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Erich von Stroheim

Austrian actor and director (1885–1957)

2.13body-of-work score · ranked #494 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library

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

Born
September 22, 1885 · Vienna
Died
May 12, 1957 · Paris
Nationality
United States, Austria–Hungary
Work
film director, actor, screenwriter, film actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Erich von Stroheim
Uncredited. · 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
    Greed

    1924 · United States · drama, silent

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #185 · National Film Registry (inducted 1991) · Empire 500 (2008) #399

    1.045 citations
  2. 2
    The Wedding March

    1926 · United States · drama, romance, silent

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1928 #9 · National Film Registry (inducted 2003)

    0.532 citations
  3. 3
    Foolish Wives

    1922 · United States · drama, silent

    National Film Registry (inducted 2008) · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.342 citations
  4. 4
    The Merry Widow

    1925 · United States · romance, silent, comedy

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  5. 5
    Queen Kelly

    1928 · United States · drama, silent

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 16 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.