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Sydney Pollack

Actor · 75 credits · 36 in highly-rated films

Best known for Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Frequent collaborators: William Friedkin, Steven Spielberg, Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Ernest R. Dickerson

Best Sydney Pollack movies by genre

Movies (53 total, ranked by score)

  1. Eyes Wide Shut

    1999 · ★ 7.5 (7,237 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Mystery

    1

  2. Michael Clayton

    2007 · ★ 6.8 (2,026 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Crime

    2

  3. Tootsie

    1982 · ★ 7.2 (1,959 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    3

  4. Husbands and Wives

    1992 · ★ 7.0 (503 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    4

  5. Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

    2001 · ★ 7.4 (201 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. A Decade Under the Influence

    2003 · ★ 7.9 (43 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. Amazing Grace

    2018 · ★ 7.2 (107 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    7

  8. Changing Lanes

    2002 · ★ 6.3 (1,226 votes)

    Thriller, Drama

    8

  9. Avenue Montaigne

    2006 · ★ 6.1 (124 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    9

  10. Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

    1990

    Documentary, TV Movie

    10

  11. Barbra Streisand: One Voice

    1986 · ★ 7.6 (7 votes)

    Music, TV Movie

    11

  12. Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

    2001 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. The Story of The Swimmer

    2014

    Documentary

    13

  14. Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

    2006 · ★ 7.1 (14 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. War Hunt

    1962 · ★ 6.4 (26 votes)

    Drama, War

    15

  16. The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'

    1999 · ★ 7.7 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. Sketches of Frank Gehry

    2006 · ★ 6.9 (23 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'

    2008 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    18

  19. The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

    1973 · ★ 6.8 (11 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    19

  20. Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand

    2004 · ★ 8.1 (6 votes)

    Music

    20

  21. A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'

    2004

    Documentary

    21

  22. Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

    2009

    Documentary

    22

  23. The Story Behind ""Absence of Malice""

    2001 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    23

  24. AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand

    2001 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    24

  25. The Way We Were: Looking Back

    1999

    Documentary

    25

  26. For Whom the Bell Tolls

    1959

    War, Drama, TV Movie

    26

  27. Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma

    2000

    Documentary

    27

  28. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

    2002 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    TV Movie, Documentary, Romance

    28

  29. Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

    2007 · ★ 6.0 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    29

  30. Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

    2000 · ★ 5.4 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    30

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