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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 21
2 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 28
3 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 60
4 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 83
5 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 Steven Spielberg 110
6 The Goonies 1985 Richard Donner 335
7 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 370
8 Poltergeist 1982 Tobe Hooper 398
9 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg 413
10 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 2001 Steven Spielberg 655
11 The Color Purple 1985 Steven Spielberg 719
12 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 Steven Spielberg 722
13 Catch Me If You Can 2002 Steven Spielberg 733
14 Empire of the Sun 1987 Steven Spielberg 876
15 Lincoln 2012 Steven Spielberg 1122
16 Fatal Attraction 1987 Adrian Lyne 1312
17 War of the Worlds 2005 Steven Spielberg 1623
18 Munich 2005 Steven Spielberg 1883
19 West Side Story 2021 Steven Spielberg 1951
20 Bridge of Spies 2015 Steven Spielberg 2216
21 Hook 1991 Steven Spielberg 2708

Daniel Mandell

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Apartment 1960 Billy Wilder 59
2 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 William Wyler 200
3 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Billy Wilder 648
4 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 Frank Capra 656
5 Wuthering Heights 1939 William Wyler 1163
6 The Pride of the Yankees 1942 Sam Wood 1234
7 Guys and Dolls 1955 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1560
8 Dodsworth 1936 William Wyler 1669
9 One, Two, Three 1961 Billy Wilder 1865
10 Ball of Fire 1941 Howard Hawks 1960
11 The Little Foxes 1941 William Wyler 2505
12 The Westerner 1940 William Wyler 3005
13 You Only Live Once 1937 Fritz Lang 3016

Susan E. Morse

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Manhattan 1979 Woody Allen 191
2 Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 Woody Allen 567
3 The Warriors 1979 Walter Hill 666
4 Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989 Woody Allen 904
5 The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 Woody Allen 990
6 Zelig 1983 Woody Allen 1493
7 Broadway Danny Rose 1984 Woody Allen 2395
8 Radio Days 1987 Woody Allen 2957
9 Arthur 1981 Steve Gordon 3025

Marguerite Renoir

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Rules of the Game 1939 Jean Renoir 138
2 The Grand Illusion 1937 Jean Renoir 180
3 A Day in the Country 1946 Jean Renoir 1625
4 Le Trou 1960 Jacques Becker 1706
5 Masculine Feminine 1966 Jean-Luc Godard 1948
6 Boudu Saved from Drowning 1932 Jean Renoir 2139
7 La Chienne 1931 Jean Renoir 2331
8 La Bęte Humaine 1938 Jean Renoir 2338
9 Casque d'Or 1952 Jacques Becker 2367
10 Touchez pas au grisbi 1954 Jacques Becker 2380
11 The Crime of Mr. Lange 1936 Jean Renoir 2489

Thelma Schoonmaker

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Goodfellas 1990 Martin Scorsese 14
2 Raging Bull 1980 Martin Scorsese 44
3 The Departed 2006 Martin Scorsese 153
4 Casino 1995 Martin Scorsese 404
5 The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 Martin Scorsese 613
6 Shutter Island 2010 Martin Scorsese 638
7 Woodstock 1970 Michael Wadleigh 858
8 The King of Comedy 1982 Martin Scorsese 875
9 Hugo 2011 Martin Scorsese 919
10 The Irishman 2019 Martin Scorsese 976
11 After Hours 1985 Martin Scorsese 1021
12 Cape Fear 1991 Martin Scorsese 1160
13 The Color of Money 1986 Martin Scorsese 1269
14 The Age of Innocence 1993 Martin Scorsese 1411
15 Gangs of New York 2002 Martin Scorsese 1532
16 The Last Temptation of Christ 1988 Martin Scorsese 1609
17 The Aviator 2004 Martin Scorsese 1704
18 Killers of the Flower Moon 2023 Martin Scorsese 2409
19 Silence 2016 Martin Scorsese 2874

George Tomasini

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock 1
2 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 15
3 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 37
4 North by Northwest 1959 Alfred Hitchcock 49
5 The Birds 1963 Alfred Hitchcock 226
6 Stalag 17 1953 Billy Wilder 544
7 Cape Fear 1962 J. Lee Thompson 1219
8 The Misfits 1961 John Huston 1311
9 The Time Machine 1960 George Pal 1375
10 The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 Alfred Hitchcock 1465
11 To Catch a Thief 1955 Alfred Hitchcock 1743
12 Marnie 1964 Alfred Hitchcock 1785
13 The Wrong Man 1956 Alfred Hitchcock 2707

Ralph E. Winters

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Ben-Hur 1959 William Wyler 188
2 On the Town 1949 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 1023
3 The Pink Panther 1963 Blake Edwards 1206
4 Gaslight 1944 George Cukor 1280
5 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Stanley Donen 1392
6 The Party 1968 Blake Edwards 1414
7 A Shot in the Dark 1964 Blake Edwards 1525
8 Victor/Victoria 1982 Blake Edwards 1636
9 High Society 1956 Charles Walters 2439
10 Kiss Me Kate 1953 George Sidney 2605
11 Jailhouse Rock 1957 Richard Thorpe 2637
12 The Thomas Crown Affair 1968 Norman Jewison 2699
13 Quo Vadis 1951 Mervyn LeRoy 2936
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