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Samuel Fuller

American screenwriter, actor and film director (1912–1997)

5.15body-of-work score · ranked #204 of 2631 directors · 10 films in our library

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

Born
August 12, 1912 · Worcester
Died
October 30, 1997 · Hollywood
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, actor, screenwriter, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Samuel Fuller
Roland Godefroy · CC BY 2.5

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
    Shock Corridor

    1963 · United States · film-noir, drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1965 #7 · National Film Registry (inducted 1996) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    1.287 citations
  2. 2
    White Dog

    1982 · United States · drama, horror

    Hoberman's annual top 10 1991 #1 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1982 #4 · Criterion Collection spine #455

    1.204 citations
  3. 3
    The Big Red One

    1980 · United States · drama

    Kehr's annual top 10 1980 #4 · Sarris's annual top 10 1980 #6 · Empire 500 (2008) #483

    0.976 citations
  4. 4
    Pickup on South Street

    1953 · United States · crime, thriller, film-noir

    National Film Registry (inducted 2018) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #224

    0.674 citations
  5. 5
    Forty Guns

    1957 · United States · western

    Criterion Collection spine #954 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.272 citations
  6. 6
    The Naked Kiss

    1964 · United States · crime, film-noir, drama

    Criterion Collection spine #18 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.272 citations
  7. 7
    Underworld U.S.A.

    1961 · United States · film-noir

    Sarris's annual top 10 1961 #10

    0.141 citation
  8. 8
    The Steel Helmet

    1951 · United States · war, drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  9. 9
    Park Row

    1952 · United States · drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  10. 10
    Run of the Arrow

    1957 · United States · western

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 26 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.