John Schlesinger: movies and TV shows
John Schlesinger has 83 credits in the archive: 68 films and 15 TV series, from 1944 to 2025. Highest rated: The Four Just Men (7.7/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2025 · busiest year: 1956 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Innes Lloyd: The Producer | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 99 |
| 2016 | The ROH Live: The Tales of Hoffmann | Film | — | 90 | |
| 2002 | Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film | Self (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 76 |
| 2000 | The Next Best Thing | Film | 5.3 | 74 | |
| 1998 | The Tale of Sweeney Todd | Film | 5.7 | 72 | |
| 1998 | Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs | Self | Film | 3.0 | 72 |
| 1996 | Eye for an Eye | Film | 6.3 | 70 | |
| 1996 | The Celluloid Closet | Self | Film | 7.2 | 70 |
| 1996 | The Twilight of the Golds | Dr. Adrian Lodge | Film | 5.5 | 70 |
| 1995 | Cold Comfort Farm | Film | 6.8 | 69 | |
| 1993 | Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties | Self | TV | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1993 | The Innocent | Film | 6.1 | 67 | |
| 1992 | The Lost Language of Cranes | Derek Moulthorp | Film | 5.9 | 66 |
| 1991 | A Question of Attribution | Film | 6.8 | 65 | |
| 1990 | Pacific Heights | Man in Elevator (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 1990 | Pacific Heights | Film | 6.3 | 64 | |
| 1990 | Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey | Self | Film | 7.2 | 64 |
| 1990 | Verdi: Un ballo in maschera | Film | — | 64 | |
| 1989 | Screen One | TV | 7.2 | 63 | |
| 1988 | Madame Sousatzka | Film | 6.9 | 62 | |
| 1988 | Madame Sousatzka | Film | 6.9 | 62 | |
| 1987 | The Believers | Film | 5.9 | 61 | |
| 1987 | The Believers | Film | 5.9 | 61 | |
| 1985 | The Falcon and the Snowman | Film | 6.4 | 59 | |
| 1985 | The Falcon and the Snowman | Film | 6.4 | 59 | |
| 1985 | Der Rosenkavalier | Film | 8.3 | 59 | |
| 1983 | An Englishman Abroad | Film | 6.1 | 57 | |
| 1983 | Separate Tables | Film | 6.6 | 57 | |
| 1981 | Honky Tonk Freeway | Film | 5.3 | 55 | |
| 1981 | Les Contes d'Hoffmann | Film | 6.9 | 55 | |
| 1979 | Yanks | Film | 5.9 | 53 | |
| 1976 | Marathon Man | Film | 7.2 | 50 | |
| 1976 | The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People | Self | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1975 | The Day of the Locust | Film | 6.4 | 49 | |
| 1974 | Flick Flack | TV | — | 48 | |
| 1973 | Visions of Eight | Narrator | Film | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1973 | Visions of Eight | Film | 7.1 | 47 | |
| 1973 | The Big Screen | Self | Film | — | 47 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 45 |
| 1971 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Film | 6.6 | 45 | |
| 1969 | Midnight Cowboy | Film | 7.5 | 43 | |
| 1969 | The Crowd Around the Cowboy | Self | Film | — | 43 |
| 1967 | Far from the Madding Crowd | Film | 6.9 | 41 | |
| 1967 | Location: Far from the Madding Crowd | Himself | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1967 | Days in the Trees | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1967 | Speaking of Britain | Self | Film | — | 41 |
| 1965 | Darling | Theatre Director (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1965 | Darling | Film | 6.7 | 39 | |
| 1965 | Darling | Film | 6.7 | 39 | |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | TV | 5.2 | 38 | |
| 1963 | Billy Liar | Officer in Dream (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1963 | Billy Liar | Film | 6.8 | 37 | |
| 1962 | A Kind of Loving | Film | 7.1 | 36 | |
| 1961 | Terminus | Passenger (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 35 |
| 1961 | Terminus | Film | 7.3 | 35 | |
| 1961 | Terminus | Film | 7.3 | 35 | |
| 1960 | Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years | TV | 8.5 | 34 | |
| 1959 | The Four Just Men | TV | 7.7 | 33 | |
| 1958 | Monitor | TV | 7.3 | 32 | |
| 1958 | Ivanhoe | Jack Ludlow | TV | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1958 | Stormy Crossing | Mechanic | Film | 5.7 | 32 |
| 1957 | Brothers in Law | Assize Court Solicitor | Film | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1957 | Seven Thunders | German Soldier | Film | 5.5 | 31 |
| 1957 | Wakes Week in Blackburn | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1956 | The Buccaneers | Pigtail | TV | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1956 | The Battle of the River Plate | Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1956 | The Last Man to Hang | Dr. Goldfinger | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1956 | Sunday in the Park | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1956 | Sunday in the Park | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1956 | Sunday in the Park | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Hale | TV | 6.4 | 29 |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Alan-a-Dale | TV | 6.4 | 29 |
| 1954 | The Divided Heart | Ticket Collector | Film | 6.8 | 28 |
| 1952 | The Starfish | Film | 5.0 | 26 | |
| 1952 | The Starfish | Film | 5.0 | 26 | |
| 1952 | The Starfish | Film | 5.0 | 26 | |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Amiens | TV | 3.5 | 24 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | An innkeeper | TV | 3.5 | 24 |
| 1949 | Black Legend | The Judge | Film | — | 23 |
| 1949 | Black Legend | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1949 | Black Legend | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1949 | Black Legend | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 18 |