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Paul Schrader (1946-) is an Oscar®-nominated American director and writer.  Schrader was nominated for an Oscar® nomination for Best Writer for 2017’s First Reformed.  His IMDb page shows over 60 assorted credits since 1974. This page will rank Paul Schrader movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition. Many of his low budget, not seen in theaters, movies were excluded from the rankings.

Paul Schrader Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Year	Movie (Year)	Rating	S
Year	Movie (Year)	Rating	S
1976	Taxi Driver (1976) AA Best Picture Nom Writer
1980	Raging Bull (1980) AA Best Picture Nom Writer
1980	American Gigolo (1980) Director
1979	Hardcore (1979) Director
1976	Obsession (1976) Writer
1977	Rolling Thunder (1977) Writer
1988	The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) Writer
1997	Affliction (1997) Director
1978	Blue Collar (1978) Director
1999	Bringing Out the Dead (1999) Writer
1974	The Yakuza (1974) Writer
2017	First Reformed (2017) AA Best Writing Nom
1986	The Mosquito Coast (1986) Writer
1985	Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) Director
1996	City Hall (1996) Writer
1982	Cat People (1982) Director
2002	Auto Focus (2002) Director
1992	Light Sleeper (1992) Director
1987	Light of Day (1987) Director
2021	The Card Counter (2021) Director
1988	Patty Hearst (1988) Director
2008	Adam Resurrected (2008) Film Festival Circuit Only Director
2023	Master Gardener (2023) Director
1990	The Comfort of Strangers (1990) Director
2007	The Walker (2007) Director
2017	Dark (2017) Limited Release Director
2005	Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005) Director
1979	Old Boyfriends (1979) Writer
2024	Oh Canada (2024) Director
1999	Forever Mine (1999) Film Festival Circuit Only Director
1994	Witch Hunt (1994) HBO Movie Director
1997	Touch (1997) Director
2016	Dog Eat Dog (2016) Director
2022	There Are No Saints (2022) Limited Release Writer
2013	The Canyons (2013) Limited Release Director
2014	Dying of the Light (2014) Director

Paul Schrader Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

Sort Paul Schrader movies by co-stars of his movies.
Sort Paul Schrader movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
Sort Paul Schrader movies by yearly domestic box office rank
Sort Paul Schrader movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Paul Schrader movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Paul Schrader movie won.
Sort Paul Schrader movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

Paul Schrader Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses

Movie (Year)	UMR Co-Star Links	World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil)	S
Movie (Year)	UMR Co-Star Links	World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil)	S
The Yakuza (1974) Writer	Robert Mitchum & Brian Keith	99.50
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) Writer	Willem Dafoe & Directed by Martin Scorsese	25.30
Auto Focus (2002) Director	Greg Kinnear & Willem Dafoe	5.50
First Reformed (2017) AA Best Writing Nom	Ethan Hawke	5.10
The Card Counter (2021) Director	Oscar Isaac & Willem Dafoe	3.90
Master Gardener (2023) Director	Sigourney Weaver	1.60
Oh Canada (2024) Director	Richard Gere	1.30
The Walker (2007) Director	Woody Harrelson & Kristin Scott Thomas	1.00
The Canyons (2013) Limited Release Director	Lindsay Lohan	0.40
Dog Eat Dog (2016) Director	Nicolas Cage & Willem Dafoe	0.40
Adam Resurrected (2008) Film Festival Circuit Only Director	Jeff Goldblum	0.30
Dying of the Light (2014) Director	Nicolas Cage & Anton Yelchin	0.20
There Are No Saints (2022) Limited Release Writer	Tim Roth	0.20

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