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List of Roman Polanski Movies: Ranked Best To Worst

1. Chinatown (1974)
119
25
Chinatown
R
119
25

Los Angeles private detective Jake Gittes, who specializes in adultery cases, is hired by a woman to spy on her husband, high-profile engineer Hollis Mulwray. However, after he exposes Mulwray's affair with a young blonde woman, he is sued by the real Mrs. Mulwray, and gets further entangled into a conspiracy following the sudden death of Mr. Mulwray.

Starring:
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Awards:
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture, BAFTA Award for Best Direction
2. Le locataire (1976)
24
7
Le locataire
R
24
7

A bureaucrat rents an apartment in a spooky old building. He soon finds that the inhabitants of the building are quite suspicious, and eventually also comes to know that the previous tenant tried to kill herself by jumping out of the window. As he grows more and more paranoid, he reaches the conclusion that his new neighbors want to kill him. 

Role:
Trelkovsky
Starring:
Shelley Winters, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
3. Una pura formalità (1994)
12
5
Una pura formalità
PG-13
12
5
Role:
Inspector
Starring:
Gérard Depardieu, Sergio Rubini, Nicola Di Pinto, Tano Cimarosa
Directed By:
Giuseppe Tornatore
4. Niewinni czarodzieje (1960)
8
3
Niewinni czarodzieje
8
3
Starring:
Tadeusz Lomnicki, Krystyna Stypulkowska, Wanda Koczeska, Kalina Jedrusik
Directed By:
Andrzej Wajda
5. Weekend of a Champion (1972)
8
3
Weekend of a Champion
8
3

Filmmaker Roman Polanski spends a weekend with world champion driver Jackie Stewart as he tries to win the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix. This documentary film offers an extraordinary glimpse into the life of a gifted athlete. 

Role:
Himself
Starring:
Joan Collins, Grace Kelly, Helen Stewart, Jackie Stewart
Directed By:
Roman Polanski, Frank Simon
6. Dance of the Vampires (1967)
17
7
Dance of the Vampires
17
7

Vampire researcher Professor Abronsius and his dim-witted assistant Alfred reach a far-off Transylvanian village looking for vampires. Alfred falls for the inn-keeper’s daughter Sarah who gets kidnapped by inscrutable Count von Krolock. When Professor and Alfred reach Count’s castle to rescue Sarah, the Count invites them for the ball at night. They must attend to save Sarah and kill their undead host. 

Role:
Alfred
Starring:
Sharon Tate, Jack MacGowran, Alfie Bass, Jessie Robins
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
7. Pokolenie (1955)
8
3
Pokolenie
8
3
Role:
Mundek
Starring:
Tadeusz Lomnicki, Urszula Modrzynska, Tadeusz Janczar, Janusz Paluszkiewicz
Directed By:
Andrzej Wajda
8. Do widzenia, do jutra... (1960)
8
3
Do widzenia, do jutra...
8
3
Starring:
Wlodzimierz Bielicki, Zbigniew Cybulski, Teresa Tuszynska, Grazyna Muszynska
Directed By:
Janusz Morgenstern
9. Gdy spadaja anioly (1959)
7
3
Gdy spadaja anioly
7
3

Also known as When Angels Fall, the Roman Polanski directed short film is based on Leszek Szymański’ short story ‘Klozet Babcia’. Narrated in flashbacks, it tells the story of a washroom attendant reminiscing about her former life, while stuck in her boring job. 

