István Szabó
Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director (born 1938)
1.78body-of-work score · ranked #567 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- February 18, 1938 · Budapest
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Work
- film director, writer, screenwriter, film 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
1981 · Austria / Germany / Hungary · drama
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1982 #6 · Siskel's annual top 10 1982 #5 · Ebert's annual top 10 1982 #7
0.854 citations - 20.751 citation
- 30.181 citation
Complete filmography
All 24 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1962The Concert
- 1965Age of Illusions
- 1966Father
- 1970Lovefilm
- 1973Tűzoltó utca 25.
- 1976Budapest Tales
- 1980Confidence
- 1980The Green Bird
- 1981Mephisto
- 1983Katzenspiel
- 1984Bali
- 1985Colonel Redl
- 1988Hanussen
- 1991Meeting Venus
- 1992Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe
- 1996Offenbach's Secret
- 1999Sunshine
- 2001Taking Sides
- 2002Ten Minutes After
- 2002Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
- 2004Being Julia
- 2006Relatives
- 2012The Door
- 2020Zárójelentés