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Bill Viola

Director · 96 credits · 5 in highly-rated films

Best known for Return (1975)

Directed movies (82 total, ranked by score)

  1. Return

    1975 · ★ 7.1 (615 votes)

    1

  2. Emergence

    2003 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    2

  3. Fire Woman

    2005 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    3

  4. The Path

    2002

    4

  5. The Greeting

    1995

    5

  6. Sweet Light

    1977 · ★ 5.0 (4 votes)

    6

  7. The Raft

    2004

    7

  8. Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)

    2005 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    8

  9. Anthem

    1983 · ★ 6.3 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. A Phrase from Chris

    2011 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    10

  11. A Non-Dairy Creamer

    1975 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    11

  12. Ocean Without a Shore

    2007 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. The Voyage

    2002

    13

  14. Inverted Birth

    2014

    14

  15. Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House

    1983 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    15

  16. Angel's Gate

    1989 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers

    1984 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Drama

    17

  18. The Crossing

    — · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    18

  19. Déserts

    1994 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    19

  20. Ancient of Days

    1982 · ★ 7.1 (9 votes)

    20

  21. I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like

    1986 · ★ 6.7 (6 votes)

    21

  22. Ascension

    2000

    22

  23. The Passing

    1992 · ★ 4.6 (8 votes)

    23

  24. Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)

    1979 · ★ 6.3 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    24

  25. Hatsu Yume (First Dream)

    1981 · ★ 6.4 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. The Space Between the Teeth

    1976 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    26

  27. Playing Soul Music to My Freckles So They Won't Get Lonely

    1975 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    27

  28. Migration (for Jack Nelson)

    1976 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)

    28

  29. The Reflecting Pool

    1979 · ★ 5.6 (15 votes)

    29

  30. The Encounter

    2012

    30

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