Michael Curtiz
Hungarian-American director (1886–1962)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- December 25, 1886 · Budapest
- Died
- April 10, 1962 · Sherman Oaks
- Nationality
- Hungary, United States
- Work
- film director, film producer, director, film screenwriter
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
1942 · United States · romance, war, drama
Oscar Best Picture winner 1943 · AFI 100 (2007) #3 · AFI 100 (1998) #2
5.2910 citations - 2
1942 · United States · biography, musical, war
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1942 · AFI 100 (2007) #98 · National Film Registry (inducted 1993)
1.506 citations - 3
1938 · United States · action, adventure, drama
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1938 · National Film Registry (inducted 1995) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
1.095 citations - 4
1945 · United States · drama, film-noir
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1945 · National Film Registry (inducted 1996) · Criterion Collection spine #860
0.843 citations - 5
1935 · United States · action, adventure
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1935 · Criterion Collection spine #1297
0.612 citations - 60.451 citation
- 70.451 citation
- 8
1938 · United States · drama, crime, thriller
National Film Registry (inducted 2024) · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.342 citations - 90.301 citation
- 10
1950 · United States · drama, crime, film-noir
Criterion Collection spine #889 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.272 citations - 11
1954 · United States · musical, comedy, romance
National Film Registry (inducted 2025)
0.231 citation - 120.171 citation
- 13
1933 · United States · horror, mystery, thriller
Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 175 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1912The Last Bohemian
- 1912Today and Tomorrow
- 1913Captive Souls
- 1913My Husband's Getting Married
- 1914Bánk Bán
- 1914Golddigger
- 1914Prisoner of the Night
- 1914The Borrowed Babies
- 1914The Exile
- 1914The Princess in a Nightrobe
- 1915One Who Is Loved By Two
- 1916Mr. Doctor
- 1916Seven of Spades
- 1916The Black Rainbow
- 1916The Karthauzer
- 1916The Medic
- 1916The Strength of the Fatherland
- 1916The Wolf
- 1917A Penny's History
- 1917Earth's Man
- 1917Jean the Tenant
- 1917Master Zoard
- 1917Nobody's Son
- 1917Peace's Road
- 1917Secret of St. Job Forest
- 1917Spring in Winter
- 1917Tartar Invasion
- 1917The Charlatan
- 1917The Colonel
- 1917The Fishing Bell
- 1917The Last Dawn
- 1917The Red Samson
- 191899
- 1918A skorpió I.
- 1918Alraune
- 1918Júdás
- 1918Lu, the Coquette
- 1918Lulu
- 1918Magic Waltz
- 1918The Devil
- 1918The Merry Widow
- 1918The Sunflower Woman
- 1918The Ugly Boy
- 1919Jön az öcsém
- 1919Liliom
- 1919The Lady with the Black Gloves
- 1920Boccaccio
- 1920The Scourge of God
- 1920The Star of Damascus
- 1921Good and Evil
- 1921Labyrinth of Horror
- 1921Mrs. Dane's Confession
- 1921Mrs. Tutti Frutti
- 1922Sodom and Gomorrah
- 1923Avalanche
- 1923Nameless
- 1923Young Medardus
- 1924A Deadly Game
- 1924General Babka
- 1924Harun al Raschid
- 1924The Moon of Israel
- 1925Das Spielzeug von Paris
- 1926Cab No. 13
- 1926The Golden Butterfly
- 1926The Third Degree
- 1927A Million Bid
- 1927Good Time Charley
- 1927The Desired Woman
- 1928Noah's Ark
- 1928Tenderloin
- 1929Glad Rag Doll
- 1929Hearts in Exile
- 1929Madonna of Avenue A
- 1929The Gamblers
- 1929Under a Texas Moon
- 1930A Soldier's Plaything
- 1930Bright Lights
- 1930Mammy
- 1930River's End
- 1930The Matrimonial Bed
- 1931Demon of the Sea
- 1931God's Gift to Women
- 1931The Mad Genius
- 193220,000 Years in Sing Sing
- 1932Alias the Doctor
- 1932Doctor X
- 1932The Cabin in the Cotton
- 1932The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
- 1932The Woman from Monte Carlo
- 1933Female
- 1933From Headquarters
- 1933Goodbye Again
- 1933Mystery of the Wax Museum
- 1933Private Detective 62
- 1933The Kennel Murder Case
- 1933The Keyhole
- 1933The Mayor of Hell
- 1934British Agent
- 1934Jimmy the Gent
- 1934Mandalay
- 1934The Key
- 1935Black Fury
- 1935Captain Blood
- 1935Front Page Woman
- 1935Little Big Shot
- 1935The Case of the Curious Bride
- 1936Anthony Adverse
- 1936The Charge of the Light Brigade
- 1936The Walking Dead
- 1937Black Legion
- 1937Kid Galahad
- 1937Marked Woman
- 1937Mountain Justice
- 1937Stolen Holiday
- 1937The Perfect Specimen
- 1938Angels with Dirty Faces
- 1938Four Daughters
- 1938Four's a Crowd
- 1938Gold Is Where You Find It
- 1938The Adventures of Robin Hood
- 1939Daughters Courageous
- 1939Dodge City
- 1939Four Wives
- 1939Sons of Liberty
- 1939The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
- 1940Santa Fe Trail
- 1940The Sea Hawk
- 1940Virginia City
- 1941Dive Bomber
- 1941Santa Fe Trail. The Cuba Story
- 1941The Sea Wolf
- 1942Captains of the Clouds
- 1942Casablanca
- 1942Casablanca. - 50Th Anniversary Ed.
- 1942Yankee Doodle Dandy
- 1943Mission to Moscow
- 1943This Is the Army
- 1944Janie
- 1944Passage to Marseille
- 1945Mildred Pierce
- 1945Roughly Speaking
- 1946Night and Day
- 1947Life with Father
- 1947The Unsuspected
- 1948Romance on the High Seas
- 1949My Dream Is Yours
- 1950Bright Leaf
- 1950Flamingo Road
- 1950The Breaking Point
- 1950The Lady Takes a Sailor
- 1950Young Man with a Horn
- 1951Force of Arms
- 1951I'll See You in My Dreams
- 1951Jim Thorpe – All-American
- 1952The Jazz Singer
- 1952The Story of Will Rogers
- 1953Trouble Along the Way
- 1954The Boy from Oklahoma
- 1954The Egyptian
- 1954White Christmas
- 1955We're No Angels
- 1956The Best Things in Life Are Free
- 1956The Scarlet Hour
- 1956The Vagabond King
- 1957The Helen Morgan Story
- 1958King Creole
- 1958The Proud Rebel
- 1959The Hangman
- 1959The Man in the Net
- 1960A Breath of Scandal
- 1960The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- 1961Francis of Assisi
- 1961The Comancheros
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