# John Schlesinger's films, ranked

From the British New Wave to Hollywood: Schlesinger's films ordered from Letterboxd rankings, Flickchart and Film Lifestyle, with Midnight Cowboy on top.

- 142 votes · 13 items
- Mar 21, 2023 · Mitchell King
- https://even.best/en/l/3504/john-schlesinger-s-films-ranked

## Top 13

1. **Midnight Cowboy (1969)** (19 · ▲19 ▼0) — Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman; Best Picture and Best Director.
2. **Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)** (14 · ▲14 ▼0) — Glenda Jackson and Peter Finch share a lover.
3. **The Day of the Locust (1975)** (11 · ▲12 ▼1) — Hollywood in the 1930s, from Nathanael West.
4. **Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — Julie Christie from Thomas Hardy.
5. **Marathon Man (1976)** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier and the dentist's chair.
6. **Darling (1965)** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Julie Christie won the Oscar.
7. **A Kind of Loving (1962)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — His first feature; Golden Bear in Berlin.
8. **Billy Liar (1963)** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — Tom Courtenay daydreams his way out of Yorkshire.
9. **The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)** (5 · ▲8 ▼3) — Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn sell secrets to the Soviets.
10. **Cold Comfort Farm (1995)** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — Kate Beckinsale tidies up a gloomy farm.
11. **Yanks (1979)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — American GIs in a Lancashire town during the war.
12. **The Believers (1987)** (3 · ▲7 ▼4) — Martin Sheen against a cult in New York.
13. **Pacific Heights (1990)** (3 · ▲6 ▼3) — Michael Keaton as the tenant from hell.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.