A Life in Film
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Top films
Top 10 of 2019
Includes festival films that have not yet secured US distribution.
By release year
Genres, countries & languages
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The Avengers Collection 4 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
Captain America Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Thor Collection 3 watched
Iron Man Collection 3 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
Harry Potter Collection 8 watched
The Godfather Collection 3 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
The Matrix Collection 4 watched
3 Ninja Kids Collection 4 watched
Alien Collection 4 watched
The Apu Trilogy 3 watched
Austin Powers Collection 3 watched
The Avengers Collection 4 watched
Back to the Future Collection 3 watched
Bad Boys Collection 3 watched
Before... Collection 3 watched
Beverly Hills Cop Collection 3 watched
Blade Collection 3 watched
Captain America Collection 3 watched
Charlotte et Véronique 4 watched
Cube Collection 3 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
The Decalogue 10 watched
Evil Dead Collection 4 watched
The Fast and the Furious Collection 9 watched
Final Destination Collection 5 watched
Ginger Snaps Collection 3 watched
The Godfather Collection 3 watched
Godzilla Collection 3 watched
Halloween Collection 10 watched
Harold & Kumar Collection 3 watched
Harry Potter Collection 8 watched
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Collection 3 watched
How to Train Your Dragon Collection 3 watched
Iron Man Collection 3 watched
John Wick Collection 3 watched
Lethal Weapon Collection 4 watched
Living Dead Collection 4 watched
Look Who's Talking Collection 3 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
Mad Max Collection 4 watched
The Matrix Collection 4 watched
The Mighty Ducks Collection 3 watched
The Millennium Collection 3 watched
Mission: Impossible Collection 6 watched
Naked Gun Collection 3 watched
National Lampoon's Vacation Collection 4 watched
A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection 7 watched
Ocean's Collection 3 watched
Paradise Lost Collection 3 watched
Planet of the Apes (Reboot) Collection 3 watched
Resident Evil Collection 6 watched
RoboCop Collection 3 watched
Rocky Collection 6 watched
Rush Hour Collection 3 watched
Scream Collection 5 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Collection 3 watched
Thor Collection 3 watched
Three Colors Collection 3 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
The Twilight Collection 5 watched
Unnamed collection 4 watched
Unnamed collection 4 watched
V/H/S Collection 4 watched
World of Tomorrow Collection 3 watched
Ace Ventura Collection 2 of 3 watched
Alex Cross Collection 2 of 3 watched
Bill & Ted's Most Excellent Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Brady Bunch Collection 2 of 3 watched
Candyman Collection 3 of 4 watched
Creepshow Collection 2 of 3 watched
Die Hard Collection 4 of 5 watched
The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby Collection 2 of 3 watched
Firefly Collection 2 of 3 watched
Friday the 13th Collection 10 of 11 watched
Ghostbusters Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Hangover Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Hannibal Lecter Collection 3 of 4 watched
Hostel Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Human Centipede Collection 2 of 3 watched
I Know What You Did Last Summer Collection 2 of 3 watched
Indiana Jones Collection 3 of 4 watched
Jeepers Creepers Collection 2 of 3 watched
Jumanji Collection 2 of 3 watched
Major League Collection 2 of 3 watched
Meet the Parents Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Mummy Collection 2 of 3 watched
Predator Collection 3 of 4 watched
Problem Child Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Punisher Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Ring Collection 2 of 3 watched
