Filmography:
- The Duellists (1977)
- Alien (1979)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- 1984 commercial that introduced the Apple Macintosh
- Legend (1985)
- Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
- Black Rain (1989)
- Thelma & Louise (1991)
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
- White Squall (1996)
- G. I. Jane (1997)
- Gladiator (2000)
- Hannibal (2001)
- Black Hawk Down (2001)
- Matchstick Men (2003)
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
- A Good Year (2006)
- American Gangster (2007)
- Body of Lies (2008)
- Robin Hood (2010)
- Prometheus (2012)
- The Counselor (2013)
- Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
- The Martian (2015)
- Alien: Covenant (2017)
Series:
- BrainDead (2016) (as executive producer)
- The Good Wife (as executive producer)
This director's films contain examples of these tropes:
- Action Girl: Ellen Ripley, Thelma and Louise and Elizabeth Shaw, for starters. Scott has admitted he prefers strong women in his films.Scott: There are a lot of men who feel they're being emasculated by having Women in charge; I've never had that problem. The stronger the woman, the better for me.
- Attention Deficit Creator Disorder: The guy is busy. Just look at his IMDB page
. - Artificial Human: Alien, Blade Runner and Prometheus have fun with this trope.
- Bittersweet Ending/Downer Ending: More of the former shows up in his films, but the latter is definitely present.
- Cyber Punk
- Duel to the Death: The Duelists, Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven have this.
- Enforced Method Acting: The crew's reaction when Kane's chest bursts? Their look of shock was real.
- Executive Meddling: He's a frequent victim of this from time to time, with Blade Runner, Prometheus, and Kingdom of Heaven being the most prominent examples.
- Mega Corp.: Serves as the Bigger Bad of Alien and Blade Runner.
- Nothing Is Scarier
- Off with His Head!: Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven and The Counselor are rife with decapitations.
- Re Cut: Even when he didn't actually want them. Still, Scott is often labeled as the "Father of the Director's Cut" after how many version of Blade Runner are running around.
- Scenery Porn: If there's one thing consistent about his films, it can be said that all of Ridley's films look good.
- Troubled Production: Something that happens to him so frequently, that he has his own subsection, on the Film page for "Serial Offenders." The man cannot catch a break.
- Unicorn: Legend and, oddly enough, Blade Runner.
- Used Future: Alien and Blade Runner.
