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Sam Mendes

British stage and film director (born 1965)

6.37body-of-work score · ranked #167 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

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

Born
August 1, 1965 · Reading
Nationality
United Kingdom
Work
theatre director, film director, television director, television producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Sam Mendes
Frankie Fouganthin · CC BY-SA 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
    American BeautyMust-See #196

    1999 · United States · comedy, drama

    Oscar Best Picture winner 1999 · BAFTA Best Film winner 2000 · TIFF People's Choice winner 1999

    2.746 citations
  2. 2
    1917Must-See #439

    2019 · United Kingdom / United States · war, drama

    BAFTA Best Film winner 2020 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2019 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2020 #9

    1.864 citations
  3. 3
    Road to Perdition

    2002 · United States · crime, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2002 #1

    1.001 citation
  4. 4
    Empire of Light

    2022 · United Kingdom / United States · drama, romance

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2023 #8

    0.321 citation
  5. 5
    Skyfall

    2012 · United Kingdom / United States · action, thriller

    Film Comment year-end poll 2012 #32 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.312 citations
  6. 6
    Revolutionary Road

    2008 · United States / United Kingdom · drama, romance

    Ebert's annual top 10 2008 #null

    0.141 citation

Complete filmography

All 13 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.