Role:
Old woman
Starring:
Barbara Lass, Henryk Kluba, Andrzej Kondratiuk, Ryszard Filipski
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
10. Caos calmo (2008)
8
4
Caos calmo
8
4
Starring:
Valeria Golino, Alessandro Gassman, Nanni Moretti, Isabella Ferrari
Directed By:
Antonello Grimaldi
11. Grosse fatigue (1994)
7
4
Grosse fatigue
R
7
4
Starring:
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Carole Bouquet, Philippe Noiret, Josiane Balasko, Christian Clavier
Directed By:
Michel Blanc
12. Samson (1961)
6
4
Samson
6
4
Starring:
Serge Merlin, Alina Janowska, Elzbieta Kepinska, Jan Ciecierski
Directed By:
Andrzej Wajda
13. Lotna (1959)
6
4
Lotna
6
4
Starring:
Jerzy Pichelski, Adam Pawlikowski, Jerzy Moes, Mieczyslaw Loza
Directed By:
Andrzej Wajda
14. Koniec nocy (1957)
6
4
Koniec nocy
6
4
Starring:
Anna Ciepielewska, Zbigniew Cybulski, Ryszard Filipski, Adam Fiut
Directed By:
Julian Dziedzina, Pawel Komorowski, Walentyna Maruszewska
15. The Magic Christian (1969)
6
4
The Magic Christian
PG
6
4
Starring:
Christopher Lee, John Cleese, Richard Attenborough, Spike Milligan, Raquel Welch, Graham Chapman, Laurence Harvey
Directed By:
Joseph McGrath
16. Zemsta (2002)
5
4
Zemsta
5
4
Role:
Józef Papkin
Starring:
Daniel Olbrychski, Andrzej Seweryn, Janusz Gajos, Katarzyna Figura
Directed By:
Andrzej Wajda
17. Rower (1955)
5
4
Rower
5
4
Role:
Boy who wants to buy a bicycle
Starring:
Adam Fiut
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
18. Wraki (1957)
4
4
Wraki
4
4
Starring:
Zbigniew Cybulski, Zbigniew Józefowicz, Urszula Modrzynska, Jadwiga Prolinska
Directed By:
Ewa Petelska, Czeslaw Petelski
19. Zaczarowany rower (1955)
4
4
Zaczarowany rower
4
4
Starring:
Józef Nalberczak, Teodor Gendera, Bernard Michalski, Wlodzimierz Skoczylas
Directed By:
Silik Sternfeld
20. Ostroznie, Yeti! (1961)
3
4
Ostroznie, Yeti!
3
4
Starring:
Jarema Stepowski, Stefan Bartik, Ludwik Benoit, Bogusz Bilewski
Directed By:
Andrzej Czekalski
21. Co rekne zena? (1958)
3
4
Co rekne zena?
3
4
Starring:
Barbara Polomska, Wienczyslaw Glinski, Josef Bek, Hanka Bielicka
Directed By:
Jaroslav Mach
22. Trzy opowiesci (1953)
3
4
Trzy opowiesci
3
4
Starring:
Ignacy Gogolewski, Marian Rulka, Zygmunt Listkiewicz, Adam Kwiatkowski
Directed By:
Ewa Petelska, Czeslaw Petelski, Konrad Nalecki
23. Chassé-croisé (1982)
3
4
Chassé-croisé
3
4
Starring:
Arielle Dombasle, Pascal Greggory, Alexandra Stewart, Pierre Clémenti
Directed By:
Arielle Dombasle
24. Weekend of a Champion (2013)
9
3
Weekend of a Champion
9
3
Role:
Himself
Starring:
Juan Manuel Fangio, Graham Hill, Nina Rindt, Helen Stewart
Directed By:
Frank Simon
25. En attendant Godot (1989)
4
5
En attendant Godot
4
5
Role:
Lucky
Starring:
Jean-François Balmer, Jean-Pierre Jorris, Rufus, Philippe Deschamps
Directed By:
Walter D. Asmus
26. Hommage à Alfred Lepetit (2000)
4
4
Hommage à Alfred Lepetit
4
4
Starring:
Jake Eberts, Thierry Berbezy, Jean-Claude Brialy, Laetitia de Fombelle
Directed By:
Jean Rousselot
27. Back in the U.S.S.R. (1992)
4
4
Back in the U.S.S.R.
R
4
4
Role:
Kurilov
Starring:
Brian Blessed, Frank Whaley, Andrew Divoff, Dey Young, Natalya Negoda
Directed By:
Deran Sarafian
28. Godzina bez slonca (1955)
1
3
Godzina bez slonca
1
3
Starring:
Andrzej Kozak
Directed By:
Pawel Komorowski

Director

The Pianist (2002)
77
13
The Pianist
R
77
13

Adapted from the memoir of prominent Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman, this film records how his world crumbles following Nazi invasion of Poland. His family is forced into the Warsaw Ghetto and later transported to Treblinka extermination camp, which he escapes with a friend's help, and drifts from one shelter to another for years until World War II ended.

Starring:
Adrien Brody, Morgane Polanski, Emilia Fox, Maureen Lipman, Michal Zebrowski, Ed Stoppard
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Awards:
Academy Award for Best Director, BAFTA Award for Best Film, BAFTA Award for
Chinatown (1974)
35
8
Chinatown
R
35
8

Los Angeles private detective Jake Gittes, who specializes in adultery cases, is hired by a woman to spy on her husband, high-profile engineer Hollis Mulwray. However, after he exposes Mulwray's affair with a young blonde woman, he is sued by the real Mrs. Mulwray, and gets further entangled into a conspiracy following the sudden death of Mr. Mulwray.

