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Max Ophüls

German film director (1902-1957)

5.28body-of-work score · ranked #194 of 2631 directors · 8 films in our library

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

Born
May 6, 1902 · Saarbrücken
Died
March 26, 1957 · Hamburg
Nationality
France, Germany
Work
film director, screenwriter, stage actor, theatre director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Max Ophüls
Studio Harcourt · 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
    La Ronde

    1950 · France · drama, comedy, romance

    BAFTA Best Film winner 1952 · Sarris's annual top 10 1969 #5 · Criterion Collection spine #443

    1.474 citations
  2. 2
    Lola Montès

    1955 · France / Germany · biography, drama

    Sarris's annual top 10 1969 #1 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1955 #4 · Criterion Collection spine #503

    1.204 citations
  3. 3
    The Earrings of Madame de...Madame de...

    1953 · France / Italy · drama, romance

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #90 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #445

    1.156 citations
  4. 4
    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948 · United States · drama, romance

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #169 · National Film Registry (inducted 1992) · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.854 citations
  5. 5
    Le Plaisir

    1952 · France · drama, comedy, romance

    Criterion Collection spine #444 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.272 citations
  6. 6
    Everybody's WomanLa signora di tutti

    1934 · Italy · drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  7. 7
    Caught

    1949 · United States · drama, film-noir

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation
  8. 8
    The Reckless Moment

    1949 · United States · film-noir, crime, drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 28 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.