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Sarah Polley

Canadian actress, film director and screenwriter

1.40body-of-work score · ranked #669 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

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

Born
January 8, 1979 · Toronto
Nationality
Canada
Work
actor, film director, screenwriter, singer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Sarah Polley
nicolas genin from Paris, France · CC BY-SA 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
    Women Talking

    2022 · United States · drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2022 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2023 #10

    0.742 citations
  2. 2
    Away from Her

    2006 · Canada · drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2007 #17 · Ebert's annual top 10 2007 #6

    0.422 citations
  3. 3
    Stories We Tell

    2012 · Canada · documentary, biography

    Film Comment year-end poll 2013 #16

    0.241 citation

Complete filmography

All 5 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.