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Andrzej Wajda

Director · 96 credits · 39 in highly-rated films

Best known for Ashes and Diamonds (1958)

Frequent collaborators: Roman Polanski, Krystyna Zachwatowicz, Wojciech Pszoniak, Janusz Morgenstern, Kazimierz Kutz

Best Andrzej Wajda movies by genre

Directed movies (64 total, ranked by score)

  1. Ashes and Diamonds

    1958 · ★ 7.4 (287 votes)

    Drama, War, Romance

    1

  2. Kanal

    1957 · ★ 7.7 (167 votes)

    War, Drama

    2

  3. Afterimage

    2016 · ★ 6.6 (82 votes)

    Drama, History

    3

  4. Danton

    1983 · ★ 6.8 (175 votes)

    Drama, History

    4

  5. The Promised Land

    1975 · ★ 7.3 (87 votes)

    Drama, History

    5

  6. Katyn

    2007 · ★ 6.7 (285 votes)

    Drama, History, War

    6

  7. Man of Marble

    1977 · ★ 7.0 (93 votes)

    Drama

    7

  8. Man of Iron

    1981 · ★ 7.0 (94 votes)

    Drama, History

    8

  9. Korczak

    1990 · ★ 7.1 (32 votes)

    Drama, History, War

    9

  10. A Generation

    1955 · ★ 7.0 (62 votes)

    War, Drama

    10

  11. The Wedding

    1973 · ★ 7.3 (27 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy, History

    11

  12. Love at Twenty

    1962 · ★ 6.7 (53 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    12

  13. The Shadow-Line

    1976 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Drama

    13

  14. The Maids of Wilko

    1979 · ★ 6.6 (30 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    14

  15. Innocent Sorcerers

    1960 · ★ 7.0 (43 votes)

    Romance, Comedy

    15

  16. The Birch Wood

    1970 · ★ 6.6 (24 votes)

    Drama

    16

  17. The Possessed

    1988 · ★ 5.4 (25 votes)

    Drama, History, Thriller

    17

  18. The Ashes

    1965 · ★ 6.7 (18 votes)

    War, Drama, History

    18

  19. Wałesa: Man of Hope

    2013 · ★ 5.7 (86 votes)

    Drama, History

    19

  20. Sweet Rush

    2009 · ★ 6.3 (34 votes)

    Drama

    20

  21. Jan Nowak-Jezioranski: Courier from Warsaw

    2004

    Documentary

    21

  22. The French as Seen by…

    1988 · ★ 6.9 (18 votes)

    War, Documentary, Drama

    22

  23. Without Anesthesia

    1978 · ★ 6.8 (17 votes)

    Drama

    23

  24. Nastazja

    1994 · ★ 6.4 (5 votes)

    Drama

    24

  25. The Revenge

    2002 · ★ 5.7 (39 votes)

    Comedy

    25

  26. A Love in Germany

    1983 · ★ 5.5 (8 votes)

    Drama

    26

  27. Roly Poly

    1968 · ★ 6.9 (17 votes)

    Comedy, Science Fiction, TV Movie

    27

  28. The Judgement Of Franciszek Kłos

    2000 · ★ 6.4 (7 votes)

    TV Movie, Drama

    28

  29. Solidarność, Solidarność...

    2005 · ★ 7.3 (3 votes)

    History, Comedy, Drama

    29

  30. Gates to Paradise

    1968 · ★ 6.1 (14 votes)

    History, Drama

    30

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