Andrzej Wajda
Polish film director (1926–2016)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- March 6, 1926 · Suwałki
- Died
- October 9, 2016 · Warsaw
- Nationality
- Poland
- Work
- film director, theatre director, screenwriter, film producer
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
1981 · Poland · drama
Palme d'Or winner 1981 · Sarris's annual top 10 1981 #8 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1981 #null
1.803 citations - 2Ashes and DiamondsPopiół i diament
1958 · Poland · drama, war
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1959 #2 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #285
1.185 citations - 30.751 citation
- 4
1983 · Poland / France / Germany · biography, drama
NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Hoberman's annual top 10 1989 #7 · Criterion Collection spine #464
0.654 citations - 5Man of MarbleCzłowiek z marmuru
1977 · Poland · drama
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1980 #4 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1981 #null
0.582 citations - 60.431 citation
- 7CanalKanał
1957 · Poland · drama, war
Criterion Collection spine #284 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.272 citations - 80.171 citation
- 90.161 citation
Complete filmography
All 57 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1950The Bad Boy
- 1951Ceramika ilzecka
- 1952Kiedy ty spisz
- 1955A Generation
- 1955Towards the Sun
- 1957Canal
- 1958Ashes and Diamonds
- 1959Speed
- 1960Innocent Sorcerers
- 1961Samson
- 1962Love at Twenty
- 1962Siberian Lady Macbeth
- 1965The Ashes
- 1968Gates to Paradise
- 1968Przekladaniec
- 1969Everything for Sale
- 1969Hunting Flies
- 1970Landscape After the Battle
- 1970The Birch Wood
- 1972Pilate and Others
- 1973The Wedding
- 1975The Promised Land
- 1976The Shadow Line
- 1976Umarla klasa
- 1977Man of Marble
- 1978Invito a entrare
- 1978
- 1978Without Anesthesia
- 1979
- 1979The Maids of Wilko
- 1980The Orchestra Conductor
- 1981Man of Iron
- 1983A Love in Germany
- 1983Danton
- 1983Sprawa Dantona
- 1986Chronicle of Amorous Accidents
- 1988The French as Seen By...
- 1988The Possessed
- 1990Korczak
- 1992The Crowned-Eagle Ring
- 1994Nastasja
- 1995Holy Week
- 1996Miss Nobody
- 1999
- 1999Pan Tadeusz
- 2000Wyrok na Franciszka Klosa
- 2002The Lesson of Polish Cinema
- 2002The Revenge
- 2004
- 2005Solidarność, Solidarność...
- 2007Katyń
- 2009Tatarak
- 2010Krec! Jak kochasz, to krec!
- 2013Walesa. Man of Hope
- 2016Afterimage
- 2019Marek Edelman... And there was Love in the Ghetto
- —Одна июньская ночь