The Best Woody Allen Movies Ranked And Where to Watch them

If you're looking for the best Woody Allen movies of all time then here is a definitive list. We rank every movie directed by Woody Allen based on their popularity score from IMDB from best to worst. Click on the ‘see more’ button to find out where to watch them in Australia covering all streaming services. In August 2025 there are 11 films in this list.

List of the Best Movies Directed by Woody Allen In Order of Popularity

1. Annie Hall
2. Manhattan
3. Hannah and Her Sisters
4. Love and Death
5. The Purple Rose of Cairo
6. Radio Days
7. Scoop
8. A Rainy Day in New York
9. Melinda and Melinda
10. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
11. A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

Stream the top 11 Movies directed by Woody Allen

1. Annie Hall

Rated: PG

8.0/10

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

2. Manhattan

Rated: R

7.8/10

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

3. Hannah and Her Sisters

Rated: PG-13

7.8/10

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

4. Love and Death

Rated: PG

7.7/10

Boris is a simple Russian villager who pines from afar for his beautiful cousin Sonja. Forced against his will into joining the Russian army during the Napoleonic Wars, the cowardly Boris accidentally becomes a military hero. But when his beloved Sonja comes to him with a dangerous patriotic scheme, Boris debates his desires and beliefs.

5. The Purple Rose of Cairo

Rated: PG

7.7/10

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.

6. Radio Days

Rated: PG

7.4/10

The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.

7. Scoop

Rated: PG-13

6.6/10

An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.

8. A Rainy Day in New York

Rated: PG-13

6.5/10

Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend, but once they arrive they're met with bad weather and a series of adventures.

9. Melinda and Melinda

Rated: PG-13

6.4/10

While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.

10. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Rated: R

6.3/10

Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling from abandonment, decides to follow the advice of a psychic. Sally, the daughter of Alfie and Helena, is unhappy in her marriage and develops a crush on her boss, while her husband, Roy, falls for a woman engaged to be married.

11. A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

Rated: PG

/10

A nutty inventor, his frustrated wife, a philosopher cousin, his much younger fiancée, a randy doctor, and a free-thinking nurse spend a summer weekend in and around a stunning - and possibly magical - country house.