{"id":641284,"date":"2026-06-16T08:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/641284\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T08:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:17:10","slug":"ranking-the-films-of-steven-spielberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/641284\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking The Films Of Steven Spielberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spielbergs-robopocalypse-was-too-expensive.jpg\" data-caption=\"Universal Pictures\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spielbergs-robopocalypse-was-too-expensive.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"spielbergs-robopocalypse-was-too-expensive\"\/><\/a>Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<p>With \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d in cinemas, filmmaker Steven Spielberg has been appearing across various media outlets where a bunch of his past work has been discussed and debated.<\/p>\n<p>Today I\u2019ve done a ranked list of his directorial efforts, from downright cinematic classics like \u201cJaws,\u201d \u2018Raiders\u2019 and \u201cSchindler\u2019s List\u201d to duds like \u201c1941,\u201d \u201cThe BFG,\u201d and \u201cThe Terminal\u201d with a variety of films in between.<\/p>\n<p>Judging from aggregate lists and others, I definitely have a soft spot for some of his early 2000s efforts like \u201cMunich,\u201d \u201cMinority Report,\u201d and \u201cCatch Me If You Can,\u201d and less so some pre-1990s titles deemed classics like \u201cET,\u201d \u201cEmpire of the Sun\u201d or \u201cThe Sugarland Express\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>After 2010, he\u2019s delivered a few real bangers like his new take on \u201cWest Side Story,\u201d the underrated \u201cBridge of Spies\u201d and a well-done take on \u201cTintin,\u201d but others I didn\u2019t warm to like \u201cReady Player One\u201d or \u201cWar Horse\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s your ranking?  Have your say in the comments below and tell us which titles of his you seem to like or dislike more than others.<\/p>\n<p>Previous article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/shang-chi-director-on-the-sequels-delay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cShang Chi\u201d Director On The Sequel\u2019s Delay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Universal Pictures With \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d in cinemas, filmmaker Steven Spielberg has been appearing across various media outlets where&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-641284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}