History of Movies.

Satyajit Ray

12.79body-of-work score · ranked #44 of 1774 directors · 11 films in our library

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

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. 1Pather Panchali19554.93Must-See #47
  2. 2Aparajito19562.49
  3. 3Distant Thunder19732.00
  4. 4The Stranger19910.63
  5. 5Jalsaghar19580.61
  6. 6Charulata19640.57
  7. 7Apur Sansar19590.53
  8. 8Days and Nights in the Forest19700.36
  9. 9The Home and the World19840.36
  10. 10Devi19600.16
  11. 11Mahanagar19630.16