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Joris Ivens

Director · 67 credits · 17 in highly-rated films

Best known for New Earth (1933)

Frequent collaborators: Marceline Loridan-Ivens

Best Joris Ivens movies by genre

Directed movies (54 total, ranked by score)

  1. New Earth

    1933 · ★ 6.8 (15 votes)

    Documentary

    1

  2. The Mistral

    1966 · ★ 7.2 (10 votes)

    Documentary

    2

  3. A Tale of the Wind

    1989 · ★ 6.5 (30 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. Rain

    1929 · ★ 7.4 (79 votes)

    Documentary

    4

  5. Valparaiso

    1964 · ★ 7.0 (55 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. Far from Vietnam

    1967 · ★ 7.0 (22 votes)

    Documentary, War, Drama

    6

  7. Demain à Nanguila

    1960 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. The Spanish Earth

    1937 · ★ 6.6 (21 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. Our Russian Front

    1942 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    9

  10. How Yukong Moved the Mountains

    1976 · ★ 7.0 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. The 17th Parallel

    1968 · ★ 7.1 (7 votes)

    War, Documentary

    11

  12. Movement Studies in Paris

    1928 · ★ 5.7 (13 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. The First Years

    1949 · ★ 8.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. Rotterdam-Europoort

    1966 · ★ 7.0 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. Cuba, a People Armed

    1961 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    15

  16. Corvette Port Arthur

    1943

    War, Documentary

    16

  17. Borinage

    1934 · ★ 6.3 (16 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. Letters from China

    1958

    Documentary

    18

  19. Italy Is Not a Poor Country

    1960

    Documentary

    19

  20. Song of the Rivers

    1954 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    20

  21. The Seine Meets Paris

    1957 · ★ 6.9 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. The Bridge

    1928 · ★ 6.5 (23 votes)

    Documentary

    22

  23. Philips-Radio

    1931 · ★ 6.6 (17 votes)

    Documentary

    23

  24. Friendship Triumphs

    1951 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    24

  25. The Wind Rose

    1957 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Drama, Documentary

    25

  26. The 400 Million

    1939 · ★ 6.2 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    26

  27. Indonesia Calling

    1946 · ★ 5.9 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. Zuiderzeewerken

    1930 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    28

  29. Peace Will Win

    1951 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    29

  30. The Threatening Sky

    1966 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, War

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 28, 2026.