Roman Polanski: movies and TV shows
Roman Polanski has 238 credits in the archive: 213 films and 25 TV series, from 1953 to 2026. Highest rated: Spécial cinéma (9.5/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2026 · busiest year: 1957 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | La scripte | Lui-même | Film | — | 92 |
| 2025 | Breakdown: 1975 | Self - Director of Chinatown (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 91 |
| 2025 | Chaos: The Manson Murders | Self | Film | 6.1 | 91 |
| 2025 | Being Bo Widerberg | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 91 |
| 2025 | Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 91 |
| 2023 | The Playboy Murders | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.6 | 89 |
| 2023 | The Palace | Film | 5.4 | 89 | |
| 2023 | The Palace | Film | 5.4 | 89 | |
| 2023 | The Family | Self | Film | 6.0 | 89 |
| 2022 | Deneuve, la reine Catherine | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 88 |
| 2021 | Polanski, Horowitz. The Wizards From the Ghetto | Self | Film | 5.9 | 87 |
| 2021 | Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort | self | Film | 8.0 | 87 |
| 2020 | Helter Skelter: An American Myth | Self - Widower of Sharon Tate (archive footage) | TV | 6.7 | 86 |
| 2020 | In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat | Self | Film | 2.0 | 86 |
| 2019 | An Officer and a Spy | Concertgoer (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 85 |
| 2019 | An Officer and a Spy | Film | 7.1 | 85 | |
| 2019 | An Officer and a Spy | Film | 7.1 | 85 | |
| 2019 | Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre | Self | Film | 6.0 | 85 |
| 2019 | Valerie | Film | 3.0 | 85 | |
| 2019 | Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 85 |
| 2019 | Sharon Tate Home Movies | Film | — | 85 | |
| 2018 | Françoise Dorléac, une promesse | Self | Film | 6.0 | 84 |
| 2017 | Based on a True Story | Film | 5.7 | 83 | |
| 2017 | Based on a True Story | Film | 5.7 | 83 | |
| 2017 | Mansfield 66/67 | Self - Filmmaker(archive footage) | Film | 4.8 | 83 |
| 2017 | Captain Jokes Parrot's Disaster of the Caribbean | Film | 1.0 | 83 | |
| 2015 | Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 81 |
| 2015 | Roman by Polanski | Film | — | 81 | |
| 2015 | Face of Evil: The Charles Manson Murders | Film | 2.0 | 81 | |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par... | Self | Film | 4.0 | 80 |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par... | Film | 4.0 | 80 | |
| 2014 | Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.6 | 80 |
| 2014 | Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth' | Self | Film | 5.0 | 80 |
| 2013 | Seduced and Abandoned | Self | Film | 6.2 | 79 |
| 2013 | Venus in Fur | Film | 7.2 | 79 | |
| 2013 | Venus in Fur | Film | 7.2 | 79 | |
| 2013 | Weekend of a Champion | Himself | Film | 6.6 | 79 |
| 2012 | 28 minutes | Self | TV | 2.5 | 78 |
| 2012 | A Special Day | Self | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2012 | Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir | Self | Film | 6.5 | 78 |
| 2012 | Komeda, Komeda... | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 2012 | Remembering 'Rosemary's Baby' | Self | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2012 | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.5 | 78 |
| 2012 | Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2011 | Tower Heist | Film | 6.1 | 77 | |
| 2011 | Carnage | Neighbor | Film | 7.2 | 77 |
| 2011 | Carnage | Film | 7.2 | 77 | |
| 2011 | Carnage | Film | 7.2 | 77 | |
| 2010 | The Ghost Writer | Film | 6.8 | 76 | |
| 2010 | The Ghost Writer | Film | 6.8 | 76 | |
| 2010 | The Ghost Writer | Film | 6.8 | 76 | |
