Costa-Gavras
Greek-French film director (born 1933)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- February 12, 1933 · Loutra
- Nationality
- France, Greece
- Work
- film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor
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
1969 · France · drama, thriller
Ebert's annual top 10 1969 #1 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1970 #3 · Siskel's annual top 10 1969 #1
2.728 citations - 2
1982 · United States · drama, biography, thriller
Palme d'Or winner 1982 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1982 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
2.284 citations - 31.001 citation
- 4The ConfessionL'Aveu
1970 · France / Italy · thriller, drama
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1971 #9 · Criterion Collection spine #759
0.462 citations - 5State of SiegeÉtat de siège
1972 · France / Germany / Italy · drama, thriller
Criterion Collection spine #760
0.161 citation
Complete filmography
All 24 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1965The Sleeping Car Murders
- 1967Shock Troops
- 1969Z
- 1970The Confession
- 1972State of Siege
- 1975Section spéciale
- 1979Womanlight
- 1982Missing
- 1983Hanna K.
- 1986Family Business
- 1988Betrayed
- 1989Music Box
- 1991Against Oblivion
- 1991Pour Kim Song-Man
- 1993The Little Apocalypse
- 1995À propos de Nice, la suite
- 1995Lumière and Company
- 1997Mad City
- 2002Amen.
- 2005The Ax
- 2009Eden Is West
- 2012Le Capital
- 2019Adults in the Room
- 2024Last Breath