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Robert Wise

Director · 58 credits · 36 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Sound of Music (1965)

Frequent collaborators: Peter Bogdanovich

Best Robert Wise movies by genre

Directed movies (40 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Sound of Music

    1965 · ★ 7.7 (3,702 votes)

    Drama, Family, Music

    1

  2. The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951 · ★ 7.5 (1,278 votes)

    Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama

    2

  3. West Side Story

    1961 · ★ 7.2 (2,081 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Romance

    3

  4. The Andromeda Strain

    1971 · ★ 7.1 (826 votes)

    Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama

    4

  5. The Haunting

    1963 · ★ 7.1 (733 votes)

    Horror

    5

  6. Star!

    1968 · ★ 6.9 (234 votes)

    Drama, Music, Romance

    6

  7. Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    1979 · ★ 6.5 (1,984 votes)

    Science Fiction, Adventure, Mystery

    7

  8. Somebody Up There Likes Me

    1956 · ★ 7.2 (185 votes)

    Drama

    8

  9. Run Silent, Run Deep

    1958 · ★ 7.0 (194 votes)

    Drama, War

    9

  10. The Set-Up

    1949 · ★ 7.3 (179 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    10

  11. The Sand Pebbles

    1966 · ★ 7.2 (283 votes)

    Drama, War

    11

  12. I Want to Live!

    1958 · ★ 6.9 (120 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    12

  13. The Body Snatcher

    1945 · ★ 7.0 (202 votes)

    Horror, Thriller

    13

  14. Helen of Troy

    1956 · ★ 6.3 (63 votes)

    Adventure, War, Romance

    14

  15. Born to Kill

    1947 · ★ 6.7 (93 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    15

  16. Blood on the Moon

    1948 · ★ 6.3 (71 votes)

    Western, Romance

    16

  17. Odds Against Tomorrow

    1959 · ★ 6.8 (93 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    17

  18. Criminal Court

    1946 · ★ 5.2 (11 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    18

  19. The Hindenburg

    1975 · ★ 6.3 (154 votes)

    History, Thriller, Drama

    19

  20. Executive Suite

    1954 · ★ 7.0 (61 votes)

    Drama

    20

  21. The Curse of the Cat People

    1944 · ★ 6.2 (149 votes)

    Fantasy, Drama, Horror

    21

  22. The Desert Rats

    1953 · ★ 6.3 (101 votes)

    War, Action

    22

  23. Something for the Birds

    1952

    Comedy

    23

  24. The House on Telegraph Hill

    1951 · ★ 6.4 (66 votes)

    Thriller, Drama, Mystery

    24

  25. Mystery in Mexico

    1948 · ★ 5.8 (11 votes)

    Crime, Mystery, Adventure

    25

  26. Two for the Seesaw

    1962 · ★ 6.6 (46 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    26

  27. Three Secrets

    1950 · ★ 6.5 (16 votes)

    Drama

    27

  28. So Big

    1953 · ★ 5.6 (11 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Western

    28

  29. Tribute to a Bad Man

    1956 · ★ 7.0 (31 votes)

    Western

    29

  30. A Storm in Summer

    2000 · ★ 5.8 (4 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.