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Top Films from Selected Film Editors

Michael Kahn

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 26
2 Schindler's List 1993 Steven Spielberg 28
3 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 77
4 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 Steven Spielberg 120
5 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 132
6 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 380
7 The Goonies 1985 Richard Donner 444
8 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg 516
9 Poltergeist 1982 Tobe Hooper 560
10 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 2001 Steven Spielberg 593
11 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 Steven Spielberg 695
12 Empire of the Sun 1987 Steven Spielberg 812
13 The Color Purple 1985 Steven Spielberg 862
14 Fatal Attraction 1987 Adrian Lyne 879
15 Catch Me If You Can 2002 Steven Spielberg 988
16 Munich 2005 Steven Spielberg 1624
17 War of the Worlds 2005 Steven Spielberg 1684
18 Lincoln 2012 Steven Spielberg 1814
19 The Terminal 2004 Steven Spielberg 2575

Daniel Mandell

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Apartment 1960 Billy Wilder 62
2 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 William Wyler 184
3 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Billy Wilder 480
4 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 Frank Capra 533
5 The Pride of the Yankees 1942 Sam Wood 1014
6 Wuthering Heights 1939 William Wyler 1136
7 Dodsworth 1936 William Wyler 1212
8 Ball of Fire 1941 Howard Hawks 1446
9 Guys and Dolls 1955 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1470
10 One, Two, Three 1961 Billy Wilder 1540
11 The Little Foxes 1941 William Wyler 1755
12 Dead End 1937 William Wyler 2470
13 The Westerner 1940 William Wyler 2724
14 You Only Live Once 1937 Fritz Lang 2802

Susan E. Morse

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Manhattan 1979 Woody Allen 117
2 Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 Woody Allen 459
3 Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989 Woody Allen 647
4 The Warriors 1979 Walter Hill 720
5 The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 Woody Allen 848
6 Zelig 1983 Woody Allen 1328
7 Broadway Danny Rose 1984 Woody Allen 1461
8 Arthur 1981 Steve Gordon 1690
9 Stardust Memories 1980 Woody Allen 2269
10 Radio Days 1987 Woody Allen 2396
11 Husbands and Wives 1992 Woody Allen 2408

Marguerite Renoir

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Rules of the Game 1939 Jean Renoir 99
2 The Grand Illusion 1937 Jean Renoir 122
3 A Day in the Country 1946 Jean Renoir 1001
4 Le Trou 1960 Jacques Becker 1352
5 Casque d'Or 1952 Jacques Becker 1360
6 Boudu Saved from Drowning 1932 Jean Renoir 1628
7 The Crime of Mr. Lange 1936 Jean Renoir 1766
8 La Bęte Humaine 1938 Jean Renoir 1767
9 Masculine Feminine 1966 Jean-Luc Godard 2041
10 La Chienne 1931 Jean Renoir 2082
11 Touchez pas au grisbi 1954 Jacques Becker 2414

Thelma Schoonmaker

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Goodfellas 1990 Martin Scorsese 17
2 Raging Bull 1980 Martin Scorsese 29
3 The Departed 2006 Martin Scorsese 238
4 Casino 1995 Martin Scorsese 398
5 The King of Comedy 1982 Martin Scorsese 604
6 Woodstock 1970 Michael Wadleigh 805
7 After Hours 1985 Martin Scorsese 992
8 The Last Temptation of Christ 1988 Martin Scorsese 1067
9 Shutter Island 2010 Martin Scorsese 1083
10 Hugo 2011 Martin Scorsese 1120
11 The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 Martin Scorsese 1160
12 Cape Fear 1991 Martin Scorsese 1179
13 The Age of Innocence 1993 Martin Scorsese 1235
14 The Color of Money 1986 Martin Scorsese 1587
15 The Aviator 2004 Martin Scorsese 1605
16 Gangs of New York 2002 Martin Scorsese 1774

George Tomasini

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock 2
2 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 13
3 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 34
4 North by Northwest 1959 Alfred Hitchcock 40
5 The Birds 1963 Alfred Hitchcock 251
6 Stalag 17 1953 Billy Wilder 633
7 Cape Fear 1962 J. Lee Thompson 1237
8 The Time Machine 1960 George Pal 1281
9 The Misfits 1961 John Huston 1286
10 Marnie 1964 Alfred Hitchcock 1401
11 The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 Alfred Hitchcock 1463
12 To Catch a Thief 1955 Alfred Hitchcock 1756
13 The Wrong Man 1956 Alfred Hitchcock 2165

Ralph E. Winters

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Ben-Hur 1959 William Wyler 159
2 On the Town 1949 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 706
3 The Party 1968 Blake Edwards 908
4 The Pink Panther 1963 Blake Edwards 1143
5 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Stanley Donen 1169
6 Victor/Victoria 1982 Blake Edwards 1354
7 Gaslight 1944 George Cukor 1380
8 A Shot in the Dark 1964 Blake Edwards 1544
9 High Society 1956 Charles Walters 1795
10 Kiss Me Kate 1953 George Sidney 2047
11 The Thomas Crown Affair 1968 Norman Jewison 2144
12 Jailhouse Rock 1957 Richard Thorpe 2516
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