Rugrats Collection 2 of 3 watched
Spider-Man (Avengers) Collection 2 of 3 watched
Star Trek: Alternate Reality Collection 2 of 3 watched
Tales from the Crypt Collection 2 of 3 watched
Tetsuo Collection 2 of 3 watched
Wallace & Gromit Collection 3 of 4 watched
The Wolverine Collection 2 of 3 watched
X-Men Collection 6 of 7 watched
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Directors
Crew & studios
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Co-Directors
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Producers
Scott Rudin 76
Stan Lee 46
Tim Bevan 42
Eric Fellner 40
Joel Silver 38
Bruce Berman 38
Jason Blum 35
Kevin Feige 33
Brian Grazer 30
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Writers
Stephen King 31
Joel Coen 23
Ethan Coen 22
John Hughes 20
David Mamet 15
David Koepp 14
Éric Rohmer 14
David Lynch 14
Kevin Smith 13
Wong Kar-wai 13
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Editors
Michael Kahn 28
Paul Hirsch 19
Sandra Adair 17
Jay Cassidy 17
Billy Weber 16
Lee Smith 16
Sheldon Kahn 16
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Cinematography
Mark Irwin 25
Peter Deming 24
Dean Cundey 22
Dean Semler 21
Jack Green 18
Sven Nykvist 17
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Production Design
David Wasco 21
Carol Spier 19
Rick Carter 17
Wynn Thomas 16
Bo Welch 13
Jess Gonchor 13
Jack Fisk 12
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Art Direction
Brad Ricker 17
Helen Jarvis 16
Tony Fanning 15
Gary Tomkins 15
David Lazan 14
Sean Haworth 14
John Dexter 13
Greg Papalia 13
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Set Decoration
Nancy Haigh 25
Gene Serdena 21
Jay Hart 17
Anne Kuljian 16
Cindy Carr 16
Jan Pascale 16
Susan Bode 15
Gary Fettis 15
Mick Cukurs 15
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Visual Effects
Craig Barron 24
John Knoll 21
Brian Adler 17
Phil Tippett 15
Mat Beck 15
Ian Hunter 15
David Sanger 14
John Bruno 13
Syd Dutton 13
Scott Farrar 13
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Composers
Danny Elfman 56
Hans Zimmer 55
Howard Shore 46
James Horner 37
Mark Isham 36
David Newman 34
John Debney 29
John Powell 27
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Sound
Skip Lievsay 67
Andy Nelson 51
Leslie Shatz 44
Paul Massey 42
Anna Behlmer 42
Dino Dimuro 41
Scott Millan 38
Randy Thom 37
Ron Bartlett 36
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Costumes
Mary Zophres 27
Ann Roth 26
Mark Bridges 22
Edith Head 17
Kym Barrett 17
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Make-Up
Donald Mowat 36
Ve Neill 31
Bill Corso 26
Rick Baker 22
Julie Hewett 22
Sian Grigg 21
Luisa Abel 18
Judy Chin 18
John Blake 17
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Studios
Paramount 235
20th Century Fox 189
New Line Cinema 141
Canal+ 118
Miramax 82
CNC 53
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Co-Directors
Ágnes Hranitzky 3.2
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Producers
Hiroshi Nezu 4.5
Seiichiro Ujiie 4.5
Yutaka Narita 4.5
Rae Sanchini 4.5
Marisa Clifford 4.5
Akira Kurosawa 4.5
Ryûzô Kikushima 4.5
Albert Prévost 4.5
Kiichi Ichikawa 4.5
Charlie Kaufman 4.4
Jan Harlan 4.3
Tadashi Ôno 4.3
Veit Heiduschka 4.2
Charles H. Joffe 4.2
Abbas Kiarostami 4.2
Rick Yorn 4.2
Gary Gilbert 4.2
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Writers
Charles Lederer 4.8
Ryûzô Kikushima 4.5
Julie Delpy 4.5
Stanisław Lem 4.5
Chantal Akerman 4.5
Kenneth Lonergan 4.5
Casey Affleck 4.5
Charlie Kaufman 4.4
Sergio Leone 4.4
Frederick Knott 4.3
Kim Krizan 4.2
Jonathan Glazer 4.2
Shane Carruth 4.2
Walter Tevis 4.2
James L. Brooks 4.2
Richard Price 4.2
Michael Haneke 4.2
Ennio Flaiano 4.2
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Editors
Nadine Muse 4.5
Eric Zumbrunnen 4.5
Hisashi Sagara 4.5
Gene Milford 4.5
