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Robert Redford

American actor and director (1936–2025)

4.57body-of-work score · ranked #241 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

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

Born
August 18, 1936 · Santa Monica
Died
September 16, 2025 · Provo
Nationality
United States
Work
film actor, film director, film producer, stage actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Robert Redford
U.S. Embassy photographer JP Evans · 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
    Ordinary PeopleMust-See #186

    1980 · United States · drama

    Oscar Best Picture winner 1980 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1981 #3 · Siskel's annual top 10 1980 #2

    2.806 citations
  2. 2
    Quiz Show

    1994 · United States · drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1994 · Siskel's annual top 10 1994 #5 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1994 #8

    0.954 citations
  3. 3
    A River Runs Through It

    1992 · United States · biography, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1993 #7 · Sarris's annual top 10 1992 #5

    0.532 citations
  4. 4
    The Horse Whisperer

    1998 · United States · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1998 #9

    0.301 citation

Complete filmography

All 10 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.