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Krzysztof Kieślowski

Polish film director and screenwriter (1941–1996)

5.77body-of-work score · ranked #176 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

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

Born
June 27, 1941 · Warsaw
Died
March 13, 1996 · Warsaw
Nationality
Poland
Work
film director, screenwriter, author, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Krzysztof Kieślowski
Alberto Terrile · CC BY-SA 3.0

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
    Three Colours: BlueTrois couleurs: Bleu

    1993 · France / Poland / Switzerland · drama

    Venice Golden Lion winner 1993 · Criterion Collection spine #588 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1994 #9

    1.565 citations
  2. 2
    Three Colours: RedTrois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 · France / Poland / Switzerland · drama, romance, mystery

    Empire 500 (2008) #69 · Letterboxd Top 250 #124 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    1.298 citations
  3. 3
    A Short Film About KillingKrótki film o zabijaniu

    1988 · Poland · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1988 #1 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1995 #3

    1.252 citations
  4. 4
    The Double Life of VéroniqueLa Double Vie de Véronique

    1991 · France / Poland / Norway · fantasy, drama

    Kehr's annual top 10 1991 #1 · Empire 500 (2008) #414 · Criterion Collection spine #359

    0.974 citations
  5. 5
    Three Colours: WhiteTrois couleurs: Blanc

    1994 · France / Poland / Switzerland · drama, romance

    Criterion Collection spine #589 · Kehr's annual top 10 1994 #null · Roger Ebert's Great Movies

    0.554 citations
  6. 6
    Blind ChancePrzypadek

    1987 · Poland · drama

    Criterion Collection spine #772

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 51 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1966The Office
  • 1966Tramway
  • 1967Concert of Requests
  • 1968From the City of Lodz
  • 1968The Photograph
  • 1970Factory
  • 1970I Was a Soldier
  • 1971Before the Rally
  • 1972Between Wrocław and Zielona Góra
  • 1972Podstawy BHP w kopalni miedzi
  • 1972Refrain
  • 1972Workers '71: Nothing About Us Without Us
  • 1974First Love
  • 1974The Underground Passage
  • 1974X-Ray
  • 1975Curriculum vitae
  • 1975Legenda
  • 1975Personnel
  • 1976Slate
  • 1976The Scar
  • 1977From a Night Porter's Point of View
  • 1977Hospital
  • 1977I don’t know
  • 1978Seven Women of Different Ages
  • 1979Camera Buff
  • 1980Railway Station
  • 1980Talking Heads
  • 1980The Calm
  • 1981Bricklayer
  • 1981Short Working Day
  • 1985No End
  • 1987Blind Chance
  • 1988A Short Film About Killing
  • 1988A Short Film About Love
  • 1988Decalogue I
  • 1988Decalogue II
  • 1988Decalogue III
  • 1988Decalogue IV
  • 1988Decalogue IX
  • 1988Decalogue VI
  • 1988Decalogue VII
  • 1988Decalogue VIII
  • 1988Seven Days a Week
  • 1989Decalogue V
  • 1989Decalogue X
  • 1989The Decalogue
  • 1991The Double Life of Véronique
  • 1993Three Colours: Blue
  • 1994Three Colours: Red
  • 1994Three Colours: White
  • 1995Krzysztof Kieslowski: I'm So-So...