Ernst Lubitsch
German-American actor and film director (1892–1947)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- January 29, 1892 · Berlin
- Died
- November 30, 1947 · Hollywood
- Nationality
- Germany, United States
- Work
- film director, actor, 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
1939 · United States · comedy, romance
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1939 · TIME All-TIME 100 · National Film Registry (inducted 1990)
1.476 citations - 2
1932 · United States · comedy, romance, crime
Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #136 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1933 #9 · National Film Registry (inducted 1991)
1.366 citations - 3
1942 · United States · comedy, drama, war
Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #114 · National Film Registry (inducted 1996) · Letterboxd Top 250 #121
1.326 citations - 4
1929 · United States · musical, comedy, drama
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1930 #2 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1929 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
1.193 citations - 5
1940 · United States · comedy, romance, drama
TIME All-TIME 100 · National Film Registry (inducted 1999) · Empire 500 (2008) #384
0.945 citations - 6
1931 · United States · comedy, romance, musical
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1931 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1931 #9
0.752 citations - 7
1932 · United States · comedy, romance, musical
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1931 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.733 citations - 8
1943 · United States · fantasy, comedy, drama
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1943 · Criterion Collection spine #291 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.723 citations - 9
1924 · United States · drama, silent
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1924 #2
0.631 citation - 10
1933 · United States · comedy, romance
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1934 #9 · Criterion Collection spine #592
0.462 citations - 110.451 citation
- 12
1934 · United States · comedy, romance, musical
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1935 #7 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.442 citations - 13
1932 · United States · drama, war
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1932 #9 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.412 citations - 140.301 citation
- 15
1927 · United States · comedy, romance, drama
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1929 #9
0.301 citation - 160.291 citation
- 17
1925 · United States · comedy, drama, silent
National Film Registry (inducted 2002)
0.231 citation - 180.161 citation
- 190.111 citation
- 200.111 citation
- 210.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 77 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1914Miss Soapsuds
- 1915A Trip on the Ice
- 1915Blindekuh
- 1915Der letzte Anzug
- 1915The Bodybuilder
- 1915Zucker und Zimt
- 1916Keiner von beiden
- 1916Shoe Palace Pinkus
- 1916The G.m.b.H. Tenor
- 1916The Mixed Ladies Chorus
- 1916The Most Beautiful Gift
- 1916The New Nose
- 1917His Only Patient
- 1917Ossis Tagebuch
- 1917The Blouse King
- 1917The Merry Jail
- 1917When Four Do the Same
- 1918Carmen
- 1918Fuhrmann Henschel
- 1918I Don't Want to Be a Man
- 1918Prince Sami
- 1918The Ballet Girl
- 1918The Case of Rosentopf
- 1918The Eyes of the Mummy
- 1918The Tobaggan Cavalier
- 1918カルメン
- 1919Hollander, King of Cheese
- 1919Intoxication
- 1919Madame DuBarry
- 1919Meyer from Berlin
- 1919My Wife, the Movie Star
- 1919Passion
- 1919The Doll
- 1919The Oyster Princess
- 1919The Swabian Maiden
- 1920Anna Boleyn
- 1920Kohlhiesels Töchter
- 1920Romeo and Juliet in the Snow
- 1920Sumurun
- 1920The Housing Shortage
- 1921Salome, die Blume des Morgenlands
- 1921The Wild Cat
- 1922The Loves of Pharaoh
- 1923Rosita
- 1923The Flame
- 1924Forbidden Paradise
- 1924The Marriage Circle
- 1924Three Women
- 1925Kiss Me Again
- 1925Lady Windermere's Fan
- 1926So This Is Paris
- 1927The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
- 1928The Patriot
- 1929Eternal Love
- 1929The Love Parade
- 1930Monte Carlo
- 1930Paramount on Parade
- 1931The Smiling Lieutenant
- 1932Broken Lullaby
- 1932If I Had a Million
- 1932One Hour with You
- 1932Trouble in Paradise
- 1932Une heure près de toi
- 1933Design for Living
- 1934The Merry Widow
- 1937Angel
- 1938Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
- 1939Ninotchka
- 1940The Shop Around the Corner
- 1941That Uncertain Feeling
- 1942To Be or Not to Be
- 1943Heaven Can Wait
- 1945A Royal Scandal
- 1945Here Is Germany
- 1946Cluny Brown
- 1948That Lady in Ermine
- —Where is My Treasure?