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Ted Kotcheff

Director · 55 credits · 20 in highly-rated films

Best known for First Blood (1982)

Frequent collaborators: Richard Crenna

Best Ted Kotcheff movies by genre

Directed movies (46 total, ranked by score)

  1. First Blood

    1982 · ★ 7.5 (7,036 votes)

    Action, Thriller, Drama

    1

  2. Wake in Fright

    1971 · ★ 7.2 (340 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    2

  3. Uncommon Valor

    1983 · ★ 6.3 (227 votes)

    Drama, War, Action

    3

  4. Fun with Dick and Jane

    1977 · ★ 6.6 (81 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    4

  5. Weekend at Bernie's

    1989 · ★ 6.4 (1,144 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    5

  6. Switching Channels

    1988 · ★ 6.1 (77 votes)

    Comedy

    6

  7. North Dallas Forty

    1979 · ★ 6.6 (70 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    7

  8. Lights Out

    1972 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Horror, TV Movie

    8

  9. Billy Two Hats

    1974 · ★ 5.6 (42 votes)

    Western

    9

  10. Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly

    1999 · ★ 5.0 (31 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    10

  11. Life at the Top

    1965 · ★ 6.1 (15 votes)

    Drama

    11

  12. Borrowed Hearts

    1997 · ★ 6.5 (71 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy, Romance

    12

  13. Winter People

    1989 · ★ 5.6 (35 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    13

  14. Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick

    1993 · ★ 8.7 (3 votes)

    Drama

    14

  15. Tiara Tahiti

    1962 · ★ 6.2 (10 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    15

  16. Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

    1978 · ★ 6.1 (97 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Mystery

    16

  17. Family of Cops

    1995 · ★ 6.4 (52 votes)

    Action, Crime, TV Movie

    17

  18. Love on the Run

    1994

    Action, Adventure, Comedy

    18

  19. Split Image

    1982 · ★ 6.0 (28 votes)

    Drama

    19

  20. The Hard Knock

    1962

    20

  21. Edna: The Inebriate Woman

    1971

    TV Movie, Drama

    21

  22. Fearless

    2014

    Drama

    22

  23. The Greatest Man in the World

    1958

    Drama, TV Movie

    23

  24. The Human Voice

    1966 · ★ 6.8 (5 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    24

  25. Lena, O My Lena

    1960

    TV Movie, Drama

    25

  26. Joshua Then and Now

    1985 · ★ 5.3 (9 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    26

  27. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

    1974 · ★ 5.9 (25 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    27

  28. Of Mice and Men

    1968 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    28

  29. The Desperate Hours

    1967 · ★ 4.0 (2 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

    29

  30. Folks!

    1992 · ★ 5.6 (34 votes)

    Comedy

    30

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