Starring:
Jack Nicholson, John Huston, Diane Ladd, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Awards:
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture, BAFTA Award for Best Direction
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
27
6
Rosemary's Baby
R
27
6

Director Roman Polanski’s first American movie is about Guy and Rosemary Woodhouse, who move into an apartment where Rosemary meets their friendly, yet a little weird neighbors. She experiences strange incidences and nightmares, and hears odd sounds. When she gets pregnant, Rosemary is worried that their neighbors and suddenly-distant husband are planning some sinister conspiracy against her baby.

Starring:
Mia Farrow, Charles Grodin, Tony Curtis, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Repulsion (1965)
13
4
Repulsion
13
4

Carol is a disturbed young woman from Belgium, living and working in London as a manicurist. She suffers from an unusual fear of men and their advances trigger violent hallucinations and nightmares. The British psychological-horror film follows Carol's point of view and her vivid visions.

Starring:
Catherine Deneuve, Patrick Wymark, Ian Hendry, Renee Houston
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Le locataire (1976)
11
3
Le locataire
R
11
3

A bureaucrat rents an apartment in a spooky old building. He soon finds that the inhabitants of the building are quite suspicious, and eventually also comes to know that the previous tenant tried to kill herself by jumping out of the window. As he grows more and more paranoid, he reaches the conclusion that his new neighbors want to kill him. 

Starring:
Shelley Winters, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Nóz w wodzie (1962)
9
3
Nóz w wodzie
9
3

Andrej is an ageing man who along with his wife, Krystyna, drives to a lake to go for a sail. They come upon a young man hitchhiking in the middle of the road, and invites him to go sailing with them. The young man accepts the offer, but soon he finds himself attracted towards Krystyna.

Starring:
Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Anna Ciepielewska
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)
8
3
The Tragedy of Macbeth
R
8
3

Based on the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, this film tells the story of Macbeth and his wife, who is mad for power. They plan to murder King Duncan, as he wants to become the new King of Scotland.

Starring:
Keith Chegwin, Francesca Annis, Jon Finch, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler, John Stride
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Weekend of a Champion (1972)
7
3
Weekend of a Champion
7
3

Filmmaker Roman Polanski spends a weekend with world champion driver Jackie Stewart as he tries to win the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix. This documentary film offers an extraordinary glimpse into the life of a gifted athlete. 

Starring:
Joan Collins, Grace Kelly, Helen Stewart, Jackie Stewart
Directed By:
Roman Polanski, Frank Simon
Death and the Maiden (1994)
9
3
Death and the Maiden
TV-MA
9
3

Death and the Maiden is a mystery drama film which revolves around a woman named Paulina, a political activist, who suspects that her house guest is the very same man who had kidnapped, raped as well as tortured her.  She decides to hold him captive and make him confess that he was the one who committed the crimes.  

Starring:
Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart Wilson, Krystia Mova, Jonathan Vega
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Tess (1979)
8
3
Tess
PG
8
3

Tess is a young girl whose alcoholic father sends her to visit her rich relatives, and apply for a job. She is taken in and immediately seduced by Alec, her cousin, who leaves her pregnant. Tess decides not to tell anybody, but her child eventually dies. She soon begins a relationship with a respectable farmer, and they get married as well. But when he learns about her past, he is unsure what to do.

Starring:
Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, John Collin, Tony Church, Brigid Erin Bates
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
The Ghost Writer (2010)
18
7
The Ghost Writer
PG-13
18
7

A ghostwriter, The Ghost, is assigned to complete the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, who is charged with war-crimes and human rights scandals. As he starts working, he realizes that probably his predecessor McAra had unearthed some dark secrets about Lang which had cost him his life. The Ghost goes after the truth knowing the risks to his life.

Starring:
Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Ewan McGregor, Jim Belushi, Kim Cattrall, Eli Wallach, Jon Bernthal
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Bitter Moon (1992)
10
4
Bitter Moon
R
10
4

Bitter Moon tells the story of a couple Nigel and Fiona who are on a cruise ship. During their journey, they encounter another couple, Oscar and Mimi. Nigel soon finds himself drawn towards Mimi, after learning about Oscar’s erotic and sadistic past with her.  

