Alberto Cavalcanti
Director · 66 credits · 8 in highly-rated films
Best known for Dead of Night (1945)
Directed movies (60 total, ranked by score)
1Dead of Night
1945 · ★ 7.2 (302 votes)
Horror, Thriller
2Went the Day Well?
1942 · ★ 7.2 (74 votes)
War, Thriller
3They Made Me a Fugitive
1947 · ★ 6.6 (61 votes)
Drama, Thriller, Crime
4The First Gentleman
1948 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)
History
5Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
1960
Drama
6The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947 · ★ 6.7 (22 votes)
Drama
7Yellow Caesar
1941 · ★ 5.8 (5 votes)
Documentary
8Captain Fracasse
1929 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)
Comedy
9Young Veteran
1940
Documentary, War
10The Monster of Highgate Ponds
1961 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)
Family, Animation, Fantasy
11Nothing But Time
1926 · ★ 7.3 (20 votes)
Documentary, Drama
- 12
Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs
1934 · ★ 5.0 (4 votes)
Comedy
13Simão, o Caolho
1952 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
Comedy
- 14
Yvette
1927
Drama
- 15
Film and Reality
1942
Documentary
16Sea Fever
1927 · ★ 6.6 (5 votes)
Drama
17Um Homem e o Cinema
1976
- 18
A Midsummer Day's Work
1939
- 19
The Glorious Sixth of June
1934
Comedy
20La P’tite Lili
1927 · ★ 5.1 (14 votes)
Drama
- 21
La Cause Commune
1940 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
22A Real Woman
1955 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)
Comedy
23The Wind Rose
1957 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)
Drama, Documentary
24Mony a Pickle
1938 · ★ 3.5 (2 votes)
Documentary
25Coal Face
1935 · ★ 6.1 (16 votes)
Documentary
26Venetian Honeymoon
1959 · ★ 3.0 (1 votes)
Romance, Comedy
27Little Red Riding Hood
1930 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Drama
- 28
Train Without Eyes
1929 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)
Crime, Action
29The Devil's Holiday
1931 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
Comedy, Drama
30For Them That Trespass
1949 · ★ 5.2 (11 votes)
Drama, Crime
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.