Věra Chytilová

Czech film director (1929–2014)

1.34body-of-work score · ranked #704 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library

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

Born
February 2, 1929 · Kunčice
Died
March 12, 2014 · Prague
Nationality
Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia
Work
film director, screenwriter, pedagogue, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Věra Chytilová
Tomáš Fassati · 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
    DaisiesSedmikrásky

    1966 · Czechoslovakia · comedy, drama, romance

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #28 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1967 #7 · Criterion Collection spine #1157

    1.345 citations

Complete filmography

All 24 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1962A Bagful of Fleas
  • 1962Ceiling
  • 1963Something Different
  • 1966Daisies
  • 1966Pearls of the Deep
  • 1970Fruit of Paradise
  • 1977The Apple Game
  • 1978Time is inexorable
  • 1980Panelstory or Birth of a Community
  • 1982Calamity
  • 1983The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun
  • 1987The Jester and the Queen
  • 1987Wolf's Hole
  • 1989A Hoof Here, a Hoof There
  • 1991My Pragues Understand Me
  • 1992The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday
  • 1998Traps
  • 2001Exile from Paradise
  • 2006Pleasant Moments
  • Flights and Falls