Ranking the Films of Steven Spielberg

Laziness meant no essay on his work yet — just arbitrary rankings!

An amazing shot from Empire of the Sun (1987), one of Spielberg’s most underrated films.

A filmography summarised by wonderful camera movements, an oddball back and forth movement between political thrillers (Munich, Bridge of Spies) and frequently quite poor family films (The BFG, War Horse), among many other things I *might* eventually flesh out in a fully formed essay.

1. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
2. War of the Worlds
3. Empire of the Sun
4. Bridge of Spies
5. Minority Report
6. West Side Story
7. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
8. Duel
9. Saving Private Ryan
10. Jaws
11. Catch Me if You Can
12. The Post
13. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
14. Jurassic Park: The Lost World
15. Amistad
16. Lincoln
17. Jurassic Park
18. The Color Purple
19. Schindler’s List
20. The Sugarland Express
21. Munich
22. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
23. Raiders of the Lost Ark