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Vincente Minnelli

American stage and film director (1903-1986)

9.81body-of-work score · ranked #89 of 2631 directors · 16 films in our library

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

Born
February 28, 1903 · Chicago
Died
July 25, 1986 · Beverly Hills
Nationality
United States
Work
theatre director, film director, costume designer, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Vincente Minnelli
Earl Ostroff · 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
    An American in ParisMust-See #299

    1951 · United States · musical

    Oscar Best Picture winner 1951 · AFI 100 (1998) #68 · National Film Registry (inducted 1993)

    2.255 citations
  2. 2
    GigiMust-See #386

    1958 · United States · comedy, romance, musical

    Oscar Best Picture winner 1958 · National Film Registry (inducted 1991) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    2.004 citations
  3. 3
    Ziegfeld Follies

    1945 · United States · musical

    Palme d'Or winner 1947

    1.501 citation
  4. 4
    Meet Me in St. Louis

    1944 · United States · musical, drama

    TIME All-TIME 100 · National Film Registry (inducted 1994) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.774 citations
  5. 5
    The Band Wagon

    1953 · United States · comedy, romance, musical

    National Film Registry (inducted 1995) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Roger Ebert's Great Movies

    0.755 citations
  6. 6
    Father of the Bride

    1950 · United States · comedy, romance

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1950 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.733 citations
  7. 7
    The Bad and the Beautiful

    1952 · United States · drama

    National Film Registry (inducted 2002) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.503 citations
  8. 8
    Cabin in the Sky

    1943 · United States · fantasy, musical

    National Film Registry (inducted 2020)

    0.231 citation
  9. 9
    On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

    1970 · United States · comedy, romance, musical

    Sarris's annual top 10 1970 #4

    0.221 citation
  10. 10
    Lust for Life

    1956 · United States · drama, biography

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation
  11. 11
    Two Weeks in Another Town

    1962 · United States / Italy · drama

    Sarris's annual top 10 1962 #10

    0.141 citation
  12. 12
    The Clock

    1945 · United States · romance, drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  13. 13
    The Pirate

    1948 · United States · musical, adventure

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  14. 14
    The Story of Three Loves

    1953 · United States · drama, romance, fantasy

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  15. 15
    The Cobweb

    1955 · United States · drama, comedy, romance

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  16. 16
    Bells Are Ringing

    1960 · United States · musical, comedy, romance

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 37 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.