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Sydney Pollack

American film director, producer and actor (1934-2008)

5.67body-of-work score · ranked #178 of 2631 directors · 7 films in our library

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

Born
July 1, 1934 · Lafayette
Died
May 26, 2008 · Pacific Palisades
Nationality
United States
Work
film producer, actor, television actor, film actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Sydney Pollack
Arthur from Westchester County north of NYC, USA, at Arthur@NYCArthur.com · CC BY-SA 2.0

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
    TootsieMust-See #195

    1982 · United States · comedy, romance, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1982 · AFI 100 (2007) #69 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1983 #8

    2.7411 citations
  2. 2
    Out of Africa

    1985 · United States · biography, drama, romance

    Oscar Best Picture winner 1985

    1.501 citation
  3. 3
    The Swimmer

    1968 · United States · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1969 #6 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.472 citations
  4. 4
    They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

    1969 · United States · drama, thriller

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1970 #10 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.462 citations
  5. 5
    The Way We Were

    1973 · United States · romance, drama

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation
  6. 6
    Three Days of the Condor

    1975 · United States · thriller, drama, crime

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation
  7. 7
    Absence of Malice

    1981 · United States · drama, crime

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation

Complete filmography

All 23 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.