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Directing

Roman Polanski

Career: Active from 1955 to 2026, busiest in 1957 with 4 main titles.

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: Chinatown
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Roman Polanski Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wholesome
1.7, average 3.4
Coming of Age
1.5, average 3.0
Family Dynamics
3.8, average 4.8
Contemporary Realism
4.4, average 5.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Thriller 6
Character Study 5
Slow Burn 4
Power Dynamics 4
Psychological Horror 3
European Cinema 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Psychological Drama 3
Satirical 2
Claustrophobic 2
French Cinema 2
Unsettling Atmosphere 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

82

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

The Stalking Moon

as Fabrice Fournier

2020s

3 titles · average score 25

La scripte

as Lui-même

Marisol: llámame Pepa

as archive footage

The Palace

25

Director, Writer

2010s

10 titles · average score 65

An Officer and a Spy

71

as Concertgoer (uncredited)

Sharon Tate Home Movies

Director

Based on a True Story

44

Director, Screenplay

Captain Jokes Parrot's Disaster of the Caribbean

Characters

Henri Langlois vu par...

Director

Venus in Fur

75

Director, Screenplay

Carnage

68

as Neighbor

Tower Heist

60

Thanks

The Ghost Writer

75

Screenplay, Producer

Cracow by Polanski

Idea

2000s

11 titles · average score 66

Memories of a Young Pianist

as Man in Tavern (archive footage)

as Boy who wants to buy a bicycle

Quiet Chaos

57

as Steiner

Rush Hour 3

46

as Det. Revi

To Each His Own Cinema

83

Producer, Director

Oliver Twist

64

Director, Producer

Le court des grands

Director

Hedda Gabler

Stage Director

The Pianist

88

Producer, Director

The Revenge

57

as Józef Papkin

Dance of the Vampires

Original Film Writer

1990s

9 titles · average score 58

The Ninth Gate

54

Producer, Screenplay

E! True Hollywood Story

48

TV show

Death and the Maiden

76

Director

A Pure Formality

79

as Inspector

Dead Tired

55

as Roman Polanski

Bitter Moon

67

Producer, Director

Back in the USSR

39

as Kurilov

Dracula in the Movies

as (archive footage)

The King of Ads

48

Director

1980s

3 titles · average score 57

En attendant Godot

as Lucky

Frantic

70

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Pirates

44

Writer, Director

1970s

11 titles · average score 65

Tess

78

Director, Screenplay

The South Bank Show

63

TV show

The Tenant

78

as Trelkovsky

Chinatown

90

as Man with Knife

Blood for Dracula

63

as Gambler

What?

33

as Mosquito

Con bravura

as Caroler

Weekend of a Champion

66

Producer

Macbeth

75

Director, Screenplay

The Boat on the Grass

54

Writer

A Day at the Beach

55

Producer, Writer

1960s

18 titles · average score 69

Rosemary's Baby

89

Director, Screenplay

The Girl Across the Way

Writer

The Fearless Vampire Killers

67

as Alfred

Cul-de-sac

74

Writer, Director

Repulsion

85

as Spoon Player

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

59

Writer, Director

A Taste for Women

Screenplay

Knife in the Water

83

as Young Man (voice)

Mammals

54

Director, Writer

The Fat and the Lean

61

as the lean

Innocent Sorcerers

77

as Dudzio

Goodbye, Till Tomorrow

68

as Romek

1950s

16 titles · average score 65

When Angels Fall

67

as Old Woman

The Lamp

62

as A passer-by (uncredited)

Lotna

70

as Musician (uncredited)

Two Men and a Wardrobe

68

as Bad Boy

Break Up the Dance

54

Director, Writer

A Toothful Smile

54

Screenplay, Director

Murder

52

Writer, Director

Koniec nocy

as 'Mały'

Kanal

91

as Resistance Member pushed into a Sewer (uncredited)

Wraki

as Romek

Nikodem Dyzma

as Porter (uncredited)

A Generation

70

as Mundek