People
The people behind the films
20,278 directors, actors, writers and crew with two or more of our reviews to their name. The featured lists are by the Fi1m scores of their work: the average across everything of theirs we have reviewed, with a floor so one great film does not make a career.
Directors
Two or more films we have reviewed, ranked by the average score of all of them.
90Akira Kurosawa
Seven Samurai, Ran
90Emeric Pressburger
The Red Shoes, A Matter of Life and Death
88Michael Powell
The Red Shoes, A Matter of Life and Death
89Satyajit Ray
Pather Panchali, The World of Apu
85Ingmar Bergman
Fanny and Alexander, Persona
88Yasujirō Ozu
Tokyo Story, Late Spring
87Robert Bresson
Au Hasard Balthazar, A Man Escaped
85Mike Leigh
Topsy-Turvy, Secrets & Lies
88Sidney Lumet
12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon
85Billy Wilder
Some Like It Hot, Double Indemnity
85Stanley Kubrick
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Paths of Glory
87Sergio Leone
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West
Actors
Three or more leading parts (top-five billing) in films and series we have reviewed, ranked by the average score of those titles.
91Toshirō Mifune
Seven Samurai, Rashomon
90Tatsuya Nakadai
Ran, Harakiri
88Takashi Shimura
Seven Samurai, Ikiru
87Alec Guinness
Kind Hearts and Coronets, Lawrence of Arabia
86Gunnar Björnstrand
Persona, Winter Light
90Roger Livesey
A Matter of Life and Death, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
88Claudia Cardinale
Once Upon a Time in the West, 8½
90Chishū Ryū
Tokyo Story, Late Spring
83James Stewart
Rear Window, Vertigo
88Sterling Hayden
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, The Asphalt Jungle
88Janet Leigh
Psycho, The Manchurian Candidate
86Buster Keaton
The General, Sherlock Jr.