Austria, Film & the influence on Hollywood.
by maxi13 | created - 12 Jan 2016 | updated - 10 Mar 2018 | PublicAustria is a small country and films coming from here (except some rare exceptions) are not very famous. But Austria has some directors which are able to win in Cannes, some even won Oscars, there are some great documentary movie makers and this country is also well known for its avantgarde films.
Thinking about it… quite astonishing for such a tiny country. What is also not so well known is that Austria had a huge impact on Hollywood. Some important directors flew from the Nazis, others left because cheap productions from the USA destroyed huge parts of the film industry of Europe and they wanted to work under better conditions.
Here is a list of chosen films of such persons, which have strong connections to Austria. Most of them would say they are Americans and i have no intention to say something else, just that they are coming from here and that Austria was important in their lives. Just… that some of those people spent important youth years in this country in the middle of Europe.
Its a selected list of films of directors and actors… and even one filmmusic composer got mentioned.
Like in all countries, there are a lot of films which are hard to understand if you dont know the country and the language well. All this Austrian films for Austrians are listed at the end. Most of them are comedies and Austrians humor is very much based on the speach, so its sometimes impossible to understand the jokes if you are not fluently in Austrian german. But if you are really interested in Austrian films, you can give it a try.
All films are listed by the imdb-ratings, from best to worst.
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1. Casablanca (1942)
PG | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Votes: 605,685 | Gross: $1.02M
Max Steiner was one of the most important music composers of Hollywood. He was Austrian. Amongst his most famous works were the music for "Casablanca" and "Gone with the wind".
Peter Lorre, the iconic villain, was an Austrian actor.
2. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,303
Billy Wilder was born in a town which used to be part of Austrian-Hungarian empire (nowadays it is in Poland). His parents were german speaking Austrians and the family moved to Vienna/Austria when he was 10. When he was 28 he left Europe and went to the USA.
3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick
Votes: 1,173,280 | Gross: $204.84M
Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Austria, but left the country at the age of 21. He is maybe the most famous Austrian alive, though a lot of Austrians are not that proud of that.
Mozart and Sigmund Freud are maybe more interesting people than this guy ;-) nevertheless… he has Austrian roots.
"Terminator 2" is a good action film, nevertheless a lot of films listed below are much better than this one. anyway! thats the way it is rated on imdb.
4. M (1931)
Passed | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke
Votes: 168,355 | Gross: $0.03M
The director Fritz Lang is born in Vienna, the capitol of Austria. He left Austria at the age of 43. His first american movie was "Fury" in the year 1936.
Peter Lorre, the iconic villain, was an Austrian actor.
5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 314,153 | Gross: $44.82M
The producer Sam Spiegel (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Best Film.
6. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Approved | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 137,749 | Gross: $8.18M
Billy Wilder was born in a town which used to be part of Austrian-Hungarian empire (nowadays it is in Poland). His parents were german speaking Austrians and the family moved to Vienna/Austria when he was 10. When he was 28 he left Europe and went to the USA.
7. Double Indemnity (1944)
Passed | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Byron Barr
Votes: 167,365 | Gross: $5.72M
Billy Wilder was born in a town which used to be part of Austrian-Hungarian empire (nowadays it is in Poland). His parents were german speaking Austrians and the family moved to Vienna/Austria when he was 10. When he was 28 he left Europe and went to the USA.
8. Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 185,414 | Gross: $1.24M
The director Fritz Lang is born in Vienna, the capitol of Austria. He left Austria at the age of 43. His first american movie was "Fury" (1936).
9. Amadeus (1984)
R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 427,724 | Gross: $51.97M
"Amadeus" is not an austrian film, Milos Forman is not an austrian director, but its all about austria and one of the most famous musician of all time, which was an austrian. its a shame that this film wasnt even co-produced by Austria. Connections: Mozart, Salzburg, Vienna.
10. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
R | 153 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent
Votes: 1,582,727 | Gross: $120.54M
Christoph Waltz, born in Vienna/Austria, won 2 Oscars. His astonishing performance in "Inglourious Basterds" was maybe the best acting performance of the whole decade. You will never forget his interpretation of the Nazi Col. Hans Lauda. One of the most pregnant moments in cinema of the last years.
