Manoel de Oliveira
Portuguese film director (1908–2015)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- December 11, 1908 · Porto
- Died
- April 2, 2015 · Porto
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Work
- screenwriter, film director, cinematographer, film producer
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 · Portugal · biography
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1981 #1 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1984 #1 · Kehr's annual top 10 1983 #1
1.504 citations - 2The Strange Case of AngelicaO Estranho Caso de Angélica
2010 · France / Portugal / Brazil · drama
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2011 #2 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2015 #3 · Film Comment year-end poll 2010 #15
1.383 citations - 3I'm Going HomeJe rentre à la maison
2001 · France / Portugal · comedy, drama
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2001 #5 · Film Comment year-end poll 2002 #14 · Kehr's annual top 10 2002 #7
1.075 citations - 4The ConventO Convento
1995 · Portugal / France · drama, mystery
Kehr's annual top 10 1995 #2 · Kehr's annual top 10 1995 #4 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1995 #6
0.713 citations - 5Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired GirlSingularidades de Uma Rapariga Loura
2009 · Portugal / France · drama
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2009 #5 · Film Comment year-end poll 2010 #13
0.652 citations - 6Abraham's ValleyVale Abraão
1993 · Portugal / Switzerland / France · drama
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1993 #2
0.631 citation - 7AnxietyInquietude
1998 · Portugal / France / Spain · drama
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1998 #5 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.502 citations - 80.391 citation
- 9No, or the Vain Glory of CommandNon, ou a Vã Glória de Mandar
1990 · Portugal / France / Spain · war, drama
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1990 #5
0.391 citation - 10The Uncertainty PrincipleO Princípio da Incerteza
2002 · France / Portugal · drama
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2002 #5
0.391 citation - 110.331 citation
- 12Gebo and the ShadowGebo et l'Ombre
2012 · France / Portugal · drama
Film Comment year-end poll 2014 #50
0.181 citation - 13Voyage to the Beginning of the WorldVoyage au début du monde
1997 · Portugal / France · biography, drama
Sarris's annual top 10 1998 #null
0.141 citation - 14Benilde or the Virgin MotherBenilde ou A Virgem Mãe
1975 · Portugal · drama
Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 49 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1931Douro, Faina Fluvial
- 1932Estátuas de Lisboa
- 1938Já Se Fabricam Automóveis em Portugal
- 1938Miramar, Praia das Rosas
- 1941Famalicão
- 1942Aniki-Bóbó
- 1956The Artist and the City
- 1959O Pão
- 1963Rite of Spring
- 1963The Hunt
- 1965As Pinturas do Meu Irmão Júlio
- 1972Past and Present
- 1975Benilde or the Virgin Mother
- 1978Amor de Perdição
- 1981Francisca
- 1982Visit or Memories and Confessions
- 1983À propos de Nice
- 1984Lisboa Cultural
- 1985Simpósio Internacional de Escultura em Pedra
- 1985The Satin Slipper
- 1986My Case
- 1988The Cannibals
- 1990No, or the Vain Glory of Command
- 1991The Divine Comedy
- 1992Day of Despair
- 1993Abraham's Valley
- 1994A Caixa
- 1995The Convent
- 1996Party
- 1997Voyage to the Beginning of the World
- 1998Anxiety
- 1999The Letter
- 2000Word and Utopia
- 2001I'm Going Home
- 2001Porto of My Childhood
- 2002The Uncertainty Principle
- 2003A Talking Picture
- 2004The Fifth Empire
- 2005Magic Mirror
- 2006Belle Toujours
- 2007Christopher Columbus – The Enigma
- 2007To Each His Own Cinema
- 2009Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl
- 2010The Strange Case of Angelica
- 2012Centro Histórico
- 2012Gebo and the Shadow
- 2012Invisible World
- 2014A Igreja do Diabo
- 2014The Old Man of Belem