Directing
Samuel Fuller
- Titles
- 94movies8TV shows
- Career
Active from 1936 to 2025, with a break from 2006 to 2024, busiest in 1990 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 33titles as director
- Average score
62/100
- Highest rated
The Steel Helmet87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.9average 2.6
- Crime5.7average 3.7
- Violence5.9average 4.3
- Politics4.2average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.0average 3.7
- Social Commentary6.0average 4.9
- Mystery5.1average 4.1
- Tension6.8average 6.0
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.9, average 5.3
- Family Dynamics3.1, average 4.7
- Situational Comedy1.3, average 2.7
- Wholesome2.0, average 3.3
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 6
- Psychological Thriller 5
- Social Commentary 4
- Political Intrigue 4
- Gritty Realism 3
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- Crime 3
- Character-Driven 3
- Fast-Paced 3
- Character Study 3
- Guilt and Redemption 2
- Cold War Espionage 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Paul DubovActorUnderworld U.S.A., Shock Corridor, Forty Guns, China Gate, Verboten!, +1 more
Christa LangActorWhite Dog, Girls in Prison, The Day of Reckoning, Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street, The Madonna and the Dragon
Gene EvansActorHell and High Water, Shock Corridor, Fixed Bayonets!, The Steel Helmet, Park Row
Neyle MorrowActorRun of the Arrow, Shock Corridor, China Gate, The Crimson Kimono, Dogface- JJerome ThomsEditorUnderworld U.S.A., Shock Corridor, The Naked Kiss, Scandal Sheet, The Crimson Kimono
Lee MarvinActorThe Big Red One, The Meanest Men in the West, The Big Red One: The Reconstruction, The Klansman
Stéphane AudranActorThe Big Red One, Thieves After Dark, The Big Red One: The Reconstruction, Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
Joseph F. BirocCinematographerRun of the Arrow, Forty Guns, China Gate, Verboten!- PPaul DunlapComposerShock Corridor, The Naked Kiss, The Baron of Arizona, The Steel Helmet
Gerald MiltonActorUnderworld U.S.A., Forty Guns, China Gate
Bobby Di CiccoActorThe Big Red One, Thieves After Dark, The Big Red One: The Reconstruction
Cameron MitchellActorHell and High Water, House of Bamboo, The Klansman
Movies and TV shows
78Great
Score 80 to 89
10 titles
Great
Score 80 to 89
87
Producer, Director
87
Writer, Producer
85
Screenplay, Director
84
Screenplay, Producer
84
Director, Screenplay
82
as Samuel Fuller (uncredited)
82
Screenplay
81
as Charlie Felton
81
Director, Writer
Good
Score 70 to 79
11 titles
Good
Score 70 to 79
79
Director, Writer
78
as Gassot
78
as The American
77
as War Correspondent (uncredited)
77
Writer, Director
76
Producer, Director
74
Director, Writer
72
Thanks
71
Writer, Director
70
as Impresario
Decent
Score 60 to 69
12 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
67
as Old Man in Pool Hall
66
Screenplay, Director
65
as Japanese policeman (uncredited)
65
Screenplay, Director
63
Writer
62
Writer, Director
61
Screenplay, Producer
61
Director, Writer
61
Director, Writer
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
23 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
59
as Police Commissioner
55
as Zoltan
53
Writer
48
Screenplay
38
Director, Screenplay
37
Screenplay, Director
35
Writer
34
as Van Meer
33
Screenplay
Unwatchable to terrible
Score 0 to 29
1 title
Unwatchable to terrible
Score 0 to 29
23
as Colonel Sharp
Not rated yet
21 titles
Not rated yet
as War Correspondent (uncredited)
Writer
Director, Screenplay
as Chef de bureau Newsweek
Screenplay
as Father
as Samuel Fuller
Director, Producer
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