Franco Zeffirelli: movies and TV shows
Franco Zeffirelli has 135 credits in the archive: 119 films and 16 TV series, from 1947 to 2024. Highest rated: Spécial cinéma (9.5/10).
Career timeline
1947 – 2024 · busiest year: 1982 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Giacomo Puccini: Turandot | Film | — | 101 | |
| 2023 | Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.4 | 100 |
| 2022 | La Traviata | Film | — | 99 | |
| 2022 | La Traviata | Film | — | 99 | |
| 2022 | Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist | Self | Film | 5.5 | 99 |
| 2022 | Georges Bizet: Carmen | Film | — | 99 | |
| 2022 | Turandot | Film | — | 99 | |
| 2022 | Carmen aus der Arena von Verona | Film | — | 99 | |
| 2022 | The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot | Film | 7.0 | 99 | |
| 2020 | Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore | Film | — | 97 | |
| 2020 | Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore | Film | — | 97 | |
| 2019 | La Traviata - Arena di Verona | Film | — | 96 | |
| 2019 | The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot | Film | — | 96 | |
| 2019 | The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot | Film | — | 96 | |
| 2018 | The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème | Film | 9.0 | 95 | |
| 2018 | The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème | Film | 9.0 | 95 | |
| 2018 | The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème | Film | 9.0 | 95 | |
| 2017 | Zeffirelli's Inferno | Film | 6.0 | 94 | |
| 2017 | Zeffirelli's Inferno | Film | 6.0 | 94 | |
| 2017 | The Opera House | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.3 | 94 |
| 2015 | Don Giovanni | Film | — | 92 | |
| 2014 | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Self - Director | Film | 7.2 | 91 |
| 2014 | The Mystery of Dante | Self | Film | 5.2 | 91 |
| 2014 | The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films | Self | Film | 6.4 | 91 |
| 2014 | Carmen (Arena di Verona) | Film | — | 91 | |
| 2014 | The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème | Film | 9.0 | 91 | |
| 2011 | Discovering Hamlet | Self | Film | 7.5 | 88 |
| 2011 | Turandot - Puccini - Live from Verona | Film | 8.0 | 88 | |
| 2010 | Carmen | Film | — | 87 | |
| 2009 | Puccini: Turandot | Film | 5.8 | 86 | |
| 2008 | Puccini: La Bohème | Film | — | 85 | |
| 2008 | Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel | Self | Film | — | 85 |
| 2007 | Callas Assoluta | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 84 |
| 2006 | Legends | Self | TV | 5.0 | 83 |
| 2006 | Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema | Self | Film | — | 83 |
| 2006 | Verdi: Aida | Film | 6.0 | 83 | |
| 2004 | Madama Butterfly | Film | — | 81 | |
| 2004 | Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love | Self | Film | — | 81 |
| 2004 | La Boheme | Film | — | 81 | |
| 2003 | Bizet: Carmen | Film | 6.5 | 80 | |
| 2002 | Callas Forever | Film | 6.5 | 79 | |
| 2002 | Callas Forever | Film | 6.5 | 79 | |
| 2002 | Callas Forever | Film | 6.5 | 79 | |
| 2002 | Luchino Visconti | Self | Film | 7.0 | 79 |
| 2002 | La Traviata | Film | 10.0 | 79 | |
| 2001 | Aida | Film | 8.0 | 78 | |
| 2001 | Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul | Self | Film | 6.3 | 78 |
| 2000 | Don Giovanni | Film | 8.5 | 77 | |
| 2000 | Don Giovanni | Film | 8.5 | 77 | |
| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini | Film | 6.4 | 76 | |
| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini | Film | 6.4 | 76 | |
| 1998 | Vivement dimanche | Self | TV | 3.6 | 75 |
| 1998 | Sternstunde Kunst | Self | TV | — | 75 |
| 1997 | Carmen | Film | 9.0 | 74 | |
| 1996 | Jane Eyre | Film | 6.9 | 73 | |
| 1996 | Jane Eyre | Film | 6.9 | 73 | |
| 1994 | Sparrow | Film | 7.4 | 71 | |
| 1994 | Sparrow | Film | 7.4 | 71 | |
| 1994 | A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota | Self | Film | 6.5 | 71 |
| 1993 | Falstaff | Film | 7.5 | 70 | |
| 1993 | Falstaff | Film | 7.5 | 70 | |
