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Jerzy Skolimowski

Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor

7.88body-of-work score · ranked #122 of 2631 directors · 11 films in our library

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

Born
May 5, 1938 · Łódź
Nationality
Poland
Work
film director, actor, painter, playwright
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Jerzy Skolimowski
Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara · CC BY 2.0

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
    MoonlightingMust-See #458

    1982 · United Kingdom / Australia · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1982 #2 · Siskel's annual top 10 1982 #1 · Sarris's annual top 10 1982 #6

    1.788 citations
  2. 2
    EOIO

    2022 · Poland / Italy · drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2022 #2 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2022 #4 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2023 #4

    1.493 citations
  3. 3
    The DepartureLe Départ

    1967 · Belgium / France · drama

    Berlin Golden Bear winner 1967

    1.001 citation
  4. 4
    The Shout

    1978 · United Kingdom / Australia · horror, drama

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1978 · Sarris's annual top 10 1979 #12

    0.892 citations
  5. 5
    WalkoverWalkower

    1965 · Poland · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1966 #2

    0.631 citation
  6. 6
    Deep End

    1970 · United Kingdom / Germany / Poland · drama

    Sarris's annual top 10 1971 #3 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.533 citations
  7. 7
    Essential Killing

    2010 · Poland / Norway / Ireland · thriller, war

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2011 #4

    0.431 citation
  8. 8
    Bariera

    1966 · Poland · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1968 #7

    0.331 citation
  9. 9
    Four Nights with AnnaCztery noce z Anną

    2008 · Poland / France · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2009 #7

    0.331 citation
  10. 10
    11 Minutes

    2015 · Ireland / Poland · thriller

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2016 #8

    0.321 citation
  11. 11
    King, Queen, Knave

    1972 · United States / Germany · comedy

    Sarris's annual top 10 1978 #9

    0.151 citation

Complete filmography

All 20 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.