History of Movies.

Roman Polanski

16.49body-of-work score · ranked #24 of 1774 directors · 9 films in our library

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

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. 1The Pianist20027.15Must-See #9
  2. 2Chinatown19743.16
  3. 3Cul-de-sac19662.16
  4. 4Tess19791.39
  5. 5The Ghost Writer20101.00
  6. 6Rosemary's Baby19680.78
  7. 7Macbeth19710.52
  8. 8Knife in the Water19620.16
  9. 9Repulsion19650.16