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Roman Polanski (1933-) is an Oscar®-winning Polish-French director, writer and actor. Polanski has received five Oscar® nominations, winning the Academy Award® for Best Director for 2003’s The Pianist. His IMDb page shows over 115 acting, writing and directing credits since 1953. This page will rank Roman Polanski movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
Roman Polanski Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1974
Chinatown (1974)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Director Nom
1968
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
AA Best Writing Nom
2002
The Pianist (2002)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Director Win
1979
Tess (1979)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Director Nom
1965
Repulsion (1965)
1988
Frantic (1988)
2010
The Ghost Writer (2010)
1976
The Tenant (1976)
1994
Death and the Maiden (1994)
1994
A Pure Formality (1994)
1966
Cul-De-Sac (1966)
1962
Knife in the Water (1962)
1967
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
2019
An Officer and a Spy (2019)
2013
Venus In Fur (2013)
2011
Carnage (2011)
2005
Oliver Twist (2005)
1992
Bitter Moon (1994)
1999
The Ninth Gate (1999)
2007
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
1972
What? (1972)
1986
Pirates (1986)
Roman Polanski Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
- Sort Roman Polanski movies by his co-stars
- Sort Roman Polanski movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Roman Polanski movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Roman Polanski movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Roman Polanski movie received.
- Sort Roman Polanski movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | Chinatown (1974) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Nom |
Jack Nicholson & Faye Dunaway |
29.20 | 195.2 | 195.2 | 17 | 94 | 11 / 01 | 99.7 | |
| 2 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) AA Best Writing Nom |
Mia Farrow & John Cassavetes |
42.90 | 408.9 | 408.9 | 8 | 89 | 02 / 01 | 98.9 | |
| 3 | The Pianist (2002) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Win |
Adrien Brody | 32.60 | 70.2 | 258.8 | 80 | 92 | 07 / 03 | 93.6 | |
| 4 | Tess (1979) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Nom |
Nastassja Kinski & Peter Firth |
20.10 | 100.1 | 100.1 | 45 | 79 | 06 / 03 | 91.9 | |
| 5 | Repulsion (1965) | Catherine Deneuve & Ian Hendry |
1.40 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 118 | 89 | 00 / 00 | 78.6 | |
| 7 | Frantic (1988) | Harrison Ford | 17.60 | 53.6 | 53.6 | 57 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 76.3 | |
| 6 | The Ghost Writer (2010) | Ewan McGregor & Pierce Brosnan |
15.50 | 24.6 | 103.8 | 122 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 74.7 | |
| 8 | The Tenant (1976) | Isabelle Adjani | 2.30 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 115 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 72.4 | |
| 9 | Death and the Maiden (1994) | Sigourney Weaver & Only Polanski Acting |
3.10 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 159 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 66.6 | |
| 10 | A Pure Formality (1994) | Gérard Depardieu & Sergio Rubini |
0.20 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 220 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 63.2 | |
| 11 | Cul-De-Sac (1966) | Jacqueline Bisset | 0.60 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 135 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 61.7 | |
| 12 | Knife in the Water (1962) | Leon Niemczyk | 0.40 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 133 | 73 | 01 / 00 | 61.5 | |
| 13 | The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) | Jack MacGowran | 0.60 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 155 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 61.4 | |
| 14 | An Officer and a Spy (2019) | Jean Dujardin | 0.10 | 0.1 | 24.3 | 296 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 56.2 | |
| 16 | Venus In Fur (2013) | Emmanuelle Seigner | 0.40 | 0.5 | 11.8 | 198 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 52.8 | |
| 15 | Carnage (2011) | Jodie Foster & Kate Winslet |
2.50 | 4.0 | 43.5 | 171 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 52.6 | |
| 17 | Oliver Twist (2005) | Ben Kingsley & Ian McNeice |
2.10 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 183 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 49.9 | |
| 18 | Bitter Moon (1994) | Hugh Grant | 1.90 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 153 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 48.5 | |
| 20 | The Ninth Gate (1999) | Johnny Depp | 18.70 | 46.1 | 144.3 | 88 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 44.6 | |
| 19 | To Each His Own Cinema (2007) | Isabelle Adjani | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 335 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 39.9 | |
| 21 | What? (1972) | Marcello Mastroianni | 1.10 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 141 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 21.4 | |
| 23 | Pirates (1986) | Walter Matthau | 1.60 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 156 | 47 | 01 / 00 | 12.1 |
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