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Top Films of 2017
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Top films of 2016
(based on US release dates/wide release when applicable)
By year
Genres, countries & languages
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Collections
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
The Godfather Collection 3 watched
Back to the Future Collection 3 watched
The Matrix Collection 4 watched
The Hannibal Lecter Collection 3 watched
Indiana Jones Collection 5 watched
Mission: Impossible Collection 7 watched
Evil Dead Collection 3 watched
Planet of the Apes (Reboot) Collection 3 watched
The Adventures of Tintin Collection 21 watched
Back to the Future Collection 3 watched
Batman Collection 4 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
Evil Dead Collection 3 watched
Fear Street Collection 3 watched
The Godfather Collection 3 watched
The Hannibal Lecter Collection 3 watched
Indiana Jones Collection 5 watched
The Jack Ryan Collection 3 watched
Living Dead Collection 4 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
The Matrix Collection 4 watched
Mission: Impossible Collection 7 watched
Planet of the Apes (Reboot) Collection 3 watched
The Ring Collection 3 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
Star Trek: Alternate Reality Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Superman Collection 5 watched
Alien Collection 3 of 4 watched
Anchorman Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Avengers Collection 3 of 4 watched
The Bourne Collection 4 of 5 watched
Captain America Collection 2 of 3 watched
Cat People Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Conjuring Collection 2 of 3 watched
Gates of Hell Trilogy 2 of 3 watched
The Grudge Collection 2 of 3 watched
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Collection 2 of 3 watched
Iron Man Collection 2 of 3 watched
John Wick Collection 3 of 4 watched
The Koker Trilogy 2 of 3 watched
Men In Black Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Mighty Ducks Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Mummy Collection 2 of 3 watched
Ocean's Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Robert Langdon Collection 2 of 3 watched
Shrek Collection 3 of 4 watched
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Collection 2 of 3 watched
Toy Story Collection 3 of 4 watched
Ukraine Trilogy 2 of 3 watched
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Stars
Directors
Crew & studios
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Co-Directors
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Asst. Directors
Adam Somner 16
Jeremy Marks 10
Nilo Otero 10
Doug Torres 10
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Add. Directing
Dan Bradley 11
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Producers
Scott Rudin 33
Robert Réa 21
Jason Blum 17
Dede Gardner 14
Kevin Feige 14
Emma Thomas 13
Ethan Coen 13
Ridley Scott 12
Judd Apatow 12
J.J. Abrams 12
David Heyman 11
Joel Silver 11
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Exec. Producers
Bruce Berman 21
Stan Lee 21
George Lucas 14
Jack Rollins 14
Thomas Tull 13
Tessa Ross 13
Joseph Drake 12
Roy Lee 10
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Writers
Woody Allen 22
Joel Coen 17
Ethan Coen 16
George Lucas 14
David Koepp 13
