Chris Menges

Career timeline

1. 1940 · Born

   Born in Kington, Herefordshire, England, UK

2. 1963 · Screen debut

   The War Game (Movie)

3. 1988 · Directing debut

   A World Apart (Movie)

4. 2008 · Breakthrough

   The Reader (Movie)

5. 2020 · Latest release

   Waiting for the Barbarians (Movie)

Career in numbers

4 1960s

11 1970s

27 1980s

5 1990s

12 2000s

4 2010s

1 2020s

• Drama46
• Crime11
• Tv Movie9
• Documentary9
• Thriller7
• Romance6

Highest-rated title Concert for George 2003 8.1 Most popular title The Reader 2008 7.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Chris Menges in our catalogue.

Stephen Frears

5 titles together

David Cook

3 titles together

Fulton Mackay

3 titles together

Keith Allen

2 titles together

Sean Bean

2 titles together

Sissy Spacek

2 titles together

P.H. Moriarty

2 titles together

Mark Knopfler

2 titles together

1. 2020 Waiting for the Barbarians 5.9 Movie
2. 2013 Hummingbird 6.2 Movie
3. 2011 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 7.0 Movie
4. 2011 Route Irish 5.9 Movie
5. 2010 London Boulevard 5.9 Movie
6. 2009 The Yellow Handkerchief 6.3 Movie
7. 2008 The Reader 7.5 Movie
8. 2008 Stop-Loss 6.1 Movie
9. 2006 Notes on a Scandal 7.1 Movie
10. 2005 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada 7.0 Movie
11. 2005 Tickets 6.4 Movie
12. 2005 North Country 7.3 Movie
13. 2004 Criminal 6.2 Movie
14. 2003 Concert for George 8.1 Movie
15. 2003 The Good Thief 6.1 Movie
16. 2002 Dirty Pretty Things 6.9 Movie
17. 2001 The Pledge 6.6 Movie
18. 1997 The Boxer 6.7 Movie
19. 1996 Michael Collins 6.9 Movie
20. 1987 Shy People 6.4 Movie
21. 1987 High Season Movie
22. 1987 Warlords of the Golden Triangle Movie
23. 1986 The Mission 7.4 Movie
24. 1986 Fatherland 6.3 Movie
25. 1985 A Sense of Freedom 6.5 Movie
26. 1985 Marie: A True Story 5.8 Movie
27. 1985 Which Side Are You On? Movie
28. 1984 Winter Flight Movie
29. 1984 The Killing Fields 7.5 Movie
30. 1984 Comfort and Joy 6.6 Movie
31. 1983 The Red and the Blue Movie
32. 1983 Made in Britain 7.0 Movie
33. 1983 R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only Movie
34. 1983 Tales Out of School TV
35. 1983 Walter and June Movie
36. 1983 Local Hero 6.8 Movie
37. 1982 Walter Movie
38. 1982 Angel 5.8 Movie
39. 1982 Battletruck 4.6 Movie
40. 1981 Looks and Smiles Movie
41. 1981 A Question of Leadership Movie
42. 1980 Auditions Movie
43. 1980 Babylon 7.0 Movie
44. 1980 The Gamekeeper Movie
45. 1980 Bloody Kids Movie
46. 1979 Black Jack 7.0 Movie
47. 1977 Dummy Movie
48. 1977 Last Summer Movie
49. 1975 It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow Movie
50. 1974 Israel: After the Earthquake Movie
51. 1971 Gumshoe 6.2 Movie
52. 1971 Black Beauty 6.0 Movie
53. 1971 The Save the Children Fund Film Movie
54. 1970 Loving Memory Movie
55. 1970 Kes 7.4 Movie
56. 1970 The Tribe That Hides from Man Movie
57. 1968 Solo Movie
58. 1966 Raid Into Tibet Movie
59. 1966 A Boy Called Donovan Movie
60. 1963 The War Game Movie

1. 1999 The Lost Son 6.0 Movie
2. 1994 Second Best 6.7 Movie
3. 1992 CrissCross 6.1 Movie
4. 1988 A World Apart 6.4 Movie

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