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Paul Wendkos

Director · 76 credits · 22 in highly-rated films

Best known for Hell Boats (1970)

Directed movies (75 total, ranked by score)

  1. Different

    1999

    Drama, TV Movie

    31

  2. The Awakening of Candra

    1983 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    32

  3. The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment

    1972

    Action, Thriller, Crime

    33

  4. Right to Die

    1987 · ★ 7.8 (3 votes)

    TV Movie, Drama

    34

  5. The Family Rico

    1972 · ★ 9.5 (2 votes)

    Crime, Drama, TV Movie

    35

  6. Special Delivery

    1976 · ★ 5.5 (13 votes)

    Action, Comedy, Crime

    36

  7. The Five of Me

    1981 · ★ 9.3 (3 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    37

  8. Act of Violence

    1979 · ★ 6.8 (4 votes)

    TV Movie, Drama, Crime

    38

  9. Golden Gate

    1981

    Drama, TV Movie

    39

  10. Travis Logan, D.A.

    1971 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Crime, Drama, TV Movie

    40

  11. A Wing and a Prayer

    1998 · ★ 2.0 (1 votes)

    Action, Drama, Thriller

    41

  12. The Death of Richie

    1977 · ★ 6.7 (11 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    42

  13. The Ordeal of Patty Hearst

    1979 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Crime, Drama, TV Movie

    43

  14. A Death of Innocence

    1971 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    44

  15. Battle of the Coral Sea

    1959 · ★ 5.8 (22 votes)

    War, Drama, Romance

    45

  16. The Strangers in 7A

    1972 · ★ 6.2 (5 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    46

  17. A Tattered Web

    1971 · ★ 5.6 (9 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    47

  18. Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife

    1987 · ★ 7.3 (3 votes)

    Drama

    48

  19. Gidget Goes Hawaiian

    1961 · ★ 5.0 (13 votes)

    Comedy, Music, Romance

    49

  20. Intimate Agony

    1983 · ★ 4.3 (3 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    50

  21. The Burglar

    1957 · ★ 5.7 (36 votes)

    Crime, Thriller

    51

  22. The Bad Seed

    1985 · ★ 6.1 (27 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Horror

    52

  23. The Brotherhood of the Bell

    1970 · ★ 5.9 (8 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

    53

  24. Tarawa Beachhead

    1958 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    War, Drama

    54

  25. Six Against the Rock

    1987 · ★ 4.8 (7 votes)

    Action, Drama, Thriller

    55

  26. White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

    1991 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    TV Movie, Drama, Mystery

    56

  27. Cannon for Cordoba

    1970 · ★ 5.6 (23 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Western

    57

  28. Footsteps

    1972 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    58

  29. The Woman I Love

    1972

    TV Movie, Drama, History

    59

  30. Gidget Goes to Rome

    1963 · ★ 5.0 (13 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.