Directing · Writing · 1902 to 1957

Max Ophüls

Best rated: Letter from an Unknown Woman (7.8)

Films: 15
Avg rating: 7.40
Peak run: 1949’55
7+ run: 9 films

Films: 15
Avg rating: 7.40
Peak run: 1949’55
7+ run: 9 films

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The career

Max Ophüls, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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193315 films1955

Current formLast 5: 7.40 vs career 7.40 (0.00)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Max by the numbers

Average

7.40

9 rated films

Vote weighted

7.41

bigger films count more

Median

7.4

half are better

Consistency

±0.28

rating spread

Career

23y

1933 to 1955

Total votes

63.4K

across every film

Best

7.8

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Worst

7.1

The Reckless Moment

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

1955	Lola Montès	7.2	6,755
1953	The Earrings of Madame De...	7.8	12,335
1952	Le Plaisir	7.5	5,898
1950	La Ronde	7.4	6,586
1949	Caught	7.0	4,842
1949	The Reckless Moment	7.1	6,647
1948	Letter from an Unknown Woman	7.8	15,098
1947	The Exile	·	652
1940	From Mayerling to Sarajevo	·	342
1939	There's No Tomorrow	·	582
1938	The Novel of Werther	·	289
1936	The Tender Enemy	·	303
1934	Everybody's Woman	7.3	1,136
1933	Laughing Heirs	·	291
1933	Playing at Love	7.5	1,682

Better together?

Max Ophüls's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Max Ophüls

2 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Production Design (Black-and-White) · Academy Awards 1955
Max Ophuls
Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1952
Max Ophuls, Jacques Natanson
Nominated

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