producer
Franklin Leonard
One visit, reaching 16 films in the collection.
26 Mar 2025
The producer and founder of the Black List praises Don Cheadle’s and Denzel Washington’s performances in Devil in a Blue Dress, talks about why everyone who wants to work in Hollywood should see Bamboozled, and selects favorites by Charles Burnett and Alice Diop.
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To Sleep with Anger | Charles Burnett | 1990 |
| 2 | Devil in a Blue Dress | Carl Franklin | 1995 |
| 3 | Memories of Murder | Bong Joon Ho | 2003 |
| 4 | Bamboozled | Spike Lee | 2000 |
| 5 | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | Cristian Mungiu | 2007 |
| 6 | Tootsie | Sydney Pollack | 1982 |
| 7 | Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artistbox set, 8 films | ||
| 8 | Anatomy of a Fall | Justine Triet | 2023 |
| 9 | Saint Omer | Alice Diop | 2022 |
Least-picked choice here: Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist , taken by nobody else.
Closest taste
Guests who chose the most of the same things. Anyone filmed alongside Franklin Leonard is left out, since they picked from one list.
| Guest | Shared | Jaccard | In common |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cate Blanchett | 2 | 0.087 | Devil in a Blue Dress, Tootsie |
| Todd Field | 2 | 0.087 | Devil in a Blue Dress, Tootsie |