| 2010 | Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life | Self | Film | 7.8 | 76 |
| 2010 | Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 76 |
| 2010 | Cracow by Polanski | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2010 | Cracow by Polanski | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2009 | Memories of a Young Pianist | Man in Tavern (archive footage) | Film | 5.0 | 75 |
| 2009 | On the Trail of the New Wave | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 75 |
| 2008 | Quiet Chaos | Steiner | Film | 6.5 | 74 |
| 2008 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 74 |
| 2008 | Il falso bugiardo | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 74 |
| 2008 | Bicycle | Boy who wants to buy a bicycle | Film | 5.0 | 74 |
| 2008 | Bicycle | Film | 5.0 | 74 | |
| 2008 | Bicycle | Film | 5.0 | 74 | |
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3 | Det. Revi | Film | 6.5 | 73 |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | Film | 6.5 | 73 | |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | Film | 6.5 | 73 | |
| 2007 | Once Upon a Time... 'Tess' | Self | Film | 6.0 | 73 |
| 2007 | Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story | Self (archive) | Film | 7.8 | 73 |
| 2006 | Polanski par Polanski | Self | Film | — | 72 |
| 2006 | Twist by Polanski | Film | 3.0 | 72 | |
| 2006 | The Best of Twist: Sets, Costumes & Photography | Film | 3.0 | 72 | |
| 2005 | Oliver Twist | Film | 6.8 | 71 | |
| 2005 | Oliver Twist | Film | 6.8 | 71 | |
| 2005 | Le court des grands | Film | 8.0 | 71 | |
| 2004 | Leçon de Cinéma | Self | TV | 7.0 | 70 |
| 2004 | Tess: The Experience | Self | Film | 8.5 | 70 |
| 2004 | Tess: From Novel to Screen | Self | Film | 8.0 | 70 |
| 2004 | Hedda Gabler | Film | — | 70 | |
| 2004 | Filming 'Tess' | Self | Film | 9.0 | 70 |
| 2003 | Un film et son époque | Self | TV | 10.0 | 69 |
| 2003 | Two Gangsters and an Island | Self | Film | 7.5 | 69 |
| 2003 | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | Film | 7.1 | 69 |
| 2003 | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 69 |
| 2003 | A British Horror Film | Self | Film | 5.6 | 69 |
| 2003 | Knife in the Water: A Ticket to the West | Self | Film | 8.0 | 69 |
| 2002 | The Pianist | Film | 8.4 | 68 | |
| 2002 | The Pianist | Film | 8.4 | 68 | |
| 2002 | Heart of the Festival | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 2002 | The Revenge | Józef Papkin | Film | 5.7 | 68 |
| 2002 | Sharon Tate: Murdered Innocence | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 2002 | Polanski y los ojos del mal | Himself | Film | 8.0 | 68 |
| 2001 | The Unbeatable Bruce Lee | Film | 8.4 | 67 | |
| 2000 | Light Keeps Me Company | Self | Film | 7.9 | 66 |
| 2000 | Last Pictures | Self | Film | — | 66 |
| 2000 | The Ten Commandments of Creativity | Self | Film | 8.3 | 66 |
| 2000 | Tribute to Alfred Lepetit | Self | Film | 5.0 | 66 |
| 2000 | Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective | Self | Film | 5.0 | 66 |
| 1999 | The Ninth Gate | Film | 6.5 | 65 | |
| 1999 | The Ninth Gate | Film | 6.5 | 65 | |
| 1999 | The Ninth Gate | Film | 6.5 | 65 | |
| 1999 | The Last Days of Sharon Tate | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 65 |
| 1998 | Playboy: The Story of X | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 1997 | Scene by Scene | Self | TV | 6.0 | 63 |
| 1997 | Dracula: The True Story | Himself | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | TV | 8.2 | 62 | |
| 1996 | Elle s'appelait Françoise | Self | Film | 9.0 | 62 |
| 1995 | Empire of the Censors | Self | Film | 5.3 | 61 |
| 1995 | Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski | Film | 2.0 | 61 | |