Starring:
Emmanuelle Seigner, Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas, Peter Coyote, Victor Banerjee
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
An Officer and a Spy (2019)
8
3
An Officer and a Spy
8
3
Starring:
Jean Dujardin, Louis Garrel, Emmanuelle Seigner, Hervé Pierre
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Carnage (2011)
15
6
Carnage
R
15
6

After 11-year-old Zachary has a fight with his classmate Ethan, his parents, Alan and Nancy Cowan, decide to meet and sort out the matter with Ethan's parents, Michael and Penelope Longstreet. However, the cordial meeting soon turns into a mudslinging fest as the parents begin to throw hurtful comments about each other's behavior and competency as parents.

Starring:
Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly, Elvis Polanski
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Dance of the Vampires (1967)
9
4
Dance of the Vampires
9
4

Vampire researcher Professor Abronsius and his dim-witted assistant Alfred reach a far-off Transylvanian village looking for vampires. Alfred falls for the inn-keeper’s daughter Sarah who gets kidnapped by inscrutable Count von Krolock. When Professor and Alfred reach Count’s castle to rescue Sarah, the Count invites them for the ball at night. They must attend to save Sarah and kill their undead host. 

Starring:
Sharon Tate, Jack MacGowran, Alfie Bass, Jessie Robins
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)
8
3
La Vénus à la fourrure
8
3

Thomas, a director is auditioning several actresses for the lead character of his play, but is disappointed with all the performances. As he prepares to leave the theater, he comes across an actress named Vanda Jordan, whose name doesn’t appear on the audition list.  But she manages to impress him with her excellent acting skills.

Starring:
Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Cul-de-sac (1966)
7
3
Cul-de-sac
7
3

This comedy drama thriller film follows the story of two wounded American gangsters who are on the run. They soon find refuge in the secluded castle of a young British couple. However, all is not what it seems.  

Starring:
Donald Pleasence, Jacqueline Bisset, Lionel Stander, Françoise Dorléac, Jack MacGowran, Geoffrey Sumner
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Gdy spadaja anioly (1959)
6
3
Gdy spadaja anioly
6
3

Also known as When Angels Fall, the Roman Polanski directed short film is based on Leszek Szymański’ short story ‘Klozet Babcia’. Narrated in flashbacks, it tells the story of a washroom attendant reminiscing about her former life, while stuck in her boring job. 

Starring:
Barbara Lass, Henryk Kluba, Andrzej Kondratiuk, Ryszard Filipski
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Frantic (1988)
10
4
Frantic
R
10
4

In a hotel room in Paris, a visiting doctor does not pay much attention when his wife complains that she cannot unlock her suitcase. But on coming out of the shower he finds her missing. When neither the police nor the US embassy takes any worthwhile step, he decides to take the matter in his hand, even if it requires him to deal with the underworld. 

Starring:
Harrison Ford, Emmanuelle Seigner, Betty Buckley, Djiby Soumare, Dominique Virton
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Oliver Twist (2005)
8
4
Oliver Twist
PG-13
8
4

Based on the popular novel of the same name by Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist tells the story of an orphan who meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. He soon becomes part of a household of boys who are trained to steal for their eccentric master.

Starring:
Ben Kingsley, Morgane Polanski, Timothy Bateson, Ian McNeice, Richard Durden, Jeremy Swift, Andy de la Tour
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007)
7
3
Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence
7
3

This anthology film is a collection of 33 different short films, where the directors expresses their ideas and feelings regarding cinema.

Starring:
David Cronenberg, Jeanne Moreau, Lars von Trier, Josh Brolin, Bradley Walsh, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Lonsdale
The Ninth Gate (1999)
18
9
The Ninth Gate
R
18
9

A wealthy book collector, Boris Balkan hires Dean Corso, a book dealer who specialises in finding rare books. His motive – to verify the authenticity of his purchased book The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows that has the capability to summon the Devil himself. Corso sets out on a journey to uncover the truth about the book and finds himself in a series of strange events.

Starring:
Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin, Emmanuelle Seigner, Barbara Jefford
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Dwaj ludzie z szafa (1958)
6
3
Dwaj ludzie z szafa
6
3
Starring:
Jakub Goldberg, Barbara Lass, Henryk Kluba, Andrzej Kondratiuk
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Lampa (1959)
6
3
Lampa
6
3
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Le gros et le maigre (1961)
5
3
Le gros et le maigre
5
3

In this short silent film, a thin slave does a variety of work for his master – from feeding and entertaining him to washing his feet – as the latter lazily passes his entire day sitting on his rocking chair. However, when the slave decides to go to Paris and explore more in his life, the master thrashes him and tries to prevent him from going.

