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Alexander Korda

British film director (1893–1956)

1.62body-of-work score · ranked #596 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
September 16, 1893 · Túrkeve
Died
January 23, 1956 · London
Nationality
Hungary, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Work
film director, film producer, screenwriter, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Alexander Korda
Macfadden Publications, Inc.; no photographer credited · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    The Thief of Bagdad

    1940 · United Kingdom · fantasy, adventure

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #431 · Roger Ebert's Great Movies

    0.685 citations
  2. 2
    The Private Life of Henry VIII

    1933 · United Kingdom · biography, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1933 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.622 citations
  3. 3
    Marius

    1931 · France / United States · drama

    Criterion Collection spine #882

    0.161 citation
  4. 4
    That Hamilton Woman

    1941 · United States / United Kingdom · drama, biography

    Criterion Collection spine #487

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 64 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1914The Duped Journalist
  • 1914Watchhouse in the Carpathians
  • 1915Lyon Lea
  • 1915The Officer's Swordknot
  • 1915Tutyu and Totyo
  • 1916A Nagymama
  • 1916Cyclamen
  • 1916Miska the Magnate
  • 1916Struggling Hearts
  • 1916Tales of the Typewriter
  • 1916The Laughing Saskia
  • 1916The One Million Pound Note
  • 1916White Nights
  • 1917Harrison and Barrison
  • 1917Magic
  • 1917St. Peter's Umbrella
  • 1917The Stork Caliph
  • 1918Faun
  • 1918Mary Ann
  • 1919Ave Caesar!
  • 1919Man of Gold
  • 1919Neither at Home or Abroad
  • 1919Number 111
  • 1919White Rose
  • 1919Yamata
  • 1920The Prince and the Pauper
  • 1922A Vanished World
  • 1922Masters of the Sea
  • 1922Samson and Delilah
  • 1923The Unknown Tomorrow
  • 1924Everybody's Woman
  • 1924Tragedy in the House of Habsburg
  • 1925Dancing Mad
  • 1926Madame Wants No Children
  • 1927A Modern Dubarry
  • 1927The Private Life of Helen of Troy
  • 1927The Stolen Bride
  • 1928Night Watch
  • 1928Yellow Lily
  • 1929Her Private Life
  • 1929Lilies of the Field
  • 1929Love and the Devil
  • 1929The Squall
  • 1930The Princess and the Plumber
  • 1930Women Everywhere
  • 1931Longing for the Sea
  • 1931Marius
  • 1931Rive gauche
  • 1931The Men Around Lucy
  • 1932Service for Ladies
  • 1932The Golden Anchor
  • 1932Wedding Rehearsal
  • 1933La dame de chez Maxim's
  • 1933The Girl from Maxim's
  • 1933The Private Life of Henry VIII
  • 1934The Private Life of Don Juan
  • 1936Rembrandt
  • 1937Dark Journey
  • 1939The Lion Has Wings
  • 1940The Thief of Bagdad
  • 1941That Hamilton Woman
  • 1945Perfect Strangers
  • 1947An Ideal Husband
  • 1948Bonnie Prince Charlie