Wes Anderson 13
David Lynch 12
Adam McKay 11
Robert Réa 11
John Hughes 10
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Original Writers
Hergé 22
Ian Fleming 19
Stephen King 15
Stan Lee 15
Jack Kirby 14
Bob Kane 12
George Lucas 10
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Casting
Jane Jenkins 32
Mike Fenton 31
Ellen Lewis 29
Nina Gold 23
Avy Kaufman 23
Debra Zane 22
Mary Vernieu 21
Mali Finn 19
Mindy Marin 17
Jina Jay 16
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Editors
Michael Kahn 29
Joel Coen 14
Paul Hirsch 13
Ethan Coen 13
Lee Smith 12
William Hoy 11
Joe Walker 10
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Cinematography
Dean Cundey 17
Sven Nykvist 15
Mark Irwin 12
Greig Fraser 11
Don Burgess 11
Oliver Wood 10
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Camera Operators
Mitch Dubin 13
Dan Kneece 11
Kyle Rudolph 10
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Lighting
Ian Kincaid 11
Bill O'Leary 11
Andy Day 7
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Add. Photography
Guy Roe 3
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Production Design
Rick Carter 15
Jess Gonchor 11
Arthur Max 10
Jack Fisk 10
David Wasco 10
Ken Adam 10
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Art Direction
Hans Dreier 17
Helen Jarvis 11
John Dexter 10
Brad Ricker 10
Tom Reta 9
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Set Decoration
Nancy Haigh 19
Jay Hart 13
Gene Serdena 11
Jan Pascale 10
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Special Effects
Steve Cremin 10
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Visual Effects
John Knoll 19
Craig Barron 19
Ian Hunter 12
Hiroshi Mori 11
Pablo Helman 10
Eric Brevig 10
Paul Graff 10
Ken Ralston 10
Dennis Muren 10
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Title Design
Dan Perri 23
Kyle Cooper 19
Matt Curtis 13
Saul Bass 11
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Stunts
Debbie Evans 37
Doug Coleman 37
Jeff Imada 37
Henry Kingi 36
Rick Avery 35
Pat Romano 34
Al Goto 30
Troy Brown 29
Janet Brady 29
Dane Farwell 29
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Choreography
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Composers
James Horner 36
Hans Zimmer 32
Howard Shore 27
Danny Elfman 22
Ray Parker 21
Jim Morgan 21
John Powell 13
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Songs
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Sound
John Roesch 55
Andy Nelson 45
Skip Lievsay 37
Randy Singer 32
Andy Malcolm 30
Jana Vance 30
Anna Behlmer 30
Scott Millan 29
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Costume Design
Mary Zophres 21
Mark Bridges 17
Edith Head 16
Janty Yates 11
Sandy Powell 11
Orry-Kelly 10
Renée April 10
Ann Roth 10
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Makeup
Gary Archer 40
Bill Corso 21
Donald Mowat 20
Ve Neill 19
Sian Grigg 17
Rick Baker 17
Fern Buchner 15
Paul Engelen 14
Ken Chase 13
Jeff Dawn 13
Jack Pierce 13
Kenny Myers 13
Greg Cannom 12
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Hairstyling
Kay Georgiou 19
Joy Zapata 19
Alex Rouse 13
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Studios
Paramount 153
20th Century Fox 104
Canal+ 30
Miramax 23
TOHO 22
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Co-Directors
Ágnes Hranitzky 5.0
