A Life in Film
Manuel’s all-time stats
Top films
Films watched in 2020
Only films that I saw for the first time in 2020. No…
Top 2019
Released in France in 2019.
By year
Featured lists
Films watched in 2020
Only films that I saw for the first time in 2020. No…
Genres, countries & languages
List progress
Collections
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
The Avengers Collection 4 watched
Guardians of the Galaxy Collection 3 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
Captain America Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
The Godfather Collection 3 watched
Iron Man Collection 3 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
Back to the Future Collection 3 watched
Before... Collection 3 watched
The Adventures Of Antoine Doinel 5 watched
The Avengers Collection 4 watched
Back to the Future Collection 3 watched
Before... Collection 3 watched
Beverly Hills Cop Collection 3 watched
Captain America Collection 3 watched
Comedies and Proverbs collection 3 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
Die Hard Collection 5 watched
French Fried Vacation 3 watched
The Godfather Collection 3 watched
Guardians of the Galaxy Collection 3 watched
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 8 watched
The Hobbit Collection 3 watched
How to Train Your Dragon Collection 3 watched
Indiana Jones Collection 5 watched
Iron Man Collection 3 watched
James Bond Collection 26 watched
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez Collection 6 watched
Living Dead Collection 4 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
The Matrix Collection 4 watched
Men In Black Collection 3 watched
Monsieur Hulot Collection 4 watched
The Mummy Collection 3 watched
Ocean's Collection 3 watched
OSS 117 The Reboot Saga 3 watched
The Paul Dédalus Collection 3 watched
Planet of the Apes (Reboot) Collection 3 watched
Rush Hour Collection 3 watched
Seventh Company Collection 3 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
The Visitors Collection 3 watched
Ace Ventura Collection 2 of 3 watched
Ant-Man Collection 2 of 3 watched
Asterix and Obelix (Animation) Collection 9 of 10 watched
Asterix & Obelix Live-action Collection 4 of 5 watched
Bad Boys Collection 2 of 3 watched
Blade Collection 2 of 3 watched
Cold Prey Collection 2 of 3 watched
Evil Dead Collection 2 of 3 watched
Gates of Hell Trilogy 2 of 3 watched
The Hannibal Lecter Collection 2 of 3 watched
I Know What You Did Last Summer Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Jack Ryan Collection 2 of 3 watched
Kingsman Collection 2 of 3 watched
Le Cœur des Hommes 2 of 3 watched
Mad Max Collection 3 of 4 watched
Mission: Impossible Collection 6 of 7 watched
Spider-Man (Avengers) Collection 2 of 3 watched
Thor Collection 3 of 4 watched
The Three Mothers Collection 2 of 3 watched
Would I Lie to You? Collection 3 of 4 watched
xXx Collection 2 of 3 watched
Stars
Directors
Crew & studios
-
Co-Directors
-
Add. Directing
Adam Somner 15
Dan Bradley 13
Brian Smrz 11
-
Producers
Kevin Feige 25
Scott Rudin 25
Joel Silver 23
Alain Sarde 22
Alain Poiré 20
Walt Disney 14
Ethan Coen 14
Claude Berri 14
Olivier Père 13
-
