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List of Sam Mendes Movies: Ranked Best To Worst

1. American Beauty (1999)
21
4
American Beauty
R
21
4

Middle-aged magazine executive Lester Burnham abhors his job, is unhappy with his loveless marriage to ambitious real estate agent Carolyn, and is hated by his moody teenage daughter Jane. Unaware of his wife's extramarital affair, Lester suddenly falls for Jane's sexually experienced classmate Angela, which affects his life and those around him in a tragic way.

Starring:
Directed By:
Sam Mendes
Awards:
Academy Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture
2. 1917 (2020)
16
3
1917
R
16
3

When on April 6th, 1917, it is observed that the Germans are waiting at the Hindenburg Line to crush the advancing British army, two British soldiers are sent to deliver the message. With telephone lines cut, they must now race against time and cross over into the enemy territory to deliver the message and save the lives of 1600 soldiers.

Starring:
Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Daniel Mays, George MacKay, Pip Carter
Directed By:
Sam Mendes
Awards:
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture, BAFTA Award for Best Director, BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film of the Year, BAFTA Award for Best Film
3. Skyfall (2012)
15
4
Skyfall
PG-13
15
4

James Bond is presumed dead after being caught in friendly fire while trying to retrieve a list of British agents. MI6 is compromised and identities of several agents are exposed. Bond, who reveals he is alive after M is attacked at MI6 and six agents are killed, must track down a man from M's past, seeking revenge.

Directed By:
Sam Mendes
Awards:
BAFTA Award for
4. Road to Perdition (2002)
10
3
Road to Perdition
R
10
3

Set in Chicago during the great depression, this crime-drama film follows a hitman working for an Irish mobster who raised him. Road to Perdition is adapted from a graphic novel of the same name.

Directed By:
Sam Mendes
5. Revolutionary Road (2008)
8
3
Revolutionary Road
R
8
3

Frank and April Wheeler appear completely happy and in love but Frank hates his job and April is frustrated with her failing ambition. They decide to move to Paris but April’s pregnancy and their affairs make things complicated. Ultimately, April dies while trying to perform a self-vaccum aspiration abortion and Frank is left a shell of a man.  

Directed By:
Sam Mendes
6. Jarhead (2005)
8
3
Jarhead
R
8
3

This biographical war drama tracks Anthony Swofford as he enlists as a Marine, struggles through a grueling training to become a sniper, and is deployed to the Arabian Peninsula during the Gulf War. Amidst severe heat in a foreign desert, he tries to maintain his composure and readiness for months while learning about the reality of modern warfare.

Directed By:
Sam Mendes

Movies (Actor)

TV Shows

The Hollow Crown
9
2
The Hollow Crown
9
2
Starring:
Jeremy Irons, Patrick Stewart, John Hurt, Tom Hiddleston, Tom Sturridge, Geraldine Chaplin, Owen Teale
Directed By:
Dominic Cooke, Richard Eyre, Rupert Goold, Thea Sharrock
Informer
8
2
Informer
Not
8
2
Starring:
Paddy Considine, Bel Powley, Reiss Jeram, Fehinti Balogun, Nabhaan Rizwan
Directed By:
Jonny Campbell
Britannia
7
3
Britannia
TV-MA
7
3
Starring:
Ian McDiarmid, David Morrissey, Kelly Reilly, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Stanley Weber

Sam Mendes Awards

Academy Awards
American Beauty Best Director 2000
Golden Globe Awards
1917 Best Director - Motion Picture 2020
American Beauty Best Director - Motion Picture 2000
BAFTA Awards
1917 Best Director 2020
1917 Outstanding British Film of the Year 2020
1917 Best Film 2020