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Sam Mendes

Director · 29 credits · 15 in highly-rated films

Best known for American Beauty (1999)

Best Sam Mendes movies by genre

Directed movies (19 total, ranked by score)

  1. American Beauty

    1999 · ★ 8.0 (13,270 votes)

    Drama

    1

  2. 1917

    2019 · ★ 8.0 (13,796 votes)

    War, Drama, History

    2

  3. Skyfall

    2012 · ★ 7.3 (16,289 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Thriller

    3

  4. Road to Perdition

    2002 · ★ 7.4 (4,004 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    4

  5. Revolutionary Road

    2008 · ★ 7.0 (4,171 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    5

  6. Spectre

    2015 · ★ 6.6 (11,376 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Thriller

    6

  7. Jarhead

    2005 · ★ 6.7 (3,211 votes)

    Drama, War

    7

  8. Away We Go

    2009 · ★ 6.7 (622 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Romance

    8

  9. Cabaret

    1993 · ★ 8.0 (20 votes)

    Romance, Music, Drama

    9

  10. Empire of Light

    2022 · ★ 6.6 (635 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    10

  11. National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

    2024 · ★ 7.5 (4 votes)

    Drama

    11

  12. What They Found

    2025 · ★ 7.7 (13 votes)

    Documentary, History

    12

  13. National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy

    2019 · ★ 8.2 (4 votes)

    Drama

    13

  14. Company

    1996 · ★ 6.4 (4 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, TV Movie

    14

  15. National Theatre Live: King Lear

    2014 · ★ 7.1 (8 votes)

    Drama

    15

  16. The Beatles: George

    2028

    Drama, Music

    16

  17. The Beatles: John

    2028

    Drama, Music

    17

  18. The Beatles: Paul

    2028

    Drama, Music

    18

  19. The Beatles: Ringo

    2028

    Drama, Music

    19

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