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Stanley Kramer

American film director and producer (1913-2001)

4.92body-of-work score · ranked #217 of 2631 directors · 7 films in our library

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

Born
September 29, 1913 · Brooklyn
Died
February 19, 2001 · Woodland Hills
Nationality
United States
Work
film producer, film director, autobiographer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Stanley Kramer
studio · Public domain

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
    Judgment at NurembergMust-See #495

    1961 · United States · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1962 #2 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1961 · Letterboxd Top 250 #99

    1.705 citations
  2. 2
    The Defiant Ones

    1958 · United States · drama, crime, thriller

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1958 · BAFTA Best Film nominee 1959 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.923 citations
  3. 3
    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    1967 · United States · comedy, drama, romance

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1967 · AFI 100 (1998) #99 · National Film Registry (inducted 2017)

    0.903 citations
  4. 4
    Ship of Fools

    1965 · United States · war, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1965 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.622 citations
  5. 5
    On the Beach

    1959 · United States / Australia · sci-fi, drama

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Sarris's annual top 10 1959 #8

    0.322 citations
  6. 6
    Inherit the Wind

    1960 · United States · drama

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Roger Ebert's Great Movies

    0.302 citations
  7. 7
    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

    1963 · United States · crime, comedy, action

    Criterion Collection spine #692

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 17 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.