History of Movies.

Robert Wise

9.90body-of-work score · ranked #68 of 1774 directors · 4 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. 1West Side Story19614.42Must-See #72
  2. 2The Sound of Music19654.35Must-See #78
  3. 3The Sand Pebbles19660.90
  4. 4The Day the Earth Stood Still19510.23