| 1993 | Falstaff | Film | 7.5 | 70 | |
| 1992 | Don Carlo | Film | 9.0 | 69 | |
| 1991 | The King of Ads | Film | 4.3 | 68 | |
| 1990 | Hamlet | Film | 6.6 | 67 | |
| 1990 | Hamlet | Film | 6.6 | 67 | |
| 1990 | Don Giovanni | Film | 7.1 | 67 | |
| 1989 | 12 Directors for 12 Cities | Film | 5.6 | 66 | |
| 1988 | Young Toscanini | Film | 6.3 | 65 | |
| 1988 | Young Toscanini | Film | 6.3 | 65 | |
| 1987 | Pagliacci | Film | 4.8 | 64 | |
| 1987 | Turandot | Film | 7.1 | 64 | |
| 1987 | Turandot | Film | 7.1 | 64 | |
| 1986 | Otello | Film | 6.2 | 63 | |
| 1986 | Otello | Film | 6.2 | 63 | |
| 1986 | Otello | Film | 6.2 | 63 | |
| 1985 | Television | TV | 8.0 | 62 | |
| 1985 | Tosca | Film | 7.3 | 62 | |
| 1985 | Tosca | Film | 7.3 | 62 | |
| 1983 | StrataSphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas | self | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1982 | Cavalleria rusticana | Film | 7.7 | 59 | |
| 1982 | La traviata | Film | 7.1 | 59 | |
| 1982 | La traviata | Film | 7.1 | 59 | |
| 1982 | La traviata | Film | 7.1 | 59 | |
| 1982 | Puccini: La bohème | Film | — | 59 | |
| 1982 | Puccini: La bohème | Film | — | 59 | |
| 1982 | Puccini: La bohème | Film | — | 59 | |
| 1981 | Endless Love | Film | 5.7 | 58 | |
| 1980 | My Name Is Anna Magnani | Self | Film | 8.7 | 57 |
| 1979 | The Champ | Film | 7.0 | 56 | |
| 1979 | La Bohème | Film | — | 56 | |
| 1979 | La Bohème | Film | — | 56 | |
| 1978 | Otello - The Met | Film | — | 55 | |
| 1978 | Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci | Film | 9.3 | 55 | |
| 1978 | Callas: A Documentary | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1978 | Carmen | Film | 6.5 | 55 | |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | TV | 7.8 | 54 | |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | TV | 7.8 | 54 | |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | TV | 7.8 | 54 | |
| 1977 | Lorenzaccio | Film | — | 54 | |
| 1976 | Verdi: Otello | Film | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 1975 | Apostrophes | Self | TV | 8.5 | 52 |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | TV | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self | TV | 9.5 | 51 |
| 1973 | Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi | Self - Documentary host | Film | — | 50 |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self | TV | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1972 | Brother Sun, Sister Moon | Film | 7.0 | 49 | |
| 1972 | Brother Sun, Sister Moon | Film | 7.0 | 49 | |
| 1972 | Who's Afraid of Opera? | TV | — | 49 | |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 48 |
| 1968 | Romeo and Juliet | Film | 7.4 | 45 | |
| 1968 | Romeo and Juliet | Film | 7.4 | 45 | |
| 1967 | The Taming of the Shrew | Film | 6.9 | 44 | |
| 1967 | The Taming of the Shrew | Film | 6.9 | 44 | |
| 1967 | The Taming of the Shrew | Film | 6.9 | 44 | |
| 1967 | Much Ado About Nothing | Film | 6.3 | 44 | |
| 1967 | Our World | Self | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 1966 | For Florence | Film | 7.7 | 43 | |
| 1966 | The New Met: Countdown to Curtain | Self | Film | — | 43 |
| 1965 | aspekte | Self | TV | 8.5 | 42 |
| 1965 | La Bohème | Film | 7.7 | 42 | |
| 1965 | La Bohème | Film | 7.7 | 42 | |
| 1964 | Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1964 | Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1962 | Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964 | Film | 8.5 | 39 | |
| 1962 | Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964 | Film | 8.5 | 39 | |
| 1961 | Tempo | Self | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1958 | Camping | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1958 | Camping | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1955 | The Bachelor | Film | 6.4 | 32 | |
| 1954 | Senso | Film | 7.2 | 31 | |
| 1953 | Empty Eyes | Film | 7.1 | 30 | |
| 1952 | Bellissima | Film | 7.7 | 29 | |
| 1949 | La Terra Trema | Film | 7.7 | 26 | |
| 1947 | Angelina | Filippo Garrone | Film | 6.4 | 24 |