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Jean-Marie Straub

French film director

4.98body-of-work score · ranked #214 of 2631 directors · 11 films in our library

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

Born
January 8, 1933 · Metz
Died
November 20, 2022 · Rolle
Nationality
France
Work
film director, film editor, cinematographer, 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. 1
    The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena BachChronik der Anna Magdalena Bach

    1968 · Germany / Italy · musical, biography, drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1968 #1

    1.001 citation
  2. 2
    Klassenverhältnisse

    1984 · Germany / France · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1984 #2

    0.631 citation
  3. 3
    The Death of EmpedoclesDer Tod des Empedokles

    1987 · Germany / France · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1987 #2

    0.631 citation
  4. 4
    Not ReconciledNicht versöhnt

    1965 · Germany · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1966 #3 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.612 citations
  5. 5
    From the Clouds to the ResistanceDalla nube alla resistenza

    1979 · Italy / Germany / France · drama

    Hoberman's annual top 10 1982 #2 · Kehr's annual top 10 1981 #7 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.593 citations
  6. 6
    Sicilia!

    1999 · France / Italy · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1999 #3

    0.501 citation
  7. 7
    These Encounters of TheirsQuei loro incontri

    2006 · Italy / France · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2006 #6

    0.361 citation
  8. 8
    Too Early/Too LateTrop tôt, trop tard

    1981 · France / Egypt · documentary

    Kehr's annual top 10 1982 #null · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.262 citations
  9. 9
    Moses und Aron

    1975 · Germany / France / Austria · musical, drama

    Kehr's annual top 10 1977 #6

    0.181 citation
  10. 10
    En rachâchant

    1982 · France · drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  11. 11
    Workers, PeasantsOperai, contadini

    2001 · Italy / France · drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 33 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.