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Alexander Sokurov

Russian film director (born 1951)

5.24body-of-work score · ranked #198 of 2631 directors · 7 films in our library

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

Born
June 14, 1951 · Podorvikha
Nationality
Soviet Union, Russia
Work
film director, screenwriter, writer, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Alexander Sokurov
LucaFazPhoto · CC BY-SA 4.0

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 SunСолнце

    2005 · France / Russia / Italy · biography, drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2006 #1 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2006 #6 · Film Comment year-end poll 2009 #14

    1.503 citations
  2. 2
    Faust

    2011 · Russia / Germany · drama, fantasy

    Venice Golden Lion winner 2011 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2012 #9 · Film Comment year-end poll 2013 #34

    1.503 citations
  3. 3
    Russian ArkРусский ковчег

    2002 · Russia / Germany / France · fantasy, drama, mystery

    Film Comment year-end poll 2002 #9 · Hoberman's annual top 10 2002 #3 · Empire 500 (2008) #358

    0.844 citations
  4. 4
    Mother and SonМать и сын

    1997 · Russia / Germany · drama

    Hoberman's annual top 10 1998 #1 · Empire 500 (2008) #222

    0.692 citations
  5. 5
    AlexandraАлександра

    2007 · Russia / France · war, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2008 #10 · Film Comment year-end poll 2008 #30

    0.492 citations
  6. 6
    Whispering PagesТихие страницы

    1994 · Russia · drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  7. 7
    Oriental Elegy

    1996 · Japan / Russia

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 34 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1980The Degraded
  • 1986Dmitry Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola
  • 1986Elegy
  • 1987Empire
  • 1987Mournful Unconcern
  • 1987The Lonely Voice of Man
  • 1987Zhertva vechernyaya
  • 1988Days of Eclipse
  • 1988Maria
  • 1988Moscow Elegy
  • 1989Save and Protect
  • 1989Sonata dlya Gitlera (Kurzfilm 1989)
  • 1990The Second Circle
  • 1993The Elegy from Russia
  • 1994Whispering Pages
  • 1995Spiritual Voices. From the Diaries of War. A Narration in Five Episodes
  • 1996Oriental Elegy
  • 1997Mother and Son
  • 1998The Dialogues with Solzhenitsyn
  • 1999Moloch
  • 2001Elegy of a Voyage
  • 2001Taurus
  • 2002Russian Ark
  • 2003Father and Son
  • 2005The Sun
  • 2006Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
  • 2007Alexandra
  • 2009Reading Book of Blockade
  • 2009Интонации
  • 2011Faust
  • 2015Francofonia
  • 2022Fairytale
  • 2025Director’s Diary
  • —An Example of Intonation