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Jonathan Demme

Director · 59 credits · 31 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Frequent collaborators: Jodie Foster

Best Jonathan Demme movies by genre

Directed movies (42 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Silence of the Lambs

    1991 · ★ 8.3 (18,377 votes)

    Crime, Thriller, Drama

    1

  2. Stop Making Sense

    1984 · ★ 8.3 (385 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    2

  3. Philadelphia

    1993 · ★ 7.7 (4,715 votes)

    Drama

    3

  4. The Manchurian Candidate

    2004 · ★ 6.5 (1,775 votes)

    Thriller, Drama, Mystery

    4

  5. Something Wild

    1986 · ★ 6.6 (410 votes)

    Crime, Comedy, Romance

    5

  6. Rachel Getting Married

    2008 · ★ 6.3 (668 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    6

  7. Married to the Mob

    1988 · ★ 6.0 (340 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Romance

    7

  8. Neil Young: Heart of Gold

    2006 · ★ 7.4 (38 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    8

  9. Swing Shift

    1984 · ★ 5.5 (83 votes)

    Drama, Romance, War

    9

  10. Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids

    2016 · ★ 7.3 (51 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    10

  11. Melvin and Howard

    1980 · ★ 6.5 (78 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    11

  12. Who Am I This Time?

    1982 · ★ 7.4 (15 votes)

    Drama, Romance, TV Movie

    12

  13. Swimming to Cambodia

    1987 · ★ 6.9 (27 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    13

  14. Haiti: Dreams of Democracy

    1988

    Documentary

    14

  15. Ricki and the Flash

    2015 · ★ 5.8 (744 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Music

    15

  16. Beloved

    1998 · ★ 5.8 (107 votes)

    Drama, Horror, Thriller

    16

  17. Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

    1990

    Music

    17

  18. Neil Young Journeys

    2012 · ★ 7.1 (12 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    18

  19. Subway Stories

    1997 · ★ 5.5 (16 votes)

    TV Movie, Comedy, Drama

    19

  20. A Master Builder

    2014 · ★ 5.8 (27 votes)

    Drama

    20

  21. Neil Young Trunk Show

    2009 · ★ 6.2 (6 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    21

  22. Storefront Hitchcock

    1998 · ★ 5.8 (4 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    22

  23. Neil Young and Crazy Horse: The Complex Sessions

    1995 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    23

  24. Crazy Mama

    1975 · ★ 5.6 (25 votes)

    Crime, Action, Comedy

    24

  25. Jimmy Carter Man from Plains

    2007 · ★ 6.5 (10 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. What's Motivating Hayes

    2015

    Documentary

    26

  27. The Agronomist

    2004 · ★ 6.2 (18 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. Caged Heat

    1974 · ★ 5.1 (86 votes)

    Action, Drama

    28

  29. Another Telepathic Thing

    2015

    Documentary

    29

  30. The Power of Rock

    2017 · ★ 2.0 (1 votes)

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.