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Sergei Parajanov

Soviet Armenian and Georgian film director (1924-1990)

3.01body-of-work score · ranked #365 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

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

Born
January 9, 1924 · Tbilisi
Died
July 20, 1990 · Yerevan
Nationality
Soviet Union
Work
film director, screenwriter, painter, film editor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Sergei Parajanov
Vahan Kochar · 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
    The Color of PomegranatesՆռան գույնըMust-See #367

    1969 · Soviet Union · biography, drama

    Hoberman's annual top 10 1980 #1 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #93 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #122

    2.056 citations
  2. 2
    The Legend of Suram FortressЛегенда о Сурамской крепости

    1985 · Soviet Union · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1986 #2 · Hoberman's annual top 10 1987 #4

    0.852 citations
  3. 3
    Shadows of Forgotten AncestorsТіні забутих предків

    1964 · Soviet Union · drama, romance

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 12 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.