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Asst. Directors
Tony Brandt 4.8
Roy Button 4.8
Michael Kusley 4.8
Nandi Bowe 4.8
Bill Green 4.8
Gianni Arduini 4.8
Wingate Smith 4.8
Brian W. Cook 4.5
Franco Indovina 4.5
Colin Fletcher 4.5
Derek Cracknell 4.5
Terry Madden 4.5
Alain Olivieri 4.5
Al Jennings 4.5
Francisco Ortiz 4.4
Johnnie Kong 4.3
Trey Batchelor 4.3
Michael Waxman 4.3
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Add. Directing
Roman Coppola 4.5
Michael D. Moore 4.5
Glenn R. Wilder 4.2
Brick Mason 4.2
G. A. Aguilar 4.0
Frank Marshall 4.0
Tom Meade 4.0
Derrick Auyoung 4.0
Craig Haagensen 4.0
Vic Armstrong 3.8
Robert Legato 3.7
Keith Lackey 3.7
Dan Bradley 3.5
Bradley Parker 3.5
Steve Starkey 3.5
Roger Christian 3.5
Gary Powell 3.5
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Producers
Gary Kurtz 5.0
Ruth Waldburger 5.0
Marianne Bower 4.8
Victor Lyndon 4.8
Mona Skager 4.8
Randall Emmett 4.8
Moustapha Akkad 4.8
Sōjirō Motoki 4.8
Michael Powell 4.8
Robert Watts 4.6
Robert Chartoff 4.5
Erich Pommer 4.5
Jack Rollins 4.5
Pilar Savone 4.5
Jim Bloom 4.5
Albert Chi 4.5
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Exec. Producers
George Furla 4.8
Chad A. Verdi 4.8
Tyler Zacharia 4.8
Irwin Yablans 4.8
Mark Frost 4.8
David Lynch 4.8
Niels Juul 4.6
Len Blavatnik 4.5
Ronald Shusett 4.5
Cate Blanchett 4.5
Rudd Simmons 4.5
Uwe Schott 4.5
Philip Burgin 4.5
Martin McCabe 4.5
Mick Southworth 4.5
Bert Schneider 4.5
Jan Harlan 4.4
Michael Shamberg 4.2
Richard Baratta 4.2
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Writers
Mark Frost 4.8
Hampton Fancher 4.8
Elio Bartolini 4.8
Michael Powell 4.8
Carl Mayer 4.8
Stanley Kubrick 4.5
Béla Tarr 4.5
Alfonso Cuarón 4.5
Hideo Oguni 4.5
George A. Romero 4.5
Leigh Brackett 4.5
Dan O'Bannon 4.5
Ronald Shusett 4.5
Debra Hill 4.5
Eric Idle 4.5
Terry Jones 4.5
Graham Chapman 4.5
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Original Writers
Mario Puzo 5.0
Arthur C. Clarke 4.8
Pierre Boileau 4.5
Thomas Narcejac 4.5
Philip K. Dick 4.4
David Grann 4.2
Jerome Robbins 4.2
Arthur Laurents 4.2
Stanisław Lem 4.2
Julio Cortázar 4.2
Bram Stoker 4.1
M.R. James 4.0
Nicholas Pileggi 4.0
Derek Kolstad 4.0
Michael Lewis 4.0
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Casting
Fred Roos 5.0
Allison Hall 4.8
Terry Liebling 4.8
Adele Raymond 4.8
Elaine J. Huzzar 4.5
Gayle Keller 4.5
John S. Lyons 4.5
Maggie Cartier 4.5
Rachel Tenner 4.5
Vic Ramos 4.4
Des Hamilton 4.3
Lynn Stalmaster 4.3
James Liggat 4.2
Irene Lamb 4.2
Olivier Carbone 4.2
Leon Vitali 4.2
Matthew Glasner 4.2
Meagan Lewis 4.2
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Editors
Ray Lovejoy 5.0
Peter Zinner 5.0
George Lucas 4.8
Caroline Ross 4.8
Monica Anderson 4.8
Glen Scantlebury 4.8
Reginald Mills 4.8
Stan Brakhage 4.8
Marcia Lucas 4.7
Eraldo Da Roma 4.5
Ágnes Hranitzky 4.5
Richard Chew 4.5
Alfonso Cuarón 4.5
Todd C. Ramsay 4.5
Paula Suhy 4.5
Pasquale Buba 4.5
George A. Romero 4.5
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Cinematography
Gilbert Taylor 4.8
Asakazu Nakai 4.8
Jack Cardiff 4.8
Stan Brakhage 4.8
Ken Burns 4.8
Douglas Slocombe 4.7
Gregg Toland 4.7
Michael Chapman 4.5
Larry Smith 4.5
Michael Gornick 4.5
Milton Krasner 4.5
Jean-Paul Alphen 4.5
István Borbás 4.5
Charles Rosher 4.5
Jean Bachelet 4.5
Boris Kaufman 4.3
Jost Vacano 4.3
