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Roy Andersson

Swedish film director and screenwriter

1.72body-of-work score · ranked #578 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

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

Born
March 31, 1943 · Gothenburg
Nationality
Sweden
Work
film director, screenwriter, film editor, writer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Roy Andersson
Frankie Fouganthin · CC BY-SA 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
    A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on ExistenceEn duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron

    2014 · Sweden / Norway / France · comedy, drama

    Venice Golden Lion winner 2014 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    1.112 citations
  2. 2
    Songs from the Second FloorSånger från andra våningen

    2000 · Sweden / Norway / France · drama

    Empire 500 (2008) #213 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.312 citations
  3. 3
    You, the LivingDu levande

    2007 · Sweden / Denmark / Norway · comedy, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2009 #40 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.302 citations

Complete filmography

All 13 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.