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Walter Hill

American film director, producer and screenwriter

1.89body-of-work score · ranked #543 of 2631 directors · 8 films in our library

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

Born
January 10, 1942 · Long Beach
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, film producer, screenwriter, executive producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Walter Hill
Harald Bischoff · CC BY-SA 3.0

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
    The Warriors

    1979 · United States · action, thriller, drama

    Kehr's annual top 10 1979 #5 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.473 citations
  2. 2
    Streets of Fire

    1984 · United States · action, musical, thriller

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1984 #7 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.442 citations
  3. 3
    The Driver

    1978 · United States · crime, action, film-noir

    Kehr's annual top 10 1978 #6 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.292 citations
  4. 4
    Wild Bill

    1995 · United States · action, biography, western

    Kehr's annual top 10 1995 #7

    0.171 citation
  5. 5
    Hard Times

    1975 · United States · action, drama

    Kehr's annual top 10 1975 #9

    0.151 citation
  6. 6
    The Long Riders

    1980 · United States · western, biography

    Kehr's annual top 10 1980 #10

    0.141 citation
  7. 7
    Southern Comfort

    1981 · United States · action, thriller, war

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation
  8. 8
    48 Hrs.

    1982 · United States · action, thriller, comedy

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

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