Charles Burnett
Director · 33 credits · 13 in highly-rated films
Best known for These Amazing Shadows (2011)
Best Charles Burnett movies by genre
Directed movies (25 total, ranked by score)
1When It Rains
1995 · ★ 5.5 (19 votes)
Drama, Music
2Killer of Sheep
1978 · ★ 6.6 (148 votes)
Drama
3To Sleep with Anger
1990 · ★ 6.8 (67 votes)
Drama
4My Brother's Wedding
1985 · ★ 7.1 (20 votes)
Drama
5Selma, Lord, Selma
1999 · ★ 7.2 (12 votes)
Drama, TV Movie
6Nightjohn
1996 · ★ 5.6 (7 votes)
Drama, TV Movie
7Warming by the Devil's Fire
2003 · ★ 6.9 (6 votes)
Documentary, Music, Drama
8The Wedding
1998 · ★ 8.3 (3 votes)
Romance, Drama, TV Movie
9America Becoming
1991
Documentary
1042 One Dream Rush
2010 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
Fantasy
11Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007 · ★ 5.9 (9 votes)
Drama, History, War
12The Horse
1973 · ★ 5.6 (10 votes)
Drama, Western
13The Final Insult
1997
Documentary, Drama
14The Annihilation of Fish
1999 · ★ 6.4 (15 votes)
Drama, Romance, Comedy
15Finding Buck McHenry
2000
Drama, Family
16Cinetracts '20
2020 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Documentary, Drama
- 17
Documenta X - Die Filme
1997
Documentary
18Relative Stranger
2009 · ★ 4.4 (9 votes)
Drama, TV Movie
19The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
2018
Documentary
20Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003 · ★ 6.1 (11 votes)
Documentary
21The Glass Shield
1994 · ★ 5.0 (48 votes)
Drama, Action, Thriller
- 22
Olivia's Story
2000
Drama
- 23
Quiet as Kept
2007 · ★ 5.2 (4 votes)
Drama
24Several Friends
1969 · ★ 5.0 (10 votes)
Drama
- 25
For Reel?
2003
Documentary, Animation
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.