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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 29
3 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 50
4 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 Steven Spielberg 103
5 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 149
6 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 450
7 Fatal Attraction 1987 Adrian Lyne 530
8 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 2001 Steven Spielberg 584
9 The Color Purple 1985 Steven Spielberg 630
10 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 Steven Spielberg 676
11 Poltergeist 1982 Tobe Hooper 691
12 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg 796
13 Empire of the Sun 1987 Steven Spielberg 843
14 The Goonies 1985 Richard Donner 1036
15 War of the Worlds 2005 Steven Spielberg 1449
16 Twister 1996 Jan de Bont 1601
17 Munich 2005 Steven Spielberg 1923
18 1941 1979 Steven Spielberg 1973

Daniel Mandell

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 William Wyler 126
2 The Apartment 1960 Billy Wilder 127
3 Wuthering Heights 1939 William Wyler 412
4 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Billy Wilder 573
5 The Pride of the Yankees 1942 Sam Wood 671
6 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 Frank Capra 686
7 Dodsworth 1936 William Wyler 698
8 Ball of Fire 1941 Howard Hawks 986
9 Guys and Dolls 1955 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1076
10 Meet John Doe 1941 Frank Capra 1231
11 One, Two, Three 1961 Billy Wilder 1382
12 The Little Foxes 1941 William Wyler 1603
13 Dead End 1937 William Wyler 1990
14 Porgy and Bess 1959 Otto Preminger 2060

Marguerite Renoir

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Rules of the Game 1939 Jean Renoir 70
2 The Grand Illusion 1937 Jean Renoir 90
3 A Day in the Country 1936 Jean Renoir 696
4 The Crime of Mr. Lange 1936 Jean Renoir 1217
5 Casque d'Or 1952 Jacques Becker 1432
6 Masculine Feminine 1966 Jean-Luc Godard 1434
7 Boudu Saved from Drowning 1932 Jean Renoir 1507
8 La Bête Humaine 1938 Jean Renoir 1574
9 Le Trou 1960 Jacques Becker 1680
10 La Chienne 1931 Jean Renoir 1755

Thelma Schoonmaker

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Raging Bull 1980 Martin Scorsese 18
2 Goodfellas 1990 Martin Scorsese 26
3 The King of Comedy 1982 Martin Scorsese 475
4 Casino 1995 Martin Scorsese 488
5 The Departed 2006 Martin Scorsese 522
6 The Age of Innocence 1993 Martin Scorsese 570
7 Woodstock 1970 Michael Wadleigh 828
8 The Last Temptation of Christ 1988 Martin Scorsese 865
9 After Hours 1985 Martin Scorsese 944
10 The Color of Money 1986 Martin Scorsese 1153
11 Gangs of New York 2002 Martin Scorsese 1276
12 The Aviator 2004 Martin Scorsese 1495
13 Cape Fear 1991 Martin Scorsese 1646
14 Grace of My Heart 1996 Allison Anders 2084

George Tomasini

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock 7
2 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 11
3 North by Northwest 1959 Alfred Hitchcock 31
4 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 34
5 The Birds 1963 Alfred Hitchcock 262
6 Stalag 17 1953 Billy Wilder 569
7 Cape Fear 1962 J. Lee Thompson 1160
8 The Time Machine 1960 George Pal 1264
9 To Catch a Thief 1955 Alfred Hitchcock 1517
10 The Misfits 1961 John Huston 1549
11 The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 Alfred Hitchcock 1557
12 Marnie 1964 Alfred Hitchcock 1617
13 The Wrong Man 1956 Alfred Hitchcock 1848

Ralph E. Winters

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Ben-Hur 1959 William Wyler 140
2 On the Town 1949 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 506
3 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Stanley Donen 580
4 The Pink Panther 1963 Blake Edwards 820
5 A Shot in the Dark 1964 Blake Edwards 861
6 Gaslight 1944 George Cukor 923
7 High Society 1956 Charles Walters 1263
8 Jailhouse Rock 1957 Richard Thorpe 1272
9 Victor/Victoria 1982 Blake Edwards 1433
10 The Thomas Crown Affair 1968 Norman Jewison 1484
11 Kiss Me Kate 1953 George Sidney 1620
12 The Party 1968 Blake Edwards 1845
13 Quo Vadis 1951 Mervyn LeRoy 1871
14 Avanti! 1972 Billy Wilder 2028
15 10 1979 Blake Edwards 2197
16 Love Me or Leave Me 1955 Charles Vidor 2392
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