Exec. Producers
Stan Lee 34
Bruce Berman 30
Thomas Tull 13
Alan Fine 13
George Lucas 12
Mario Kassar 10
-
Writers
Ethan Coen 16
Joel Coen 16
Luc Besson 15
Claude Zidi 13
David Koepp 11
David Lynch 11
Oliver Stone 11
George Lucas 11
-
Original Writers
Ian Fleming 25
Stan Lee 24
Jack Kirby 19
Larry Lieber 12
Stephen King 10
Bob Kane 8
Don Heck 6
-
Casting
Mary Vernieu 32
Ellen Lewis 26
Jane Jenkins 24
Mike Fenton 24
Avy Kaufman 19
Mali Finn 18
Debra Zane 18
Nina Gold 17
Jina Jay 17
-
Editors
Michael Kahn 23
Joel Cox 17
Paul Hirsch 15
Lee Smith 13
Ethan Coen 12
Joel Coen 12
Bill Pankow 12
Joel Negron 12
Stuart Baird 11
William Hoy 11
-
Cinematography
Henri Decaë 16
Bill Pope 14
Jean Penzer 11
Robert Burks 11
Jean Boffety 10
-
Add. Photography
Mitch Dubin 15
Peter Field 11
Henry Tirl 10
Dan Kneece 10
Chuck Finch 10
-
Production Design
Rick Carter 16
David Wasco 12
Peter Lamont 12
Jess Gonchor 11
Ken Adam 11
Carol Spier 10
Jack Fisk 10
-
Art Direction
Ray Chan 9
-
Set Decoration
Nancy Haigh 20
Robert Gould 15
Jay Hart 14
Gene Serdena 12
Gary Fettis 10
Sam Comer 10
Jane Wuu 9
-
Special Effects
-
Visual Effects
Craig Barron 17
John Knoll 13
Joe Letteri 11
Russell Earl 10
Pablo Helman 10
Paul Graff 10
Dennis Muren 10
Janek Sirrs 10
-
Stunts
Henry Kingi 39
Rick Avery 37
Doug Coleman 36
Jeff Imada 35
Debbie Evans 35
Clay Cullen 34
John Meier 31
Freddie Hice 28
Gary McLarty 28
Janet Brady 28
Annie Ellis 28
-
Choreography
Mia Frye 3
-
Composers
Howard Shore 35
Hans Zimmer 33
Danny Elfman 26
John Powell 17
John Barry 16
James Horner 15
-
Songs
Tim Rice 3
-
Sound
John Roesch 52
Andy Nelson 45
Skip Lievsay 38
Jana Vance 35
Peter Burgis 34
Paul Massey 28
Dino Dimuro 28
Ron Bartlett 28
Tom Johnson 28
-
Costume Design
Mary Zophres 20
Edith Head 14
Mark Bridges 13
Lynda Foote 12
Lisa Lovaas 10
Kym Barrett 10
-
Makeup
Gary Archer 33
Donald Mowat 21
Paul Engelen 15
Rick Baker 15
Sian Grigg 15
Bill Corso 13
Luisa Abel 12
Naomi Donne 12
Dick Smith 11
John Blake 11
Bud Westmore 10
Judy Chin 10
-
Hairstyling
Kay Georgiou 17
Alex Rouse 15
Joy Zapata 14
-
Studios
Canal+ 140
Paramount 113
Gaumont 70
CNC 68
StudioCanal 65
-
Co-Directors
Lee Unkrich 3.5
Ágnes Hranitzky 2.0
-
Add. Directing
Jacques Kébadian 5.0
Luc Béraud 5.0
Claude Miller 4.8
Peter R. Scoppa 4.8
Hal W. Polaire 4.8
Henry Bergman 4.8
Horace Hough 4.8
Edward O'Fearna 4.8
Michel Romanoff 4.7
Charles Myers 4.5
Brian W. Cook 4.5
Wingate Smith 4.5
Burt Bluestein 4.5
William Tummel 4.5
Jean Léon 4.5
Jacques Becker 4.5
-
Producers
Julia Phillips 4.8
Michael Phillips 4.8
Bob Rafelson 4.8
Ernst Lubitsch 4.8
Jacques Tati 4.8
Ross Hunter 4.8
Billy Wilder 4.7
Mag Bodard 4.5
Orson Welles 4.5
George Litto 4.5
Victor Lyndon 4.5
Michael Deeley 4.5
Lawrence Turman 4.5
Gillian Berrie 4.5
Wim Wenders 4.5
Darryl F. Zanuck 4.5
-
Exec. Producers
Jan Harlan 4.6
Ronald Shusett 4.5
Alain Coiffier 4.5
Erica Steinberg 4.3
Anthony Katagas 4.2
Marianne Slot 4.2
Shep Gordon 4.2
Andre Blay 4.2
Claudio Mancini 4.2
Jim Seibel 4.2
Rolf Mittweg 4.2
Oury Milshtein 4.2
Lars Jönsson 4.2
Pierre David 4.0
Victor Solnicki 4.0
-
Writers
Nicholas Pileggi 4.8
I. A. L. Diamond 4.8
Enrico Medioli 4.8
William Friedkin 4.8
