Terence Davies
British film director and screenwriter (1945–2023)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- November 10, 1945 · Liverpool
- Died
- October 7, 2023 · Mistley
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, director, film screenwriter
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
1988 · United Kingdom · drama
Locarno Golden Leopard winner 1988 · Kehr's annual top 10 1989 #1 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #243
2.176 citations - 2
1992 · United Kingdom · drama
Hoberman's annual top 10 1993 #2 · Sarris's annual top 10 1993 #4 · Criterion Collection spine #694
0.955 citations - 3
2000 · France / Germany / United Kingdom · drama
Film Comment year-end poll 2000 #4 · Hoberman's annual top 10 2000 #3 · Sarris's annual top 10 2000 #3
0.933 citations - 40.631 citation
- 50.271 citation
- 6
2021 · United Kingdom / United States · biography, drama
Film Comment year-end poll 2022 #20
0.231 citation - 70.201 citation
Complete filmography
All 10 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1983Death and Transfiguration
- 1988Distant Voices, Still Lives
- 1992The Long Day Closes
- 1995The Neon Bible
- 2000The House of Mirth
- 2008Of Time and the City
- 2011The Deep Blue Sea
- 2015Sunset Song
- 2016A Quiet Passion
- 2021Benediction