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Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

3.49body-of-work score · ranked #320 of 2631 directors · 7 films in our library

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

Born
January 10, 1898 · Riga
Died
February 11, 1948 · Moscow
Nationality
Russian Empire, Soviet Union
Work
film director, inventor, film editor, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Sergei Eisenstein
Unknown authorUnknown author · 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
    Battleship PotemkinБроненосец «Потёмкин»

    1925 · Soviet Union · silent, drama

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #54 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #93 · Empire 500 (2008) #313

    1.405 citations
  2. 2
    Ivan the Terrible. Part IIИван Грозный. Вторая серия

    1958 · Soviet Union · biography, drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1959 #3 · Sarris's annual top 10 1959 #5 · Roger Ebert's Great Movies

    0.833 citations
  3. 3
    The General LineСтарое и новое

    1929 · Soviet Union · silent, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1931 #6 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.472 citations
  4. 4
    Alexander NevskyАлександр Невский

    1938 · Soviet Union · drama, biography, war

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #87 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.443 citations
  5. 5
    Ivan the Terrible. Part IИван Грозный. Первая серия

    1944 · Soviet Union · biography, drama

    Roger Ebert's Great Movies

    0.131 citation
  6. 6
    StrikeСтачка

    1925 · Soviet Union · silent, drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  7. 7
    October: Ten Days That Shook the WorldОктябрь

    1927 · Soviet Union · silent, drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 15 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.