Arlette Langmann 4.8
Jacques Lagrange 4.6
Robert Bresson 4.5
Maurice Pialat 4.5
Jean Eustache 4.5
Dan O'Bannon 4.5
Ronald Shusett 4.5
Jeb Stuart 4.5
David Giler 4.5
Evan Hunter 4.5
Ernest Lehman 4.5
Robert Florey 4.5
Michael Powell 4.5
Walon Green 4.5
-
Original Writers
Nicholas Pileggi 4.8
Georges Arnaud 4.8
Mario Puzo 4.5
Ernest Lehman 4.5
Lionel White 4.5
Alberto Moravia 4.5
Maurice Pialat 4.5
Pierre Boileau 4.4
Thomas Narcejac 4.4
Mary Shelley 4.3
Uma Thurman 4.2
Kim Krizan 4.2
Armitage Trail 4.2
Joseph Kessel 4.2
Kôji Suzuki 4.2
Robert Daley 4.2
Jacques Becker 4.2
-
Casting
Al Ernest Garcia 4.8
Robert Weiner 4.8
Alixe Gordin 4.5
Leon Vitali 4.5
Leonard Murphy 4.5
Nessa Hyams 4.5
Joyce Nettles 4.3
Job Gosschalk 4.3
Patty Connolly 4.2
Koko Maeda 4.2
Aisha Coley 4.2
Shari Rhodes 4.2
Jane Brody 4.2
Lisa Freiberger 4.2
Jeremy Ritzer 4.2
Venus Kanani 4.2
James Liggat 4.2
Vic Ramos 4.1
Cis Corman 4.1
-
Editors
Charlie Chaplin 4.7
George Tomasini 4.6
Willard Nico 4.5
Peter Zinner 4.5
Viola Lawrence 4.5
William Reynolds 4.5
George Lucas 4.5
Pasquale Buba 4.5
Robert Wise 4.5
Evan A. Lottman 4.5
Peter Przygodda 4.5
George A. Romero 4.5
Reginald Mills 4.5
Henri Colpi 4.5
Jasmine Chasney 4.5
Ted J. Kent 4.5
Milton Carruth 4.5
Raymond Lamy 4.3
Sam O'Steen 4.2
-
Cinematography
Gregg Toland 4.8
Owen Roizman 4.5
Michael Gornick 4.5
Jack Cardiff 4.5
Stanley Cortez 4.5
Chris Marker 4.5
John J. Mescall 4.5
Winton C. Hoch 4.5
Andréas Winding 4.5
Rudolph Maté 4.5
Sidney Hickox 4.5
Emmanuel Machuel 4.5
Roland Totheroh 4.4
John Alcott 4.4
Armand Thirard 4.3
Harold Rosson 4.3
-
Add. Photography
Michael Ferris 4.8
Carlo Tafani 4.8
Bill McLellan 4.8
Richard Quinlan 4.7
Don Stott 4.7
Bobby Greene 4.5
Scotty Allan 4.5
Ron Drinkwater 4.5
Michael Scott 4.5
Robert Ward 4.5
Bill Johnson 4.5
Albert Bettcher 4.5
Ernest Day 4.5
Steven Poster 4.5
Earl Gilbert 4.5
Martin Schäfer 4.5
Rick Martens 4.5
Enrique Bravo 4.5
-
Production Design
Roy Walker 4.8
Henri Schmitt 4.8
Robert F. Boyle 4.7
John Box 4.5
Huang Wen-Ying 4.5
Ron Cobb 4.5
Richard Sylbert 4.4
Carlo Simi 4.2
Mario Garbuglia 4.2
Toma Baqueni 4.2
Pierre Guffroy 4.2
Joe Alves 4.2
Giuseppe Bassan 4.2
Max Douy 4.0
Tony Walton 4.0
-
Art Direction
Randall Duell 4.8
Ron Cobb 4.5
Wade B. Rubottom 4.5
Eric Orbom 4.5
Eddie Imazu 4.5
Mark-Lee Kirk 4.5
Charles D. Hall 4.4
Hal Pereira 4.3
James Basevi 4.3
David L. Snyder 4.2
Maurizio Garrone 4.2
Karl Vollbrecht 4.2
Daniel A. Lomino 4.2
-
Set Decoration
Frank R. McKelvy 5.0
Henri Schmitt 4.8
Philip Smith 4.5
Bruce Weintraub 4.5
Gary J. Brink 4.5
André Piltant 4.5
George Milo 4.4
Julia Heron 4.4
Sam Comer 4.2
Jennie Harris 4.2
Keith Sale 4.2
Edgar G. Ulmer 4.2
Howard Bristol 4.2
Mark Simon 4.2
Richard Pefferle 4.2
Ray Moyer 4.2
-
Special Effects
Milt Rice 4.8
Lee LeBlanc 4.8
Farciot Edouart 4.5
David Domeyer 4.5
Christian Kitter 4.5
Greg Auer 4.5
Gary Zeller 4.5
Ken Strickfaden 4.5
Brian Johnson 4.4
Joe Lombardi 4.4
Kevin Quibell 4.3
John P. Fulton 4.2
Jack Jennings 4.2
Philip Bartko 4.2
Roy Arbogast 4.2
Michael Clarke 4.2
Daniel Hays 4.2
-
Visual Effects
Irmin Roberts 4.8
Douglas Trumbull 4.7
Jack Cosgrove 4.5
H. R. Giger 4.5
Van Ling 4.5
