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Edgar G. Ulmer

Director · 52 credits · 16 in highly-rated films

Best known for Detour (1945)

Directed movies (52 total, ranked by score)

  1. Let My People Live

    1939

    Documentary

    31

  2. American Matchmaker

    1940 · ★ 4.0 (5 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    32

  3. Isle of Forgotten Sins

    1943 · ★ 4.6 (7 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Drama

    33

  4. The Fate of Two Queens

    1954

    Drama, History, Romance

    34

  5. Cloud in the Sky

    1940

    Drama

    35

  6. Carnegie Hall

    1947 · ★ 5.2 (5 votes)

    Music, Drama

    36

  7. So Young, So Bad

    1950 · ★ 5.4 (12 votes)

    Drama

    37

  8. Babes in Bagdad

    1952 · ★ 5.0 (5 votes)

    Comedy

    38

  9. They Do Come Back

    1940

    39

  10. Strange Illusion

    1945 · ★ 5.6 (23 votes)

    Thriller, Mystery

    40

  11. Cossacks in Exile

    1939 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, Music, History

    41

  12. The Wife of Monte Cristo

    1946 · ★ 5.8 (4 votes)

    Romance, Adventure, Drama

    42

  13. St. Benny the Dip

    1951 · ★ 5.0 (5 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    43

  14. The Naked Venus

    1959 · ★ 5.3 (7 votes)

    Drama

    44

  15. Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

    1957 · ★ 5.7 (21 votes)

    Horror

    45

  16. Damaged Lives

    1933 · ★ 4.3 (11 votes)

    Drama

    46

  17. Moon Over Harlem

    1939 · ★ 3.4 (8 votes)

    Romance, Drama, Crime

    47

  18. The Amazing Transparent Man

    1960 · ★ 3.9 (59 votes)

    Science Fiction, Crime, Thriller

    48

  19. The Turbosupercharger - Master of the sky

    1943

    Documentary

    49

  20. Turbosupercharger: Flight Operation

    1943

    Documentary

    50

  21. Another to Conquer

    1941

    51

  22. Diagnostic Procedures in Tuberculosis

    1940

    52

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Sep 2, 2026.