| 1994 | Dead Tired | Roman Polanski | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1994 | Death and the Maiden | Film | 7.1 | 60 | |
| 1994 | A Pure Formality | Inspector | Film | 7.4 | 60 |
| 1992 | Bitter Moon | Film | 7.1 | 58 | |
| 1992 | Bitter Moon | Film | 7.1 | 58 | |
| 1992 | Bitter Moon | Film | 7.1 | 58 | |
| 1992 | Dracula in the Movies | (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 1992 | Back in the USSR | Kurilov | Film | 5.0 | 58 |
| 1992 | Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.2 | 58 |
| 1991 | The King of Ads | Film | 4.3 | 57 | |
| 1989 | En attendant Godot | Lucky | Film | 5.0 | 55 |
| 1988 | Frantic | Taxi Driver (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1988 | Frantic | Film | 6.7 | 54 | |
| 1988 | Frantic | Film | 6.7 | 54 | |
| 1987 | Na siehste! | Self | TV | 10.0 | 53 |
| 1986 | Wedden, dat..? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1986 | Pirates | Film | 6.3 | 52 | |
| 1986 | Pirates | Film | 6.3 | 52 | |
| 1984 | Clive James Meets Roman Polanski | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1982 | Wortwechsel | Self | TV | — | 48 |
| 1982 | Na sowas! | Self | TV | 5.5 | 48 |
| 1982 | Chassé-croisé | Film | 3.0 | 48 | |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self | TV | 5.4 | 47 |
| 1981 | 7 sur 7 | Self | TV | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1979 | Bavarian Film Awards | Self | TV | — | 45 |
| 1979 | Tess | Film | 7.1 | 45 | |
| 1979 | Tess | Film | 7.1 | 45 | |
| 1979 | Ciné regards: Tess: Roman Polanski | Self | Film | — | 45 |
| 1978 | Ciné regards | Self | TV | — | 44 |
| 1978 | The Evolution of Snuff | Film | 3.9 | 44 | |
| 1976 | Cérémonie des César | Self - Presenter | TV | 4.6 | 42 |
| 1976 | The Tenant | Trelkovsky | Film | 7.6 | 42 |
| 1976 | The Tenant | Film | 7.6 | 42 | |
| 1976 | The Tenant | Film | 7.6 | 42 | |
| 1975 | Apostrophes | Self | TV | 8.5 | 41 |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | TV | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self | TV | 9.5 | 40 |
| 1974 | Chinatown | Man with Knife | Film | 7.9 | 40 |
| 1974 | Chinatown | Film | 7.9 | 40 | |
| 1974 | Chinatown | Film | 7.9 | 40 | |
| 1974 | Blood for Dracula | Gambler | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1972 | Con bravura | Caroler | Film | — | 38 |
| 1972 | Polanski Meets Macbeth | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 1972 | What? | Mosquito | Film | 5.4 | 38 |
| 1972 | What? | Film | 5.4 | 38 | |
| 1972 | What? | Film | 5.4 | 38 | |
| 1972 | Weekend of a Champion | Self | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1972 | Weekend of a Champion | Film | 7.3 | 38 | |
| 1971 | Macbeth | Film | 7.1 | 37 | |
| 1971 | Macbeth | Film | 7.1 | 37 | |
| 1971 | The Boat on the Grass | Film | 5.1 | 37 | |
| 1970 | A Day at the Beach | Film | 4.8 | 36 | |
| 1970 | A Day at the Beach | Film | 4.8 | 36 | |
| 1970 | Elvis: That's the Way It Is | Self (uncredited) | Film | 8.1 | 36 |
| 1970 | Ciao, Federico! | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1969 | The Magic Christian | Solitary Drinker | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1968 | Rosemary's Baby | Film | 7.8 | 34 | |
| 1968 | Rosemary's Baby | Film | 7.8 | 34 | |
| 1968 | The Girl Across the Way | Film | 4.0 | 34 | |
| 1968 | Mia and Roman | Himself | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1968 | The New Cinema | Self | Film | — | 34 |
| 1967 | Lionpower from MGM | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1967 | The Fearless Vampire Killers | Alfred | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1967 | The Fearless Vampire Killers | Film | 7.0 | 33 | |
