James Ivory
Director · 50 credits · 23 in highly-rated films
Best known for The Remains of the Day (1993)
Frequent collaborators: Ismail Merchant, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Reeve
Best James Ivory movies by genre
Directed movies (35 total, ranked by score)
1The Remains of the Day
1993 · ★ 7.4 (1,540 votes)
Drama, Romance
2Maurice
1987 · ★ 7.6 (629 votes)
Drama, Romance
3A Room with a View
1986 · ★ 7.0 (854 votes)
Drama, Romance
4Howards End
1992 · ★ 7.0 (602 votes)
Drama, Romance
5Jane Austen in Manhattan
1980 · ★ 5.6 (13 votes)
Drama, Romance
6Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990 · ★ 6.1 (81 votes)
Drama
7The White Countess
2005 · ★ 6.2 (88 votes)
Drama, Romance, War
8Lumière & Company
1995 · ★ 6.3 (71 votes)
Drama, Documentary
9The Householder
1963 · ★ 5.8 (5 votes)
Drama
10Heat and Dust
1983 · ★ 6.0 (45 votes)
Drama, Romance
11The City of Your Final Destination
2009 · ★ 5.7 (58 votes)
Drama
12The Golden Bowl
2000 · ★ 5.9 (68 votes)
Romance, Drama
13A Cooler Climate
2022 · ★ 8.0 (3 votes)
Documentary, History
14Autobiography of a Princess
1975 · ★ 5.1 (10 votes)
Drama, History
15The Sword and the Flute
1959 · ★ 4.3 (3 votes)
Documentary
16Venice: Theme and Variations
1957 · ★ 4.0 (3 votes)
Documentary
17Bombay Talkie
1970 · ★ 5.1 (7 votes)
Drama, Romance
18Roseland
1977 · ★ 5.1 (9 votes)
Drama, Romance
19Surviving Picasso
1996 · ★ 5.8 (107 votes)
Drama, Romance
20A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998 · ★ 6.1 (24 votes)
Drama
21The Bostonians
1984 · ★ 5.5 (47 votes)
Drama, Romance
22Quartet
1981 · ★ 5.8 (38 votes)
Drama, Romance
23The Europeans
1979 · ★ 5.6 (30 votes)
Drama, Romance
24Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1978 · ★ 5.3 (5 votes)
Drama
25Shakespeare-Wallah
1965 · ★ 6.5 (13 votes)
Drama, Romance
26Slaves of New York
1989 · ★ 5.4 (14 votes)
Drama
27Jefferson in Paris
1995 · ★ 5.1 (47 votes)
Drama, Romance, History
28The Five Forty-Eight
1979 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
Drama, TV Movie
29Savages
1972 · ★ 5.1 (10 votes)
Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
30The Guru
1969 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)
Comedy
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.