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Ranked: Steven Spielberg Films

The Frame Rated team voted for their favourite of the world-famous director’s movies, and the result are below…

Steven Spielberg’s name is synonymous with movies for generations of filmgoers. His first feature-length film was Duel (1971), released 50 years ago this year, meaning Spielberg’s career has been going half-a-century and shows no sign of stopping. His latest offering, a new version of classic musical West Side Story, is already garnering acclaim in critical circles and seems primed to sweep next year’s Academy Awards.

There are periods to Spielberg’s career as a filmmaker, ranging from his more populist work in the late-1970s and 1980s, through to him being taken more “seriously” once holocaust drama Schindler’s List (1993) earned him a ‘Best Director’ Oscar. His 21st-century offerings have been less celebrated, as he’s bounced between the crowd-pleasing spectacles that made his name (Minority Report, War of the Worlds, Ready Player One) and the awards-worthy fare that earned him greater respect from his peers. (Munich, Lincoln, The Post).

But even if Steven Spielberg’s work hasn’t been as consistently genre-defining as his incredible run in the 1980s, isn’t that to be expected after five decades? It’s not many…