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Douglas Sirk

German film director (1897–1987)

3.03body-of-work score · ranked #363 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

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

Born
April 26, 1897 · Hamburg
Died
January 14, 1987 · Lugano
Nationality
Weimar Republic, Kingdom of Denmark, West Germany
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Douglas Sirk
Photographer unknown. Distributed by w:Universal Pictures. · 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
    All That Heaven Allows

    1955 · United States · romance, drama

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #136 · National Film Registry (inducted 1995) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    1.095 citations
  2. 2
    Imitation of Life

    1959 · United States · romance, drama

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #75 · National Film Registry (inducted 2015) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.984 citations
  3. 3
    Written on the Wind

    1956 · United States · drama

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #96 · Roger Ebert's Great Movies

    0.463 citations
  4. 4
    Magnificent Obsession

    1954 · United States · romance, drama

    Criterion Collection spine #457 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.272 citations
  5. 5
    A Time to Love and a Time to Die

    1958 · United States · drama, romance, war

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  6. 6
    The Tarnished Angels

    1958 · United States · drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 41 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1935April, April
  • 1935Pillars of Society
  • 1935The Girl from the Marsh Croft
  • 1936't Was één April
  • 1936Schlußakkord
  • 1936The Court Concert
  • 1937La Chanson du souvenir
  • 1937La Habanera
  • 1937To New Shores
  • 1938Accord final
  • 1939Wilton's Zoo
  • 1943Hitler's Madman
  • 1944Summer Storm
  • 1946A Scandal in Paris
  • 1947Lured
  • 1948Sleep, My Love
  • 1949Shockproof
  • 1950Mystery Submarine
  • 1950Slightly French
  • 1951The First Legion
  • 1951The Lady Pays Off
  • 1951Thunder on the Hill
  • 1951Weekend With Father
  • 1952Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
  • 1952No Room for the Groom
  • 1953All I Desire
  • 1953Meet Me at the Fair
  • 1953Take Me to Town
  • 1954Magnificent Obsession
  • 1954Sign of the Pagan
  • 1954Taza, Son of Cochise
  • 1955All That Heaven Allows
  • 1955Captain Lightfoot
  • 1956Never Say Goodbye
  • 1956There's Always Tomorrow
  • 1956Written on the Wind
  • 1957Battle Hymn
  • 1957Interlude
  • 1958A Time to Love and a Time to Die
  • 1958The Tarnished Angels
  • 1959Imitation of Life