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Peter Bogdanovich Movies Ranked

We take a look at the directing life and career Peter Bogdanovich, including his generation-defining Best Picture nominee (The Last Picture Show), comedy classics (What’s Up, Doc?, Paper Moon), and esteemed documentaries on Tom Petty and Buster Keaton.

The Last Picture Show (1971)
98%

Adjusted Score: 112118%

Critics Consensus: Making excellent use of its period and setting, Peter Bogdanovich's small town coming-of-age story is a sad but moving classic filled with impressive performances.

Synopsis: High school seniors and best friends, Sonny (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane (Jeff Bridges), live in a dying Texas town. The... [More]

Starring: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson

Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich

Runnin' Down a Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (2007)
100%

Adjusted Score: 22071%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich tells the story of the legendary rock band and its front man using interviews and concert footage.... [More]

Starring:

Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich

The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)
94%

Adjusted Score: 95812%

Critics Consensus: The Great Buster: A Celebration isn't as breathlessly entertaining as the filmography that inspired it, but as a long-overdue primer, it's close to essential.

Synopsis: Peter Bogdanovich examines the legendary life and career of actor, filmmaker and comic genius Buster Keaton.... [More]

Starring: Peter Bogdanovich, Quentin Tarantino, Bill Hader, Mel Brooks

Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich

Paper Moon (1973)
90%

Adjusted Score: 94579%

Critics Consensus: Expertly balancing tones, Paper Moon is a deft blend of film nostalgia and finely tuned performances -- especially from Tatum O'Neal, who won an Oscar for her debut.

Synopsis: Real-life father and daughter Ryan and Tatum O'Neal team up as slick con-artists Moses Pray and Addie Loggins in 1930s... [More]

Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, John Hillerman

Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich

Mask (1985)
93%

Adjusted Score: 95179%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz) is an intelligent, outgoing and humorous teenager who suffers from a facial deformity called "lionitis" and... [More]

Starring: Eric Stoltz, Cher, Sam Elliott, Estelle Getty

Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich

What's Up, Doc? (1972)
89%

Adjusted Score: 94965%

Critics Consensus: Barbra Streisand was never more likable than in this energetic, often hilarious screwball farce from director Peter Bogdanovich.

Synopsis: Two researchers have come to San Francisco to compete for a research grant in music. The man seems a bit... [More]

Starring: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars

Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich

Targets (1968)
89%

Adjusted Score: 92930%

Critics Consensus: A startling directorial debut by Peter Bogdanovich mixes an homage to Boris Karloff horror films with a timely sniper story to create a thriller with modern baggage and old school shock and awe.

Synopsis: After unhinged Vietnam vet Bobby Thompson (Tim O'Kelly) kills his wife and mother, he goes on a brutal shooting spree.... [More]

Starring: Boris Karloff, Tim O'Kelly, Nancy Hsueh, James Brown

Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich

The Cat's Meow (2001)
76%

Adjusted Score: 80246%

Critics Consensus: The Cat's Meow is a deliciously evoked period piece and whodunit.

Synopsis: From award-winning screenwriter Steven Peros and acclaimed director Peter Bogdanovich comes "The Cat's Meow," an extraordinary look at a fateful... [More]

Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Cary Elwes, Edward Herrmann, Suzy Eddie Izzard

Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich

Daisy Miller (1974)
75%

Adjusted Score: 75531%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A flirtatious American woman in Europe shocks the staid crowd her mother wishes to impress. Based on Henry James' story.... [More]

Starring: Cybill Shepherd, Barry Brown, Cloris Leachman, Nicholas Jones

Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich

#10

Noises Off (1992)
59%

#10

Adjusted Score: 60212%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Hired to helm an Americanized take on a British play, director Lloyd Fellowes (Michael Caine) does his best to control... [More]

Starring: Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott, Julie Hagerty

Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich

#11

The Thing Called Love (1993)
57%

#11

Adjusted Score: 58236%

Critics Consensus: The last film River Phoenix completed before his death, The Thing Called Love doesn't have much new to say about show business, but it's energetic and well acted.

Synopsis: Hoping to become a country music star, Miranda Presley (Samantha Mathis) moves from New York to Nashville, Tenn. She gets... [More]

Starring: River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis, Dermot Mulroney, Sandra Bullock

Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich

#12

Texasville (1990)
59%

#12

Adjusted Score: 60512%

Critics Consensus: An impressive array of talent on either side of the camera helps compensate for Texasville's inability to live up to its classic predecessor, but it isn't quite enough.

Synopsis: 1950s lovers (Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd) meet in the 1980s in this sequel to "The Last Picture Show."... [More]

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Annie Potts, Timothy Bottoms

Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich

#13

She's Funny That Way (2014)
45%

#13

Adjusted Score: 49078%

Critics Consensus: She's Funny That Way is an affectionate, talent-filled throwback to screwball comedies of old -- which makes it even more frustrating that the laughs are disappointingly few and far between.

Synopsis: The cast and crew of a Broadway play are thrown into a romantic roundelay when a lecherous director (Owen Wilson)... [More]

Starring: Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Rhys Ifans

Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich

#14

They All Laughed (1981)
50%

#14

Adjusted Score: 50086%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: The employees of New York City's Odyssey Detective Agency can't seem to prevent themselves from getting over-involved in their clients'... [More]

Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, John Ritter, Colleen Camp

Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich

#15