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Steven Soderbergh

American filmmaker (born 1963)

9.78body-of-work score · ranked #90 of 2631 directors · 16 films in our library

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

Born
January 14, 1963 · Atlanta
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, cinematographer, film producer, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Steven Soderbergh
Jan Beránek · CC BY-SA 4.0

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
    Sex, Lies, and VideotapeMust-See #210

    1989 · United States · drama

    Palme d'Or winner 1989 · Sarris's annual top 10 1989 #1 · National Film Registry (inducted 2006)

    2.676 citations
  2. 2
    TrafficMust-See #293

    2000 · United States / Germany / Mexico · crime, drama, thriller

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2001 #1 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2000 · Film Comment year-end poll 2000 #16

    2.287 citations
  3. 3
    Erin Brockovich

    2000 · United States · biography, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2000 · Film Comment year-end poll 2000 #18 · Sarris's annual top 10 2000 #8

    0.843 citations
  4. 4
    Out of Sight

    1998 · United States · crime, comedy, romance

    Sarris's annual top 10 1998 #2 · Empire 500 (2008) #326 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.613 citations
  5. 5
    Gray's Anatomy

    1996 · United States · documentary

    Sarris's annual top 10 1997 #2 · Criterion Collection spine #618

    0.482 citations
  6. 6
    King of the Hill

    1993 · United States · drama

    Criterion Collection spine #698 · Sarris's annual top 10 1993 #8 · Siskel's annual top 10 1993 #9

    0.473 citations
  7. 7
    Bubble

    2005 · United States · mystery, drama

    Ebert's annual top 10 2006 #2 · Kehr's annual top 10 2006 #null

    0.462 citations
  8. 8
    Solaris

    2002 · United States · sci-fi, romance, drama

    Hoberman's annual top 10 2002 #7 · Sarris's annual top 10 2002 #10

    0.312 citations
  9. 9
    Ocean's Eleven

    2001 · United States / Australia · crime, comedy, mystery

    Empire 500 (2008) #500 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.282 citations
  10. 10
    The Limey

    1999 · United States · crime, film-noir, drama

    Kehr's annual top 10 1999 #8 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.272 citations
  11. 11
    Magic Mike

    2012 · United States · drama, comedy

    Film Comment year-end poll 2012 #23

    0.221 citation
  12. 12
    Contagion

    2011 · United States · drama, thriller, action

    Film Comment year-end poll 2011 #33

    0.201 citation
  13. 13
    The Informant!

    2009 · United States · comedy, drama, crime

    Film Comment year-end poll 2009 #35

    0.191 citation
  14. 14
    Haywire

    2011 · United States / Ireland · thriller, crime, action

    Film Comment year-end poll 2012 #35

    0.191 citation
  15. 15
    Schizopolis

    1996 · United States · comedy

    Criterion Collection spine #199

    0.161 citation
  16. 16
    And Everything Is Going Fine

    2010 · United States · documentary

    Criterion Collection spine #617

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 40 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.