sarris's annual top 10 1991 #4 · Ebert's annual top 10 1991 #8

    0.372 citations

Complete filmography

All 21 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1957Fear Strikes Out
  • 1959The Moon and Sixpence
  • 1960The Rat Race
  • 1961Come September
  • 1961The Great Impostor
  • 1962The Spiral Road
  • 1962To Kill a Mockingbird
  • 1963Love with the Proper Stranger
  • 1965Baby the Rain Must Fall
  • 1965Inside Daisy Clover
  • 1967Up the Down Staircase
  • 1968The Stalking Moon
  • 1971Summer of '42
  • 1971The Pursuit of Happiness
  • 1972The Other
  • 1974The Nickel Ride
  • 1978Bloodbrothers
  • 1978Same Time, Next Year
  • 1982Kiss Me Goodbye
  • 1988Clara's Heart
  • 1991The Man in the Moon