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Ken Russell

Director · 115 credits · 30 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Devils (1971)

Frequent collaborators: Lisi Tribble, Oliver Reed, Roger Daltrey, Derek Jarman, Glenda Jackson

Directed movies (81 total, ranked by score)

  1. Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

    1988 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    31

  2. Dance of the Seven Veils

    1970 · ★ 8.3 (3 votes)

    TV Movie, Comedy, Music

    32

  3. Bela Bartók

    1964 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    33

  4. Faust

    1985 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Music, Fantasy, Horror

    34

  5. Treasure Island

    1995 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)

    TV Movie, Adventure, Comedy

    35

  6. Antonio Gaudí

    1961 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    TV Movie, Documentary

    36

  7. A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible

    1989 · ★ 6.5 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    37

  8. The Planets

    1983 · ★ 7.3 (6 votes)

    Music, TV Movie

    38

  9. Always on Sunday

    1965 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)

    Drama, Documentary, TV Movie

    39

  10. Knights on Bikes

    1956 · ★ 4.8 (4 votes)

    40

  11. In Search of the English Folk Song

    1997 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    41

  12. Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

    1990 · ★ 4.4 (10 votes)

    Romance, Drama, TV Movie

    42

  13. Lourdes

    1958 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    43

  14. Mindbender

    1996 · ★ 4.4 (5 votes)

    History, Drama, TV Movie

    44

  15. The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

    1992 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    45

  16. The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner

    1990 · ★ 5.4 (5 votes)

    TV Movie, Drama

    46

  17. Lion's Mouth

    2000

    Drama, Music

    47

  18. Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill

    1961 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    48

  19. John Betjeman: A Poet in London

    1959

    Documentary

    49

  20. Don’t Shoot the Composer

    1966 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    50

  21. The Mystery of Dr Martinu

    1992 · ★ 5.8 (8 votes)

    TV Movie, Music, Drama

    51

  22. French Dressing

    1964 · ★ 5.5 (14 votes)

    Comedy

    52

  23. Il Mefistofele

    1989 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Music, TV Movie

    53

  24. Dogboys

    1998 · ★ 5.4 (8 votes)

    TV Movie, Action, Drama

    54

  25. A House in Bayswater

    1960 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    55

  26. The Preservation Man

    1962

    Documentary

    56

  27. The Lonely Shore

    1962

    57

  28. Road to Mandalay

    1991

    Documentary

    58

  29. The Diary of a Nobody

    1964 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy, TV Movie

    59

  30. Prokofiev

    1961 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    60

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