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Thodoros Angelopoulos

Greek film director, screenwriter and film producer (1935–2012)

8.32body-of-work score · ranked #114 of 2631 directors · 8 films in our library

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

Born
April 27, 1935 · Athens
Died
January 24, 2012 · Piraeus
Nationality
Greece
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, film critic
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Thodoros Angelopoulos
George Laoutaris · CC BY-SA 2.0

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
    Eternity and a DayΜια αιωνιότητα και μια μέραMust-See #316

    1998 · Greece / France / Germany · drama

    Palme d'Or winner 1998 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1999 #4 · Letterboxd Top 250 #68

    2.183 citations
  2. 2
    Ulysses' GazeΤο βλέμμα του ΟδυσσέαMust-See #410

    1995 · France / Greece / Italy · drama

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1995 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1996 #2 · TIME All-TIME 100

    1.935 citations
  3. 3
    The Travelling PlayersΟ Θίασος

    1975 · Greece · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1979 #1 · Kurosawa's 100 favorite films

    1.182 citations
  4. 4
    Landscape in the MistΤοπίο στην Ομίχλη

    1988 · Greece / Italy / France · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1990 #3 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1988 #6 · Letterboxd Top 250 #101

    1.083 citations
  5. 5
    Trilogy: The Weeping MeadowΤριλογία: Το Λιβάδι που Δακρύζει

    2004 · Greece / Germany / France · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2005 #2

    0.631 citation
  6. 6
    The Suspended Step of the StorkΤο μετέωρο βήμα του πελαργού

    1991 · Greece / Italy / France · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1992 #3

    0.501 citation
  7. 7
    The Dust of TimeΗ Σκόνη του Χρόνου

    2008 · Greece / Italy / France · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2014 #4

    0.431 citation
  8. 8
    Alexander the GreatΟ Μεγαλέξανδρος

    1980 · Greece / Italy · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1982 #5

    0.391 citation

Complete filmography

All 18 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.