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Camera Operators
Kelvin Pike 4.8
Ralph Gerling 4.7
Robert C. Thomas 4.5
Günther Rittau 4.5
Robert Juillard 4.5
Fred Schuler 4.2
Gary Jay 4.2
Tilman Büttner 4.2
Albert Bettcher 4.2
Bob Shipsey 4.2
David Morgan 4.2
Randy Nolen 4.2
David M. Dunlap 4.1
Dick Colean 4.0
Stephen St. John 4.0
Enrico Umetelli 4.0
Steve Koster 4.0
Paul Hughen 4.0
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Lighting
Richard Quinlan 4.8
Larry D. Howard 4.8
Bill O'Leary 4.5
George Holmes 4.5
Shinji Kojima 4.5
Michael Everett 4.5
James O. Blair 4.5
Raman Rao 4.5
Kenichi Okamoto 4.3
Kim Chang-ho 4.2
Billy Gunn 4.2
Dayton Nietert 4.2
Ali Salim Yaşar 4.2
Vic Jones 4.2
Laurie Shane 4.2
Bill McLellan 4.2
Mark Walthour 4.1
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Add. Photography
Paul Beeson 4.5
Steven Poster 4.2
Rick Lamb 4.2
Caleb Deschanel 4.2
Lukasz Jogalla 4.2
Guy Roe 4.2
Pierre Gill 4.0
Chris Moseley 4.0
Pierce Derks 4.0
Giuseppe Alberti 4.0
Roland Lundin 3.8
Robert Legato 3.8
Robert Baberske 3.8
Peter Talbot 3.8
Rolf Holmquist 3.8
Gary Capo 3.6
Ross Emery 3.6
Brian Mussetter 3.5
Kim Marks 3.5
Jack Eagan 3.5
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Production Design
Roy Walker 5.0
Piero Poletto 4.8
Alfred Junge 4.8
John Barry 4.5
John J. Lloyd 4.5
Elliot Scott 4.5
Bill Malley 4.5
Tatsuo Hamada 4.5
Ford Wheeler 4.5
Dean Tavoularis 4.4
Ken Adam 4.3
Chris Oddy 4.2
Anthony Gasparro 4.2
George Jenkins 4.2
Minoru Esaka 4.2
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Art Direction
Angelo P. Graham 4.8
Roger Christian 4.8
Leslie Dilley 4.7
Hermann Warm 4.5
Robert Herlth 4.5
Walter Röhrig 4.5
Lorenz Plassmann 4.5
Ron Mendell 4.5
Norman Reynolds 4.5
Thierry Zemmour 4.5
Adam Stockhausen 4.5
Gary Freeman 4.5
Michael Manson 4.5
Kisaku Ito 4.5
Randy Moore 4.3
James C. Feng 4.3
Hal Pereira 4.2
Lyle R. Wheeler 4.2
Tibor Lázár 4.2
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Set Decoration
Sándor Katona 5.0
Béla Zsolt Tóth 5.0
Lisa Brennan 4.8
Julian Burger 4.8
Louis Visco 4.8
Audrey Stanzler 4.8
Luigi Mugavero 4.7
John Lamkin 4.5
Bryan Lane 4.5
Peter Krumov 4.5
Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer 4.5
George R. Nelson 4.4
Leslie Morales 4.4
Rick Simpson 4.2
Chere Theriot 4.2
Ron von Blomberg 4.2
Zsuzsa Mihalek 4.2
Tim Ferrier 4.2
Gerald Palone 4.2
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Special Effects
Brian Johnson 5.0
David H. Watkins 5.0
Richard L. Hill 4.8
William Dawson 4.8
Joe Lombardi 4.6
A.D. Flowers 4.5
Rodney Burke 4.5
Jay King 4.5
Robert Alidon 4.5
Roy Arbogast 4.5
Ernst Kunstmann 4.5
Evald Andersson 4.5
Richard Stutsman 4.2
Sass Bedig 4.2
Dianne Carlucci 4.2
Daniel Hays 4.2
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Visual Effects
Douglas Trumbull 5.0
Blair Clark 5.0
Camille Geier 4.8
Eugen Schüfftan 4.8
Paul Huston 4.6
Farciot Edouart 4.5
Bradley Parker 4.5
Bernd Angerer 4.5
Ankur Mishra 4.5
Balthazar Sahel 4.5
Janet Healy 4.5
Gray Marshall 4.5
Emilien Lazaron 4.5
Alison Savitch 4.5
Lisa Maher 4.5
Laura Buff 4.5
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Title Design
John Brian King 4.2
Elaine Bass 4.0
Saul Bass 3.9
Dan Perri 3.9
Pablo Ferro 3.8
Wayne Fitzgerald 3.8
Marlene McCarty 3.6
Matt Curtis 3.5
Gary Hebert 3.2
Maurice Binder 3.2
Norman Gorbaty 3.2
Sebastian Pardo 3.2
Kyle Cooper 3.1
Nina Saxon 3.1