Starring:
André Katelbach
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
A Therapy (2012)
5
3
A Therapy
5
3
Starring:
Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Kingsley
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Pirates (1986)
5
4
Pirates
PG-13
5
4

In the year 1659, Thomas Bartholomew, also known as Captain Red, the infamous pirate, is stuck with Jean, his ship’s cabin boy on a raft without any supplies in the ocean. However, fortunately, they are picked up by a Spanish galleon en route to Spain. Eventually, he starts a mutiny and takes over the ship. He also kidnaps the niece of the governor of Maracaibo.

Starring:
Walter Matthau, David Kelly, Ferdy Mayne, Damien Thomas, Cris Campion
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Usmiech zebiczny (1957)
4
3
Usmiech zebiczny
4
3

A man coming down the stairs of an apartment building suddenly stops near a small washroom window to peek on a young woman drying her hair with only a towel covering her face. He is interrupted by a man who comes out to leave empty bottles and pretends to leave, but returns for a surprise soon after.

Starring:
Nikola Todorow
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
D'après une histoire vraie (2017)
5
4
D'après une histoire vraie
5
4
Starring:
Eva Green, Emmanuelle Seigner, Dominique Pinon, Vincent Perez, Damien Bonnard
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Ssaki (1962)
4
3
Ssaki
4
3

Ssaki also known as Mammals tells the absurd story of two men who seem to take turns on pulling each other on a small sleigh in a barren winter landscape. Accidents, arguments and the appearance of a third man willing to steal the sleigh brings up deeper questions about human existence. 

Starring:
Henryk Kluba, Michal Zolnierkiewicz, Voytek Frykowski
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Les plus belles escroqueries du monde (1964)
4
3
Les plus belles escroqueries du monde
4
3

The film comprises of different sketches created by different writers and directors from partially real facts, and set in different cities. The swindlers appear in various forms…. In Tokyo, she is a bar-hostess, while a young prostitute swindles people in Naples. A trickster in Paris cheats an ardent admirer of Eiffel Tower, whereas a journalist in Marrakech gets entangled in counterfeit money.

Starring:
Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Seberg, Catherine Deneuve, Mie Hama, Ken Mitsuda, Nicole Karen, Gabriella Giorgelli
Directed By:
Che? (1972)
4
3
Che?
R
4
3
Starring:
Marcello Mastroianni, Guido Alberti, Hugh Griffith, Sydne Rome
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Rozbijemy zabawe (1957)
4
3
Rozbijemy zabawe
4
3

Rozbijemy zabawe (English Break up the Dance) is an eight-minute short film, written and directed by Roman Polański. It is also his first work to feature a soundtrack. It centers on a dance party, in which entry is highly restricted. As the guests begin to arrive, a group of ruffians is found to be watching the arrangements through the fence. Do they intend to join the party?  

Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Rower (1955)
4
3
Rower
4
3
Starring:
Adam Fiut
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Morderstwo (1957)
4
3
Morderstwo
4
3
Directed By:
Roman Polanski

Narrator/Dubbing

Nóz w wodzie (1962)
11
4
Nóz w wodzie
11
4

Andrej is an ageing man who along with his wife, Krystyna, drives to a lake to go for a sail. They come upon a young man hitchhiking in the middle of the road, and invites him to go sailing with them. The young man accepts the offer, but soon he finds himself attracted towards Krystyna.

Role:
Young Man (voice) (uncredited)
Starring:
Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Anna Ciepielewska
Directed By:
Roman Polanski

Special Appearance/Cameo

Repulsion (1965)
17
5
Repulsion
17
5

Carol is a disturbed young woman from Belgium, living and working in London as a manicurist. She suffers from an unusual fear of men and their advances trigger violent hallucinations and nightmares. The British psychological-horror film follows Carol's point of view and her vivid visions.

Role:
Spoon Player (uncredited)
Starring:
Catherine Deneuve, Patrick Wymark, Ian Hendry, Renee Houston
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Zezowate szczescie (1960)
8
3
Zezowate szczescie
8
3

This comedy film tells the story of a little man in Poland, between the years of 1930 to 1950. He finds himself in a world having no place for him, and things even get worse because he is mistaken for a Jew because of his nose. Eventually, he falls for a woman and decides to join the army to charm her. However, things get complicated as well as hiliarious when he is arrested by German troops while he is dressed in an officer’s uniform.

