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Robert Wise

American film director, film producer and film editor (1914–2005)

7.95body-of-work score · ranked #121 of 2631 directors · 10 films in our library

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

Born
September 10, 1914 · Winchester
Died
September 14, 2005 · Los Angeles
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, film producer, film editor, trade unionist
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Robert Wise
Alan Light · CC BY 2.0

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
    West Side StoryMust-See #131

    1961 · United States · musical, romance, drama

    Oscar Best Picture winner 1961 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1961 #4 · AFI 100 (2007) #51

    3.208 citations
  2. 2
    The Sound of MusicMust-See #149

    1965 · United States · musical, biography, drama

    Oscar Best Picture winner 1965 · AFI 100 (2007) #40 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1965 #9

    3.027 citations
  3. 3
    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951 · United States · sci-fi, horror, drama

    National Film Registry (inducted 1995) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.503 citations
  4. 4
    The Sand Pebbles

    1966 · United States · drama, war

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1966

    0.451 citation
  5. 5
    The Set-Up

    1949 · United States · film-noir, drama

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation
  6. 6
    I Want to Live!

    1958 · United States · drama, crime, biography

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation
  7. 7
    Executive Suite

    1954 · United States · romance, drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  8. 8
    Odds Against Tomorrow

    1959 · United States · crime, drama, film-noir

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation
  9. 9
    The Haunting

    1963 · United Kingdom · horror

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation
  10. 10
    The Andromeda Strain

    1971 · United States · sci-fi

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 45 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1944Mademoiselle Fifi
  • 1944Marine Raiders
  • 1944The Curse of the Cat People
  • 1945A Game of Death
  • 1945Criminal Court
  • 1945The Body Snatcher
  • 1947Born to Kill
  • 1948Blood on the Moon
  • 1948Mystery in Mexico
  • 1949The Set-Up
  • 1950Three Secrets
  • 1950Two Flags West
  • 1951The Day the Earth Stood Still
  • 1951The House on Telegraph Hill
  • 1952Something for the Birds
  • 1952The Captive City
  • 1953Destination Gobi
  • 1953So Big
  • 1953The Desert Rats
  • 1954Executive Suite
  • 1956Helen of Troy
  • 1956Somebody Up There Likes Me
  • 1956Tribute to a Bad Man
  • 1957This Could Be the Night
  • 1957Until They Sail
  • 1958I Want to Live!
  • 1958Run Silent, Run Deep
  • 1959Odds Against Tomorrow
  • 1961West Side Story
  • 1962Two for the Seesaw
  • 1963The Haunting
  • 1965The Sound of Music
  • 1966The Sand Pebbles
  • 1968Star!
  • 1971The Andromeda Strain
  • 1973Two People
  • 1975The Hindenburg
  • 1977Audrey Rose
  • 1979Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  • 1986Wisdom
  • 1989Rooftops
  • 2000A Storm in Summer
  • 2000Star Trek: Hidden Frontier
  • 2007Star Trek: Intrepid
  • 2019What We Left Behind