16 films · 37h
Steven Spielberg
The most influential filmography in American cinema.
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- 1971
Duel
1h 30m
A TV movie about a man and a truck, and the reason he got Jaws.
- 1975
Jaws
Essential2h 4m
Invented the summer blockbuster, largely because the shark kept breaking.
- 1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Essential2h 15m
Awe rather than threat — the other way he does science fiction.
- 1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Essential1h 55m
Very nearly a perfect adventure film.
See it in the indiana jones order - 1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Essential1h 55m
The one that made him the most bankable director alive.
- 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 - 1985
The Color Purple
2h 34m
His first serious bid for dramatic credibility.
- 1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Essential2h 7m
Connery as Indy's father, and the best of the sequels.
See it in the indiana jones order - 1993
Jurassic Park
Essential2h 7m
The effects still hold up because he barely shows you them.
See it in the jurassic park order - 1993
Schindler's List
Essential3h 15m
The same year as Jurassic Park. Won him Best Director.
- 1998
Saving Private Ryan
Essential2h 49m
The Omaha Beach opening rewrote how war is filmed.
- 2002
Catch Me If You Can
2h 21m
Light on its feet, and quietly one of his most rewatched.
- 2002
Minority Report
Essential2h 25m
His best science fiction, and unnervingly accurate about interfaces.
- 2005
Munich
2h 44m
His most morally uncomfortable film, and the better for it.
- 2012
Lincoln
2h 30m
Day-Lewis, and a film almost entirely about procedure.
- 2022
The Fabelmans
Essential2h 31m
His own childhood, and the film to watch last once you know the rest.