Directing
F. W. Murnau
- Titles
- 31movies
- Career
Active from 1920 to 2023, with a break from 1941 to 2022, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Directed
- 24titles as director
- Average score
74/100
- Highest rated
The Last Laugh91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical8.7average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.7average 3.7
- Melancholy7.1average 4.7
- Uncanny4.4average 2.5
- Pathos6.9average 5.2
- Class & Capitalism4.9average 3.3
- Wonder4.9average 3.4
- Psychological7.0average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.1, average 5.3
- Pop Culture0.1, average 2.2
- Coming of Age1.0, average 3.0
- Adrenaline3.1, average 5.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- German Expressionism 5
- Visual Storytelling 4
- Silent Film 4
- Tragic Romance 2
- Silent Film Masterpiece 2
- Psychological Drama 2
- Early Cinema 2
- Historical Setting 2
- Social Commentary 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Karl FreundCinematographerThe Last Laugh, The Finances of the Grand Duke, The Boy in Blue, Marizza, The Head of Janus, +5 more- CCarl MayerWriterSunrise: A Song of Two Humans, The Last Laugh, The Haunted Castle, Journey into the Night, Tartuffe, +1 more
Max SchreckActorNosferatu, The Finances of the Grand Duke, Synthwave Horror: Nosferatu, The Twelfth Hour
Conrad VeidtActorJourney into the Night, The Head of Janus, Evening – Night – Morning, Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer- CCarl HoffmannCinematographerFaust, The Boy in Blue, The Head of Janus, Desire: The Tragedy of a Dancer
Thea von HarbouWriterPhantom, The Finances of the Grand Duke, The Burning Soil, The Expulsion
Greta SchröderActorNosferatu, Synthwave Horror: Nosferatu, The Twelfth Hour
Ruth LandshoffActorNosferatu, Synthwave Horror: Nosferatu, The Twelfth Hour
Lil DagoverActorPhantom, Tartuffe, Comedy of the Heart
Gustav BotzActorNosferatu, The Head of Janus, The Twelfth Hour
Georg H. SchnellActorNosferatu, Synthwave Horror: Nosferatu, The Twelfth Hour
Hermann VallentinActorThe Last Laugh, The Finances of the Grand Duke, The Haunted Castle
Movies and TV shows
262020s
1 title
2010s
1 title
Kitsune (2016)
Thanks
1940s
1 title
Hunting in the South Seas (1940)
Director
1930s
3 titles · average score 76
82
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)
Producer, Director
70
City Girl (1930)
Director
The Twelfth Hour (1930)
Director
1920s
20 titles · average score 74
77
4 Devils (1928)
Director
86
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
as Dancer (uncredited)
87
Faust (1926)
Director
71
Tartuffe (1926)
Director
91
The Last Laugh (1924)
Director
88
Nosferatu (1922)
Director
54
Phantom (1922)
Director
70
The Burning Soil (1922)
Director
62
The Haunted Castle (1921)
Director
61
Journey into the Night (1921)
Director
The Head of Janus (1920)
Director