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Wes Anderson

American filmmaker (born 1969)

8.97body-of-work score · ranked #102 of 2631 directors · 11 films in our library

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

Born
May 1, 1969 · Houston
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Wes Anderson
Harald Krichel · 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
    The Grand Budapest HotelMust-See #406

    2014 · United States / Germany · comedy, drama, adventure

    Film Comment year-end poll 2014 #3 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2014 · Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #25

    1.967 citations
  2. 2
    The Royal TenenbaumsMust-See #486

    2001 · United States · comedy, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2001 #3 · Kehr's annual top 10 2001 #1 · Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #65

    1.736 citations
  3. 3
    Rushmore

    1998 · United States · comedy, drama

    Kehr's annual top 10 1998 #1 · National Film Registry (inducted 2016) · Empire 500 (2008) #175

    1.487 citations
  4. 4
    Fantastic Mr. Fox

    2009 · United States · comedy, drama, action

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2010 #5 · Film Comment year-end poll 2009 #5 · Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #88

    1.375 citations
  5. 5
    Moonrise Kingdom

    2012 · United States · comedy, romance, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2012 #3 · Criterion Collection spine #776 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.773 citations
  6. 6
    The French DispatchThe French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

    2021 · United States / Germany · comedy, drama, romance

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2021 #6 · Criterion Collection spine #1282

    0.522 citations
  7. 7
    Bottle Rocket

    1996 · United States · crime, comedy

    Criterion Collection spine #450 · Kehr's annual top 10 1996 #9 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.423 citations
  8. 8
    Asteroid City

    2023 · United States · comedy, romance, sci-fi

    Film Comment year-end poll 2023 #18

    0.241 citation
  9. 9
    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

    2004 · United States · drama, comedy, adventure

    Criterion Collection spine #300

    0.161 citation
  10. 10
    The Darjeeling Limited

    2007 · United States · drama, comedy

    Criterion Collection spine #540

    0.161 citation
  11. 11
    Isle of Dogs

    2018 · United States / Germany · comedy, animation, sci-fi

    Criterion Collection spine #1281

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 22 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.