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16 films · 37h

Steven Spielberg

The most influential filmography in American cinema.

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16 films37h · about 1 day
  1. 1971

    Duel

    1h 30m

    A TV movie about a man and a truck, and the reason he got Jaws.

  2. 1975

    Jaws

    Essential

    2h 4m

    Invented the summer blockbuster, largely because the shark kept breaking.

  3. 1977

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    Essential

    2h 15m

    Awe rather than threat — the other way he does science fiction.

  4. 1981

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Essential

    1h 55m

    Very nearly a perfect adventure film.

    See it in the indiana jones order
  5. 1982

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    Essential

    1h 55m

    The one that made him the most bankable director alive.

  6. 1984

    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    1h 58m

    The dark one, and the reason PG-13 exists.

    See it in the indiana jones order
  7. 1985

    The Color Purple

    2h 34m

    His first serious bid for dramatic credibility.

  8. 1989

    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    Essential

    2h 7m

    Connery as Indy's father, and the best of the sequels.

    See it in the indiana jones order
  9. 1993

    Jurassic Park

    Essential

    2h 7m

    The effects still hold up because he barely shows you them.

    See it in the jurassic park order
  10. 1993

    Schindler's List

    Essential

    3h 15m

    The same year as Jurassic Park. Won him Best Director.

  11. 1998

    Saving Private Ryan

    Essential

    2h 49m

    The Omaha Beach opening rewrote how war is filmed.

  12. 2002

    Catch Me If You Can

    2h 21m

    Light on its feet, and quietly one of his most rewatched.

  13. 2002

    Minority Report

    Essential

    2h 25m

    His best science fiction, and unnervingly accurate about interfaces.

  14. 2005

    Munich

    2h 44m

    His most morally uncomfortable film, and the better for it.

  15. 2012

    Lincoln

    2h 30m

    Day-Lewis, and a film almost entirely about procedure.

  16. 2022

    The Fabelmans

    Essential

    2h 31m

    His own childhood, and the film to watch last once you know the rest.