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Penelope Spheeris

Director · 44 credits · 18 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Little Rascals (1994)

Best Penelope Spheeris movies by genre

Directed movies (35 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Little Rascals

    1994 · ★ 6.8 (1,357 votes)

    Romance, Comedy, Family

    1

  2. Wayne's World

    1992 · ★ 6.7 (2,501 votes)

    Comedy, Music

    2

  3. The Decline of Western Civilization

    1981 · ★ 7.2 (112 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    3

  4. Suburbia

    1984 · ★ 6.7 (99 votes)

    Drama, Music, Thriller

    4

  5. The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

    1988 · ★ 6.8 (79 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    5

  6. The Beverly Hillbillies

    1993 · ★ 6.3 (606 votes)

    Comedy, Family

    6

  7. Five

    2011 · ★ 7.1 (33 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, TV Movie

    7

  8. Senseless

    1998 · ★ 6.2 (401 votes)

    Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction

    8

  9. The Boys Next Door

    1986 · ★ 6.2 (105 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    9

  10. The Decline of Western Civilization Part III

    1998 · ★ 6.9 (46 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    10

  11. Visitors from the Unknown

    1991 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. Black Sheep

    1996 · ★ 6.1 (442 votes)

    Comedy

    12

  13. Hollyweird

    1999 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. Thunder and Mud

    1990 · ★ 1.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary, Music, Comedy

    14

  15. Dudes

    1987 · ★ 5.7 (35 votes)

    Comedy, Western, Adventure

    15

  16. Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales

    1969

    Comedy, Drama

    16

  17. Rap's Most Wanted

    1991

    Documentary

    17

  18. Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

    1991 · ★ 4.2 (6 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    18

  19. The Real St. Nick

    2012 · ★ 5.5 (30 votes)

    Comedy, Romance, TV Movie

    19

  20. We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n Roll

    2001 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    20

  21. I Don't Know

    1971 · ★ 4.4 (5 votes)

    Documentary, Drama

    21

  22. The Kid & I

    2005 · ★ 5.2 (18 votes)

    Comedy, Family

    22

  23. The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron

    2003 · ★ 3.8 (6 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    23

  24. Balls to the Wall

    2011 · ★ 4.8 (19 votes)

    Comedy

    24

  25. Hollywood Vice Squad

    1986 · ★ 3.8 (11 votes)

    Comedy, Action, Crime

    25

  26. Shit

    1969

    26

  27. Boy and Crows

    1968

    Drama, Documentary

    27

  28. Bath

    1969

    28

  29. Lifers Group ‎– World Tour: Rahway Prison, That's It

    1991

    29

  30. Synthesis

    1968

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.