11. Django Unchained (2012)
R | 165 min | Drama, Western
With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington
Votes: 1,693,568 | Gross: $162.81M
Christoph Waltz, born in Vienna/Austria, won 2 Oscars. His astonishing performance in "Inglourious Basterds" was maybe the best acting performance of the whole decade. You will never forget his interpretation of the Nazi Col. Hans Lauda. One of the most pregnant moments in cinema of the last years. His role in Tarantinos Django was quite similar, but he won again.
though Waltz plays well and though i really like Tarantino, i think this film is highly overrated! By far not his best film. Because of this and because i think Waltz performance in "Inglorious Basterds" was much better, i ranked this film lower than the imdb-rating.
12. On the Waterfront (1954)
Approved | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger
Votes: 164,781 | Gross: $9.60M
The producer Sam Spiegel (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Best Film.
13. Some Like It Hot (1959)
Passed | 121 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft
Votes: 283,388 | Gross: $25.00M
Billy Wilder was born in a town which used to be part of Austrian-Hungarian empire (nowadays it is in Poland). His parents were german speaking Austrians and the family moved to Vienna/Austria when he was 10. When he was 28 he left Europe and went to the USA.
14. The Apartment (1960)
Approved | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston
Votes: 196,643 | Gross: $18.60M
Billy Wilder was born in a town which used to be part of Austrian-Hungarian empire (nowadays it is in Poland). His parents were german speaking Austrians and the family moved to Vienna/Austria when he was 10. When he was 28 he left Europe and went to the USA.
15. The Third Man (1949)
Approved | 93 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard
Votes: 181,757 | Gross: $0.45M
Its not an austrian movie, but it was important of the picture of Vienna in the world. One of the producers was the Austrian director Alexander Korda. and also a lot of Austrian actors played in this film.
16. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Approved | 179 min | Drama, War
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich
Votes: 85,392
Maximilian Schell was an Austrian actor.
17. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Passed | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Two down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett
Votes: 132,367 | Gross: $5.01M
Max Steiner was one of the most important music composers of Hollywood. He was Austrian. Amongst his most famous works were the music for "Casablanca" and "Gone with the wind".
18. The Heiress (1949)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A naive young woman falls for a handsome young man her emotionally abusive father suspects is only a fortune hunter.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins
Votes: 17,336
Harry Horner (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Best Production Design.
19. The Deer Hunter (1978)
R | 183 min | Drama, War
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.
Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale, John Savage
Votes: 361,978 | Gross: $48.98M
Peter Zinner (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Film Editing.
20. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
PG | 161 min | Adventure, Drama, War
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
Director: David Lean | Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa
Votes: 233,188 | Gross: $44.91M
The producer Sam Spiegel (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Best Film.
21. Gone with the Wind (1939)
Passed | 238 min | Drama, Romance, War
A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood | Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil
Votes: 334,108 | Gross: $198.68M
Max Steiner was one of the most important music composers of Hollywood. He was Austrian. Amongst his most famous works were the music for "Casablanca" and "Gone with the wind".
22. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre
Votes: 166,520 | Gross: $2.11M
Peter Lorre, the iconic villain, was an Austrian actor.
23. White Heat (1949)
Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly
Votes: 35,720
Max Steiner was one of the most important music composers of Hollywood. He was Austrian. Amongst his most famous works were the music for "Casablanca" and "Gone with the wind".
24. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson
Votes: 74,947
Max Steiner was one of the most important music composers of Hollywood. He was Austrian. Amongst his most famous works were the music for "Casablanca" and "Gone with the wind".
Peter Lorre, the iconic villain, was an Austrian actor.
25. High Noon (1952)
PG | 85 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 110,119 | Gross: $9.45M
Fred Zinnemann was born in the Austrian-Hungarian empire and grew up in Vienna/Austria. He moved to Hollywood in the age of 22.
26. The Hustler (1961)
Not Rated | 134 min | Drama, Sport
An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.
Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott
Votes: 86,763 | Gross: $8.28M
Harry Horner (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Best Production Design.
27. The Terminator (1984)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield
Votes: 923,573 | Gross: $38.40M
Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Austria, but left the country at the age of 21. He is maybe the most famous Austrian alive, though a lot of Austrians are not that proud of that. Mozart and Sigmund Freud are maybe more interesting people than this guy ;-) nevertheless… he has Austrian roots.
28. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Not Rated | 161 min | Drama, Mystery
An upstate Michigan lawyer defends a soldier who claims he killed an innkeeper due to temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 71,291 | Gross: $11.90M
Otto Preminger was born in the Ukraine, but at that time it was austrian-hungarian territory and his parents were german speaking Austrians, who just worked there. When Otto was a teen they went back to (todays) Austria where he got his education. Otto worked mostly in Vienna and Graz, before he left Austria with the age of 30.
