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J. Lee Thompson

Director · 53 credits · 36 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Guns of Navarone (1961)

Directed movies (48 total, ranked by score)

  1. Woman in a Dressing Gown

    1957 · ★ 6.3 (20 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    31

  2. Messenger of Death

    1988 · ★ 6.0 (86 votes)

    Action, Crime, Thriller

    32

  3. Firewalker

    1986 · ★ 5.3 (200 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Comedy

    33

  4. No Trees in the Street

    1959 · ★ 5.8 (11 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    34

  5. King Solomon's Mines

    1985 · ★ 5.4 (479 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Comedy

    35

  6. Murder Without Crime

    1950 · ★ 5.6 (8 votes)

    Crime, Thriller

    36

  7. As Long as They're Happy

    1955 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)

    Music, Comedy

    37

  8. The Greek Tycoon

    1978 · ★ 5.4 (29 votes)

    Drama

    38

  9. The Good Companions

    1957

    Music, Comedy, Romance

    39

  10. Brotherly Love

    1970 · ★ 6.5 (5 votes)

    Drama

    40

  11. The Yellow Balloon

    1953 · ★ 5.6 (8 votes)

    Thriller, Crime, Drama

    41

  12. A Great American Tragedy

    1972 · ★ 6.7 (3 votes)

    Drama

    42

  13. Before Winter Comes

    1969 · ★ 6.0 (14 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    43

  14. For Better, for Worse

    1954 · ★ 5.6 (9 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    44

  15. An Alligator Named Daisy

    1955 · ★ 6.2 (6 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    45

  16. I Aim at the Stars

    1960 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)

    Drama

    46

  17. The Ambassador

    1985 · ★ 5.2 (30 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    47

  18. John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

    1965 · ★ 3.8 (10 votes)

    Comedy

    48

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Sep 1, 2026.