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Michael Powell

Director · 84 credits · 31 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Red Shoes (1948)

Frequent collaborators: Emeric Pressburger, Gerald Fielding, Madeleine Guitty, Georges Térof, Henriette Clairval-Terof

Best Michael Powell movies by genre

Directed movies (55 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Red Shoes

    1948 · ★ 8.0 (764 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    1

  2. A Matter of Life and Death

    1946 · ★ 7.8 (479 votes)

    Romance, Fantasy, Drama

    2

  3. Peeping Tom

    1960 · ★ 7.5 (920 votes)

    Horror, Thriller, Crime

    3

  4. Black Narcissus

    1947 · ★ 7.5 (562 votes)

    Drama

    4

  5. The Thief of Bagdad

    1940 · ★ 7.1 (303 votes)

    Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

    5

  6. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943 · ★ 7.4 (272 votes)

    War, Drama, Romance

    6

  7. I Know Where I'm Going!

    1945 · ★ 7.1 (167 votes)

    Romance, Drama, Comedy

    7

  8. 49th Parallel

    1941 · ★ 7.0 (122 votes)

    War, Thriller

    8

  9. The Tales of Hoffmann

    1951 · ★ 7.1 (91 votes)

    Music, Fantasy, Romance

    9

  10. The Queen's Guards

    1961 · ★ 4.8 (4 votes)

    Drama

    10

  11. The Small Back Room

    1949 · ★ 6.7 (79 votes)

    Drama, War, Romance

    11

  12. A Canterbury Tale

    1944 · ★ 6.9 (129 votes)

    Mystery, War, Drama

    12

  13. Crown v. Stevens

    1936 · ★ 6.3 (11 votes)

    Crime, Thriller

    13

  14. The Edge of the World

    1937 · ★ 7.3 (41 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    14

  15. The Battle of the River Plate

    1956 · ★ 6.4 (70 votes)

    Drama, History, War

    15

  16. Contraband

    1940 · ★ 7.1 (21 votes)

    Thriller, War

    16

  17. One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

    1942 · ★ 6.6 (41 votes)

    War, Drama

    17

  18. Age of Consent

    1969 · ★ 6.0 (84 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    18

  19. Hotel Splendide

    1932 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    19

  20. The Brown Wallet

    1936

    Crime, Thriller

    20

  21. The Spy in Black

    1939 · ★ 6.4 (62 votes)

    War, Thriller

    21

  22. The Girl in the Crowd

    1935

    Comedy

    22

  23. Bluebeard's Castle

    1963 · ★ 7.8 (12 votes)

    TV Movie, Music, Drama

    23

  24. The Lion Has Wings

    1939 · ★ 6.4 (14 votes)

    Documentary, War

    24

  25. Gone to Earth

    1950 · ★ 6.2 (37 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    25

  26. Ill Met by Moonlight

    1957 · ★ 6.2 (42 votes)

    War, Adventure, Action

    26

  27. The Elusive Pimpernel

    1950 · ★ 6.0 (10 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Romance

    27

  28. Oh... Rosalinda!!

    1955 · ★ 6.1 (15 votes)

    Music, Comedy

    28

  29. Her Last Affaire

    1935 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Drama

    29

  30. Honeymoon

    1959 · ★ 5.9 (6 votes)

    Music, Romance, Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.