Role:
Jola's Tutor (uncredited)
Starring:
Bogumil Kobiela, Maria Ciesielska, Helena Dabrowska, Barbara Lass
Directed By:
Andrzej Munk
An Officer and a Spy (2019)
10
4
An Officer and a Spy
10
4
Role:
A Listener at a Concert (uncredited)
Starring:
Jean Dujardin, Louis Garrel, Emmanuelle Seigner, Hervé Pierre
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Frantic (1988)
14
6
Frantic
R
14
6

In a hotel room in Paris, a visiting doctor does not pay much attention when his wife complains that she cannot unlock her suitcase. But on coming out of the shower he finds her missing. When neither the police nor the US embassy takes any worthwhile step, he decides to take the matter in his hand, even if it requires him to deal with the underworld. 

Role:
Taxi Driver Who Hands Over the Matches to Dr. Walker (uncredited)
Starring:
Harrison Ford, Emmanuelle Seigner, Betty Buckley, Djiby Soumare, Dominique Virton
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Dwaj ludzie z szafa (1958)
6
3
Dwaj ludzie z szafa
6
3
Role:
Punching boy (uncredited)
Starring:
Jakub Goldberg, Barbara Lass, Henryk Kluba, Andrzej Kondratiuk
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Nikodem Dyzma (1956)
6
3
Nikodem Dyzma
6
3

Nikodem is a poor struggling dancer, who goes to Warsaw, hoping to find a job, but has little luck, since nobody seems to want him. One day, he is invited to a party with several influential people. He decides to go, and a small accident at the party makes him the hero of the night, which helps him begin his career.

Role:
Boy at Hotel (uncredited)
Starring:
Urszula Modrzynska, Lech Madalinski, Adolf Dymsza, Tadeusz Gwiazdowski
Directed By:
Jan Rybkowski
Lampa (1959)
6
3
Lampa
6
3
Role:
A passer-by (uncredited)
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
27
17
Rush Hour 3
PG-13
27
17

After a failed attempt on Ambassador Han’s life, Hong Kong Chief Inspector Lee and LAPD detective Carter together fly to Paris to safeguard a French woman who has vital information about Chinese Triads. As the lethal syndicate Triads strike to stop them from reaching the information, Lee continues to fight even after recognizing one of the Triads as his childhood friend.

Role:
Detective Revi (uncredited)
Starring:
Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Sarah Shahi, Max von Sydow, Hiroyuki Sanada
Directed By:
Brett Ratner
Le gros et le maigre (1961)
5
3
Le gros et le maigre
5
3

In this short silent film, a thin slave does a variety of work for his master – from feeding and entertaining him to washing his feet – as the latter lazily passes his entire day sitting on his rocking chair. However, when the slave decides to go to Paris and explore more in his life, the master thrashes him and tries to prevent him from going.

Role:
The lean (uncredited)
Starring:
André Katelbach
Directed By:
Roman Polanski
Blood for Dracula (1974)
6
4
Blood for Dracula
X
6
4

Count Dracula comes to know that if he fails to drink the blood of a pure virgin, he will die pretty soon. His assistant suggests that they go to Italy, where it would be easier to look for a virgin bride, since the people there are quite religious. They soon find a family with four virgin brides ready for marriage. However, Dracula suspects that the girls may not be as pure as they claim.

Role:
Man in Tavern (uncredited)
Starring:
Udo Kier, Vittorio De Sica, Joe Dallesandro, Maxime McKendry, Arno Juerging
Directed By:
Paul Morrissey
Che? (1972)
5
4
Che?
R
5
4
Role:
Mosquito (uncredited)
Starring:
Marcello Mastroianni, Guido Alberti, Hugh Griffith, Sydne Rome
Directed By:
Roman Polanski

TV Shows

Love Story
10
3
Love Story
10
3
Starring:
John Hurt, Malcolm McDowell, Ian McShane, Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Dudley Moore, Judi Dench
Directed By:
Mike Newell, Dennis Vance, John Nelson-Burton, Quentin Lawrence, George More O'Ferrall
Greed, a New Fragrance by Francesco Vezzoli (2009)
9
8
Greed, a New Fragrance by Francesco Vezzoli
9
8
Starring:
Natalie Portman, Michelle Williams
Directed By:
Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski Awards

Academy Awards
The Pianist Best Director 2003
Golden Globe Awards
Chinatown Best Director - Motion Picture 1975
BAFTA Awards
The Pianist Best Film 2003
Chinatown Best Direction 1975