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Top Films from Selected Film Editors

Michael Kahn

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Schindler's List 1993 Steven Spielberg 22
2 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 32
3 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 67
4 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 Steven Spielberg 103
5 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 131
6 The Color Purple 1985 Steven Spielberg 481
7 Fatal Attraction 1987 Adrian Lyne 499
8 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 514
9 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 2001 Steven Spielberg 648
10 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 Steven Spielberg 673
11 Poltergeist 1982 Tobe Hooper 719
12 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg 817
13 Empire of the Sun 1987 Steven Spielberg 1089
14 Twister 1996 Jan de Bont 1461
15 The Goonies 1985 Richard Donner 1541
16 1941 1979 Steven Spielberg 1663
17 Amistad 1997 Steven Spielberg 2092
18 Munich 2005 Steven Spielberg 2113
19 Used Cars 1980 Robert Zemeckis 2505

Daniel Mandell

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 William Wyler 96
2 The Apartment 1960 Billy Wilder 147
3 Wuthering Heights 1939 William Wyler 299
4 Dodsworth 1936 William Wyler 578
5 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Billy Wilder 600
6 The Pride of the Yankees 1942 Sam Wood 665
7 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 Frank Capra 790
8 Ball of Fire 1941 Howard Hawks 890
9 Guys and Dolls 1955 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 971
10 Meet John Doe 1941 Frank Capra 1073
11 The Little Foxes 1941 William Wyler 1308
12 One, Two, Three 1961 Billy Wilder 1395
13 Dead End 1937 William Wyler 1802
14 Porgy and Bess 1959 Otto Preminger 1891
15 You Only Live Once 1937 Fritz Lang 2309
16 Counsellor at Law 1933 William Wyler 2470

Marguerite Renoir

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Rules of the Game 1939 Jean Renoir 58
2 The Grand Illusion 1937 Jean Renoir 89
3 A Day in the Country 1936 Jean Renoir 604
4 Boudu Saved from Drowning 1932 Jean Renoir 947
5 The Crime of Mr. Lange 1936 Jean Renoir 1184
6 Masculine Feminine 1966 Jean-Luc Godard 1312
7 La Chienne 1931 Jean Renoir 1313
8 Casque d'Or 1952 Jacques Becker 1349
9 La Bête Humaine 1938 Jean Renoir 1497
10 Le Trou 1960 Jacques Becker 2295

Thelma Schoonmaker

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Raging Bull 1980 Martin Scorsese 18
2 Goodfellas 1990 Martin Scorsese 31
3 The King of Comedy 1983 Martin Scorsese 480
4 The Age of Innocence 1993 Martin Scorsese 547
5 Casino 1995 Martin Scorsese 560
6 The Departed 2006 Martin Scorsese 802
7 The Last Temptation of Christ 1988 Martin Scorsese 910
8 Woodstock 1970 Michael Wadleigh 1049
9 After Hours 1985 Martin Scorsese 1163
10 Gangs of New York 2002 Martin Scorsese 1209
11 The Color of Money 1986 Martin Scorsese 1255
12 The Aviator 2004 Martin Scorsese 1662
13 Cape Fear 1991 Martin Scorsese 1723
14 Grace of My Heart 1996 Allison Anders 2271

George Tomasini

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock 9
2 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 10
3 North by Northwest 1959 Alfred Hitchcock 28
4 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 30
5 The Birds 1963 Alfred Hitchcock 238
6 Stalag 17 1953 Billy Wilder 508
7 To Catch a Thief 1955 Alfred Hitchcock 1090
8 The Time Machine 1960 George Pal 1216
9 Marnie 1964 Alfred Hitchcock 1444
10 Cape Fear 1962 J. Lee Thompson 1549
11 The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 Alfred Hitchcock 1585
12 The Wrong Man 1956 Alfred Hitchcock 1593
13 The Misfits 1961 John Huston 1868

Ralph E. Winters

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Ben-Hur 1959 William Wyler 101
2 On the Town 1949 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 471
3 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Stanley Donen 555
4 Gaslight 1944 George Cukor 688
5 A Shot in the Dark 1964 Blake Edwards 763
6 The Pink Panther 1963 Blake Edwards 838
7 Jailhouse Rock 1957 Richard Thorpe 1065
8 Victor/Victoria 1982 Blake Edwards 1104
9 The Thomas Crown Affair 1968 Norman Jewison 1247
10 High Society 1956 Charles Walters 1296
11 Quo Vadis 1951 Mervyn LeRoy 1317
12 Kiss Me Kate 1953 George Sidney 1526
13 Avanti! 1972 Billy Wilder 1737
14 10 1979 Blake Edwards 1916
15 The Party 1968 Blake Edwards 2097
16 King Solomon's Mines 1950 Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton 2142
17 How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying 1967 David Swift 2145
18 Love Me or Leave Me 1955 Charles Vidor 2476
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