Henry LaBounta 4.5
George Merkert 4.5
John P. Fulton 4.4
Cleo E. Baker 4.3
Clifford Stine 4.3
Farciot Edouart 4.3
Matthew Yuricich 4.2
Frankie Chung 4.2
Jason Johnston 4.2
Fred Pienkos 4.2
Thad Beier 4.2
Alex Noble 4.2
Sherman Toy 4.2
Laura Buff 4.2
Camille Geier 4.1
-
Stunts
Alex Stevens 4.8
Peter McKernan 4.8
Leonard P. Geer 4.8
Hugh Hooker 4.8
Roy Scammell 4.7
Reg Harding 4.5
Malcolm Weaver 4.5
Carol Daniels 4.5
Joe Gray 4.5
Tom Savini 4.5
Danny Lima 4.5
Henry Wills 4.5
John Epper 4.5
Cliff Lyons 4.5
Keith Tellez 4.4
Melvin Jones 4.3
John Hudkins 4.3
Terry Wilson 4.3
-
Choreography
Gene Kelly 4.2
Brad Jeffries 3.8
Mandy Moore 3.8
Yuen Woo-ping 3.8
Fatima Robinson 3.8
Lynne Hockney 3.8
Cynthia Onrubia 3.5
Jeffrey Hornaday 3.5
Bill Landrum 3.2
Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks 3.2
Michael Arnold 3.2
Paula Abdul 3.2
Mia Frye 3.2
Adam Shankman 3.0
Aakomon Jones 3.0
Kenny Ortega 3.0
Francesca Jaynes 2.9
Nichola Treherne 2.8
-
Composers
Adolph Deutsch 4.8
Alain Romans 4.8
Charlie Chaplin 4.5
Dario Argento 4.5
Arthur Johnston 4.5
Franz Waxman 4.4
Frank Skinner 4.4
Jean Wiener 4.4
Bernard Herrmann 4.4
Massimo Morante 4.3
Fabio Pignatelli 4.3
Brian Easdale 4.3
Alfred Newman 4.3
Éric Demarsan 4.2
Herbert Stothart 4.2
-
Songs
Jacques Demy 4.7
Michel Legrand 4.6
Frank Churchill 4.0
Henry Mancini 4.0
Sammy Fain 4.0
Ned Washington 4.0
Larry Morey 4.0
Sammy Cahn 4.0
Tim Rice 3.8
Howard Ashman 3.8
Alan Menken 3.8
Johnny Mercer 3.8
Oliver Wallace 3.8
Jerry Livingston 3.8
Al Hoffman 3.8
Mack David 3.7
-
Sound
Fred Lau 4.8
Howard Wilson 4.8
Howard Beals 4.7
William Russell 4.7
Winston Ryder 4.6
Waldon O. Watson 4.5
Colin C. Mouat 4.5
Al Gramaglia 4.5
Bill Rowe 4.5
Nigel Galt 4.5
Takeo Ogawa 4.5
Catherine Shorr 4.5
Loren L. Ryder 4.5
Bill Wistrom 4.5
Bailey Fesler 4.5
James G. Stewart 4.5
Lindakay Brown 4.5
Gilbert Kurland 4.5
John E. Tribby 4.5
Terry Kellum 4.5
-
Costume Design
Hein Heckroth 4.5
Vera West 4.3
Bill Thomas 4.3
Jean Louis 4.3
Edith Head 4.3
Michael Clancy 4.2
Kumiko Ogawa 4.2
Tammy Williamson 4.2
Gary Jones 4.2
Nancy McArdle 4.2
Rita Riggs 4.2
Phyllis Dalton 4.2
Marilyn Putnam 4.2
Deborah Everton 4.2
Joan Thomas 4.2
Brenda Gilles 4.2
-
Makeup
Boris Karabanoff 4.8
Barbara Daly 4.7
Harry Ray 4.7
Irving Buchman 4.6
Allan Snyder 4.5
Web Overlander 4.5
Howard Smit 4.5
Joe Cranzano 4.5
Gino Zamprioli 4.5
Janine Jarreau 4.5
Charles Gemora 4.5
George Blackler 4.5
Robert Norin 4.5
Thomas R. Burman 4.5
Alberto De Rossi 4.3
Alexandre Marcus 4.3
Bridget O'Neill 4.2
Torsten Witte 4.2
Deborah K. Dee 4.2
-
Hairstyling
Alice Monte 4.8
Mona Orr 4.5
Bob Grimaldi 4.5
Renata Magnanti 4.5
Dennis Knudsen 4.5
Aubrey Marie 4.2
Frank Barbosa 4.2
Josée Normand 4.2
Agnes Flanagan 4.2
Vera Tomei 4.2
Constant Natale 4.2
Edie Panda 4.2
Nellie Manley 4.2
Virginia Darcy 4.2
Larry Germain 4.2
-
Studios
Elite Films 5.0
Peregrine 4.8
Cady Films 4.8
Hawk Films 4.5
Specta Films 4.5
Ronald Shusett/Gary Goldman 4.5
Road Movies 4.5
EMI Films 4.5
BR 4.5
The Archers 4.5
Edith Film 4.5
Invicta Capital 4.5
Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS) 4.5
Sigma Films 4.5
Véra Films 4.5
World map
Stats by Letterboxd