History of Movies.

Shohei Imamura

16.54body-of-work score · ranked #23 of 1774 directors · 15 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. 1The Eel19974.43Must-See #70
  2. 2The Ballad of Narayama19833.39
  3. 3Black Rain19891.33
  4. 4Vengeance Is Mine19791.29
  5. 5The Insect Woman19631.16
  6. 6Dr. Akagi19981.06
  7. 7The Profound Desire of the Gods19681.00
  8. 8A Man Vanishes19670.63
  9. 9My Second Brother19590.50
  10. 10Pigs and Battleships19610.49
  11. 11Zegen19870.33
  12. 12Eijanaika19810.30
  13. 13Warm Water Under a Red Bridge20010.29
  14. 14Unholy Desire19640.16
  15. 15The Pornographers19660.16