Aaron Becker 3.0
Teddy Blanks 3.0
Charles Christopher Rubino 3.0
Burke Mattsson 3.0
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Stunts
Reg Harding 5.0
Rocky Taylor 5.0
Rick Lester 5.0
George Sawaya 5.0
Dave Holland 5.0
Doug Robinson 5.0
Cazimir Milostan 5.0
Colin Skeaping 4.8
Ray Bickel 4.8
Felix Silla 4.8
David Ambrosi 4.8
David Boushey 4.8
Frank Henson 4.7
Richard Hammatt 4.7
Peter Brace 4.7
Tony Smart 4.7
Billy Horrigan 4.7
Peter Diamond 4.5
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Choreography
Lynne Hockney 4.5
Jerome Robbins 4.2
Prem Rakshith 3.8
Damien Jalet 3.5
Adam Shankman 3.5
Aakomon Jones 3.3
Jennifer White 3.2
Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks 3.2
Michael Arnold 3.0
Constanza Macras 3.0
Brad Jeffries 3.0
Julia Fidel 2.8
Mandy Moore 2.2
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Composers
Johnny Mandel 5.0
Sergei Prokofiev 4.8
Giovanni Fusco 4.7
Fumio Hayasaka 4.5
Mihály Víg 4.5
Wendy Carlos 4.5
Michael Galasso 4.5
Jack Nitzsche 4.5
Satyajit Ray 4.5
Brian Williams 4.5
David Broekman 4.5
Poul Schierbeck 4.5
Alex Somers 4.5
Trevor Mathison 4.5
Wojciech Kilar 4.3
Robbie Robertson 4.3
Victor Young 4.3
Luis Bacalov 4.2
Daniel Hart 4.2
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Songs
Stephen Sondheim 4.2
K. Shiva Dutta 4.2
Andrew Wyatt 4.0
Shigeru Kayama 3.5
Billie Eilish 3.2
Else Torp 3.2
Lorenz Hart 3.2
Richard Rodgers 3.2
Randy Newman 2.8
Malia J. Granite 2.5
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Sound
Gordon Davidson 5.0
György Kovács 5.0
Csaba Erös 5.0
James Fritch 4.7
Colin C. Mouat 4.7
Ichirô Minawa 4.7
Ed Callahan 4.5
Claudio Maielli 4.5
Kim Byung-in 4.5
Leslie Hodgson 4.5
Bonnie Koehler 4.5
John Dunn 4.5
Howard Beals 4.5
Gael Nicolas 4.5
Harold Lewis 4.5
Charles Maynes 4.5
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Costume Design
János Breckl 5.0
Ruth Morley 4.8
Hein Heckroth 4.8
Gwen Wakeling 4.8
Timothy Everest 4.5
Anthony Powell 4.5
Irene Sharaff 4.5
Gitt Magrini 4.5
Hazel Pethig 4.5
Shima Yoshizane 4.5
Julia Tegström 4.5
Georges Annenkov 4.5
Rachael Fleming 4.3
Patricia Norris 4.3
Jacqueline West 4.2
John Mollo 4.2
Rita Ryack 4.2
April Napier 4.2
Tetsuzô Shibata 4.2
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Makeup
Tom Smith 4.8
Fred C. Blau Jr. 4.8
Gino Tamagnini 4.8
George Blackler 4.8
Stuart Freeborn 4.7
Graham Freeborn 4.7
Barbara Daly 4.5
Nikki Gooley 4.5
Phil Tippett 4.5
Kay Freeborn 4.5
Martina Kohl 4.5
Hiro Yada 4.5
Nick Maley 4.5
Mike Marino 4.5
Kate Benton 4.5
Phyllis Newman 4.5
Erica Ueland 4.5
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Hairstyling
Kerry Warn 4.8
Rosa Luciani 4.8
Mona Orr 4.5
Barbara Ritchie 4.5
Jovan Vitagliano 4.5
Mike Lockey 4.5
Roy Bryson 4.5
Philip Leto 4.3
Daniel Curet 4.3
Jon Henry Gordon 4.2
John Jack Curtin 4.2
Debra Dietrich 4.2
Vera Mitchell 4.2
Alice Monte 4.2
Peggy Schierholz 4.2
Sueko Endô 4.2
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Studios
Société générale des films 5.0
Vega Film 5.0
Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (VVF) 5.0
Peregrine 4.8
The Archers 4.8
Fonds Eurimages du Conseil de l'Europe 4.8
UGC Films 4.8
Hawk Films 4.5
Winkler Films 4.5
Apple Studios 4.5
Python (Monty) Pictures Limited 4.5
BBS Productions 4.5
TV Man Union 4.5
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