Márta Mészáros

Hungarian screenwriter and film director (born 1931)

2.59body-of-work score · ranked #424 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

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

Born
September 19, 1931 · Budapest
Nationality
Hungary
Work
film director, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Márta Mészáros
Gáspár Stekovics · CC BY 4.0

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
    Diary for My ChildrenNapló gyermekeimnek

    1984 · Hungary · drama

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1984 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1984 #2 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1989 #10

    1.213 citations
  2. 2
    AdoptionÖrökbefogadás

    1975 · Hungary · drama

    Berlin Golden Bear winner 1975 · Criterion Collection spine #1115

    1.162 citations
  3. 3
    WomenŐk ketten

    1977 · Hungary / France · drama

    Sarris's annual top 10 1978 #4

    0.221 citation

Complete filmography

All 26 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1955Mindennapi történet
  • 1961Szívdobogás
  • 1962Szeretet
  • 1968The Girl
  • 1969Binding Sentiments
  • 1970Beauty and the Vagabond
  • 1973Riddance
  • 1975Adoption
  • 1976Nine Months
  • 1977Women
  • 1978Just like Home
  • 1979On the Move
  • 1980The Heiresses
  • 1981Anna
  • 1984Diary for My Children
  • 1987Diary for My Lovers
  • 1989Bye Bye Red Riding Hood
  • 1990Diary for My Father and Mother
  • 1994Foetus
  • 1995The Seventh Room
  • 1999Daughters of Luck
  • 2001Little Vilna: The Last Diary
  • 2004The Unburied Man
  • 2009The Last Report On Anna
  • 2017Aurora Borealis: Northern Light
  • Marie