Sergio Leone
Italian filmmaker (1929–1989)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- January 3, 1929 · Rome
- Died
- April 30, 1989 · Rome
- Nationality
- Italy
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor
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
1968 · Italy / United States · western, drama, action
Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #46 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #95 · Empire 500 (2008) #14
2.378 citations - 2
1984 · United States / Italy / France · crime, drama, thriller
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1984 #1 · Siskel's annual top 10 1984 #1 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #157
2.149 citations - 3
1966 · Italy / Spain / Germany · western, war, drama
Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #169 · Letterboxd Top 250 #20 · Empire 500 (2008) #25
1.747 citations - 4For a Few Dollars MorePer qualche dollaro in più
1965 · Italy / Germany / Spain · western, action
Letterboxd Top 250 #250 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.302 citations - 50.151 citation
- 6A Fistful of DollarsPer un pugno di dollari
1964 · Italy / Spain / Germany · western, action
Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 14 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1953Frine, Courtesan of Orient
- 1954They Stole a Tram
- 1959The Last Days of Pompeii
- 1961Duel of the Titans
- 1961The Colossus of Rhodes
- 1962Sodom and Gomorrah
- 1962The Changing of the Guard
- 1964A Fistful of Dollars
- 1965For a Few Dollars More
- 1966The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- 1968Once Upon a Time in the West
- 1971Duck, You Sucker!
- 1975A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe
- 1984Once Upon a Time in America