Ronald Neame

English film cinematographer, producer, screenwriter and director (1911–2010)

1.64body-of-work score · ranked #589 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

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

Born
April 23, 1911 · London
Died
June 16, 2010 · Los Angeles
Nationality
United Kingdom
Work
film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Ronald Neame
Bruce H. Cox, Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0

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

    1972 · United States · action, thriller, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1973 #5

    0.391 citation
  2. 2

    1958 · United Kingdom · comedy, drama

    Sarris's annual top 10 1958 #5 · Criterion Collection spine #154

    0.352 citations
  3. 3

    1960 · United Kingdom · drama

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #225

    0.332 citations
  4. 4

    1956 · United States / United Kingdom · war, drama

    BAFTA Best Film nominee 1957

    0.301 citation
  5. 5

    1980 · United States · comedy, thriller

    Criterion Collection spine #163

    0.161 citation
  6. 6

    1966 · United States · crime

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 25 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1947Take My Life
  • 1950Golden Salamander
  • 1952The Card
  • 1954The Million Pound Note
  • 1956The Man Who Never Was
  • 1957The Seventh Sin
  • 1957Windom's Way
  • 1958The Horse's Mouth
  • 1960Tunes of Glory
  • 1962Escape from Zahrain
  • 1963I Could Go On Singing
  • 1964The Chalk Garden
  • 1965Mister Moses
  • 1966A Man Could Get Killed
  • 1966Gambit
  • 1968Prudence and the Pill
  • 1969The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
  • 1970Scrooge
  • 1972The Poseidon Adventure
  • 1974The Odessa File
  • 1979Meteor
  • 1980Hopscotch
  • 1981First Monday in October
  • 1986Foreign Body
  • 1990The Magic Balloon