Viola Lawrence 4.5
Fusako Shuzui 4.5
Eugenio Alabiso 4.2
Mark Yoshikawa 4.2
William Hornbeck 4.2
Ralph Rosenblum 4.2
Shane Carruth 4.2
Raymond Lamy 4.2
Geneviève Vaury 4.2
Mircea Olteanu 4.2
Angus Wall 4.2
Joe Bini 4.2
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Cinematography
Boris Kaufman 4.8
Alexis Zabe 4.8
Robert Krasker 4.8
Oleg Mutu 4.5
Karl Struss 4.5
Lance Acord 4.3
Hiroshi Segawa 4.3
Joseph Walker 4.3
Harold Rosson 4.2
Victor J. Kemper 4.2
Takao Saitō 4.2
Joseph LaShelle 4.2
Luca Bigazzi 4.2
Eugen Schüfftan 4.2
Rodrigo Prieto 4.2
Jürgen Jürges 4.2
Hossein Jafarian 4.2
Hisao Shirai 4.1
Harris Savides 4.1
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Production Design
Mihaela Poenaru 4.8
Christoph Kanter 4.5
Dan Leigh 4.5
Florian Sanson 4.5
Masao Yamazaki 4.5
Boris Leven 4.3
William Arnold 4.2
Bob Pauley 4.2
Carlo Simi 4.2
Tom Walker 4.2
Yoshirô Muraki 4.2
Dean Tavoularis 4.1
Richard Sylbert 4.1
Mel Bourne 4.0
Stephonik Youth 4.0
Karen Murphy 4.0
Roy Walker 4.0
Fiona Crombie 4.0
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Art Direction
Peter Andrus 4.5
Hiroshi Ohno 4.5
Lionel Banks 4.5
Kazuo Oga 4.3
Sue Chan 4.2
Blair Huizingh 4.2
Carlo Leva 4.2
Jack Okey 4.2
Isabelle Guay 4.0
Thierry Poulet 4.0
Shigemasa Toda 4.0
Edward Carrere 4.0
Albert Brenner 4.0
Noboru Yoshida 4.0
Leslie Dilley 4.0
Jonathan Arkin 4.0
Angelo P. Graham 4.0
Maher Ahmad 4.0
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Set Decoration
Lydia Marks 4.8
Daniel Bradford 4.2
Henry Grace 4.2
Dawn Brown 4.2
Emile Kuri 4.2
Edward G. Boyle 4.1
Michael Ford 4.0
Howard Bristol 4.0
John P. Austin 4.0
Martha Johnston 4.0
Jack Blanchard 4.0
Edgar G. Ulmer 4.0
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Visual Effects
Bob Whitehill 4.8
Juan J. Buhler 4.8
Tolga Goktekin 4.8
Yoshiharu Sato 4.5
Gary Nolin 4.5
Louis Morin 4.2
Henry LaBounta 4.2
Les Hunter 4.2
Tom Debenham 4.2
Andrew Jimenez 4.2
Yoshifumi Kondō 4.1
Masashi Ando 4.1
Glenn Allen 4.0
Andrea D'Amico 4.0
Paul Huston 4.0
Joe Letteri 4.0
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Composers
Jon Brion 4.6
Michael Galasso 4.5
Kenyon Hopkins 4.5
Thomas Bangalter 4.5
Masaru Satō 4.5
Shane Carruth 4.2
Sattar Oraki 4.2
Andrew Dickson 4.2
Victor Young 4.2
Robbie Robertson 4.2
David Shire 4.0
Carmine Coppola 4.0
Krzysztof Komeda 4.0
Herbie Hancock 4.0
Giorgio Gaslini 4.0
Carli Elinor 4.0
Louis Levy 4.0
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Sound
Dustin Cawood 4.8
Ed Downham 4.8
Nathan Boxer 4.5
Loren L. Ryder 4.5
Justin Herman 4.5
Jack Higgins 4.5
Desmond Dew 4.5
Elio Pacella 4.3
Fumio Yanoguchi 4.3
Johnnie Burn 4.2
Ichirô Minawa 4.2
Jack Solomon 4.2
Reza Narimizadeh 4.2
Simon Carroll 4.2
Winston Ryder 4.2
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Costumes
Casey Storm 4.5
Nancy Thompson 4.5
Hope Bryce 4.5
Carlo Simi 4.3
Richard Bruno 4.2
Robert Kalloch 4.2
Heather Moore 4.2
Andrea Flesch 4.2
George Newman 4.2
Fran Vega-Buck 4.2
Mago 4.2
Moss Mabry 4.2
Clare West 4.2
Marilyn Putnam 4.2
Walter Plunkett 4.2
Françoise Clavel 4.2
Monic Parelle 4.1
Jacqueline West 4.1
Jeffrey Kurland 4.0
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Make-Up
William Tuttle 4.5
Jim Gillespie 4.2
Rino Carboni 4.2
Ed Voight 4.2
Bill Herman 4.2
Monika Münnich 4.2
Del Armstrong 4.2
Mehrdad Mirkiani 4.1
Fern Buchner 4.1
Gordon Bau 4.0
Amy Lederman 4.0
Bridget O'Neill 4.0
Helen Barrett 4.0
Nadia Stacey 4.0
Jack H. Young 4.0
Robert Dawn 4.0
Allan Snyder 4.0
Bridget Bergman 4.0
Fred C. Blau Jr. 4.0
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Studios
Studio Fuga 4.8
Silver Films 4.8
Stanley Kubrick Productions 4.5
Projective Testing Service 4.5
Théo Films 4.5
France 2 4.5
MonkeyBoy 4.5
Paradise Films 4.5
Saga Film 4.5
Filmfonds Wien 4.3
ORF 4.3
Gilbert Films 4.2
June Pictures 4.2
JW Films 4.2
PEA 4.2
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