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Luchino Visconti

Italian director (1906–1976)

13.07body-of-work score · ranked #50 of 2631 directors · 14 films in our library

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

Born
November 2, 1906 · Milan
Died
March 17, 1976 · Rome
Nationality
Kingdom of Italy, Italy
Work
theatre director, film director, screenwriter, writer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Luchino Visconti
Marisa Rastellini (Mondadori Publisher) · Public domain

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 LeopardLe GuépardMust-See #167

    1963 · France / Italy · drama

    Palme d'Or winner 1963 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #90 · Vatican film list

    2.948 citations
  2. 2
    SandraVaghe stelle dell'Orsa

    1965 · Italy · drama

    Venice Golden Lion winner 1965 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1965 #2

    1.632 citations
  3. 3
    Rocco and His BrothersRocco e i suoi fratelli

    1960 · France / Italy · drama, crime

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1961 #4 · Scorsese's 39 essential foreign films · Letterboxd Top 250 #129

    1.477 citations
  4. 4
    Death in VeniceMorte a Venezia

    1971 · France / Italy / United States · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1971 #1 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #962

    1.333 citations
  5. 5
    Conversation PieceGruppo di famiglia in un interno

    1974 · Italy / France · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1978 #1 · Kurosawa's 100 favorite films

    1.182 citations
  6. 6
    White NightsLe notti bianche

    1957 · France / Italy · drama, romance

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1958 #3 · Sarris's annual top 10 1961 #7 · Criterion Collection spine #296

    0.833 citations
  7. 7
    Senso

    1954 · Italy · romance, drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1956 #5 · Criterion Collection spine #556 · Roger Ebert's Great Movies

    0.794 citations
  8. 8
    Ludwig

    1973 · France / Germany / Italy · biography, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1980 #2

    0.631 citation
  9. 9
    The Damned

    1969 · Germany / Italy · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1970 #9 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #1098

    0.633 citations
  10. 10
    The InnocentL'innocente

    1976 · France / Italy · drama, romance

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1979 #4 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.542 citations
  11. 11
    La Terra Trema

    1948 · Italy · drama

    Scorsese's 39 essential foreign films · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.513 citations
  12. 12
    The StrangerLo straniero

    1967 · Italy / France / Algeria · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1968 #8

    0.321 citation
  13. 13
    Ossessione

    1943 · Italy · crime, drama, film-noir

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.171 citation
  14. 14
    Bellissima

    1951 · Italy · drama, comedy

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 21 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.