| 1967 | The Fearless Vampire Killers | Film | 7.0 | 33 | |
| 1967 | The Fearless Vampire Killers | Film | 7.0 | 33 | |
| 1967 | Tonite Let's All Make Love in London | Self | Film | 4.5 | 33 |
| 1967 | Apropos Film | Self | TV | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1967 | Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage | Himself | Film | 5.0 | 33 |
| 1967 | The Nomad | Self | Film | — | 33 |
| 1966 | NET Playhouse | TV | 7.3 | 32 | |
| 1966 | NET Playhouse | TV | 7.3 | 32 | |
| 1966 | Cul-de-sac | Film | 6.7 | 32 | |
| 1966 | Cul-de-sac | Film | 6.7 | 32 | |
| 1966 | G.G. Passion | Film | 4.5 | 32 | |
| 1965 | Repulsion | Spoon Player | Film | 7.4 | 31 |
| 1965 | Repulsion | Film | 7.4 | 31 | |
| 1965 | Repulsion | Film | 7.4 | 31 | |
| 1964 | The River of Diamonds | Random Citizen | Film | 7.5 | 30 |
| 1964 | The River of Diamonds | Film | 7.5 | 30 | |
| 1964 | The River of Diamonds | Film | 7.5 | 30 | |
| 1964 | The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers | Film | 5.4 | 30 | |
| 1964 | The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers | Film | 5.4 | 30 | |
| 1964 | A Taste for Women | Film | 4.1 | 30 | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1962 | Knife in the Water | Young Man (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1962 | Knife in the Water | Film | 7.3 | 28 | |
| 1962 | Knife in the Water | Film | 7.3 | 28 | |
| 1962 | Mammals | Film | 5.2 | 28 | |
| 1962 | Mammals | Film | 5.2 | 28 | |
| 1961 | Samson | Partner of Malina's Blackmailer (uncredited) | Film | 4.8 | 27 |
| 1961 | The Fat and the Lean | the lean | Film | 6.1 | 27 |
| 1961 | The Fat and the Lean | Film | 6.1 | 27 | |
| 1961 | The Fat and the Lean | Film | 6.1 | 27 | |
| 1961 | The Fat and the Lean | Film | 6.1 | 27 | |
| 1961 | Ostrożnie yeti | Driver | Film | 3.8 | 27 |
| 1960 | Goodbye, Till Tomorrow | Romek | Film | 6.6 | 26 |
| 1960 | Innocent Sorcerers | Dudzio | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1960 | Bad Luck | Tutor (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 26 |
| 1960 | Bad Luck | Film | 6.8 | 26 | |
| 1959 | When Angels Fall | Old Woman | Film | 6.6 | 25 |
| 1959 | When Angels Fall | Film | 6.6 | 25 | |
| 1959 | When Angels Fall | Film | 6.6 | 25 | |
| 1959 | The Lamp | A passer-by (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1959 | The Lamp | Film | 6.0 | 25 | |
| 1959 | The Lamp | Film | 6.0 | 25 | |
| 1959 | Lotna | Musician (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 25 |
| 1958 | What Will My Wife Say to This? | Dancer | Film | 3.2 | 24 |
| 1958 | Two Men and a Wardrobe | Bad Boy | Film | 6.4 | 24 |
| 1958 | Two Men and a Wardrobe | Film | 6.4 | 24 | |
| 1958 | Two Men and a Wardrobe | Film | 6.4 | 24 | |
| 1957 | Kanal | Resistance Member pushed into a Sewer (uncredited) | Film | 7.7 | 23 |
| 1957 | Break Up the Dance | Film | 5.4 | 23 | |
| 1957 | Break Up the Dance | Film | 5.4 | 23 | |
| 1957 | Wraki | Romek | Film | 5.1 | 23 |
| 1957 | Koniec nocy | 'Mały' | Film | 4.8 | 23 |
| 1957 | Koniec nocy | Film | 4.8 | 23 | |
| 1957 | A Toothful Smile | Film | 5.2 | 23 | |
| 1957 | A Toothful Smile | Film | 5.2 | 23 | |
| 1957 | Murder | Film | 5.2 | 23 | |
| 1957 | Murder | Film | 5.2 | 23 | |
| 1956 | Nikodem Dyzma | Porter (uncredited) | Film | 4.7 | 22 |
| 1955 | A Generation | Mundek | Film | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1955 | Godzina bez słońca | Film | 1.0 | 21 | |
| 1955 | Magical Bicycle | Adaś | Film | 4.5 | 21 |
| 1955 | Trzy starty | Basia's Brother | Film | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1953 | Three Stories | Genek "Mały" (segment 2) | Film | 5.0 | 19 |
| The Stalking Moon | Fabrice Fournier | Film | — | — |