29. Stalag 17 (1953)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, War
After two Americans are killed while escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss
Votes: 58,786
Billy Wilder was born in a town which used to be part of Austrian-Hungarian empire (nowadays it is in Poland). His parents were german speaking Austrians and the family moved to Vienna/Austria when he was 10. When he was 28 he left Europe and went to the USA.
30. Laura (1944)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.
Directors: Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price
Votes: 51,379 | Gross: $4.36M
Otto Preminger was born in the Ukraine, but at that time it was austrian-hungarian territory and his parents were german speaking Austrians, who just worked there. When Otto was a teen they went back to (todays) Austria where he got his education. Otto worked mostly in Vienna and Graz, before he left Austria with the age of 30.
31. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody
Votes: 885,986 | Gross: $59.10M
Karl Markovics (born in Vienna/austria), best known for his performance in "The Counterfeiters", worked with Wes Anderson in this film.
32. Before Sunrise (1995)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance
A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Pöschl
Votes: 339,041 | Gross: $5.54M
Though the director is not an Austrian and there is no important main character played by an austrian, the connection to vienna is so strong that i deceided to list it here; cause vienna plays the 3rd main role in this great film. It was just co-produced by an austrian company
33. The Big Sleep (1946)
Passed | 114 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail and what might be love.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers
Votes: 90,487 | Gross: $6.54M
Max Steiner was one of the most important music composers of Hollywood. He was Austrian. Amongst his most famous works were the music for "Casablanca" and "Gone with the wind".
34. Der Bockerer (1981)
104 min | Drama, History
A politically naïve Viennese butcher (Bockerer) manages to survive the unification of Germany and Austria and the Second World War.
Director: Franz Antel | Stars: Karl Merkatz, Alfred Böhm, Hans Holt, Marte Harell
Votes: 1,026
Though young people from Austria dont know this movie anymore, it used to be very important in the 80s and 90s. Its a shame that someone who is not able to understand Austrian german is not able to understand the humor in the same way. Maybe just an Austrian film for Austrians. But you can give it a try.
35. Now, Voyager (1942)
Passed | 117 min | Drama, Romance
A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.
Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper
Votes: 19,005
Max Steiner (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Best Music.
36. King Kong (1933)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Horror
A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.
Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher
Votes: 90,924 | Gross: $10.00M
Max Steiner was one of the most important music composers of Hollywood. He was Austrian. Amongst his most famous works were the music for "Casablanca" and "Gone with the wind".
37. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
PG | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence in 1190s England, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a resistance movement.
Directors: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains
Votes: 54,464 | Gross: $3.98M
Erich W. Korngold (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Best Music.
38. One, Two, Three (1961)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy
In West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis
Votes: 22,952
Billy Wilder was born in a town which used to be part of Austrian-Hungarian empire (nowadays it is in Poland). His parents were german speaking Austrians and the family moved to Vienna/Austria when he was 10. When he was 28 he left Europe and went to the USA.
39. The Big Heat (1953)
Passed | 89 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby
Votes: 29,143
The director Fritz Lang is born in Vienna, the capitol of Austria. He left Austria at the age of 43. His first american movie was "Fury" (1936).
40. The Sound of Music (1965)
G | 172 min | Biography, Drama, Family
A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn
Votes: 260,867 | Gross: $163.21M
"The Sound of Music" is an american film, but it plays in Austria and is about Austrians. Its quite funny that this film grounded the picture of Austria in the world, got amazingly famous and that not many Austrians even know this film (and those which knows it, think its "Kitsch" and dont like it). It needed decades before i ve seen this movie for the first time and it was quite fun to see it.
41. Pandora's Box (1929)
Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz
Votes: 11,852 | Gross: $0.01M
Georg Wilhelm Pabst born in a town which is now in Czech, but he was a german speaking citizen of the Austrian-Hungarian-Empire with Austrian parents which just worked in this area. So most people say he was an Austrian director.
42. The Searchers (1956)
Passed | 119 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
An American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond
Votes: 96,227
Max Steiner was one of the most important music composers of Hollywood. He was Austrian. Amongst his most famous works were the music for "Casablanca" and "Gone with the wind".
43. The Last Command (1928)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, History, Romance
A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Jack Raymond
Votes: 4,514
Josef von Sternberg is an Austrian director.
44. Mildred Pierce (1945)
Approved | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden
Votes: 28,636
Max Steiner was one of the most important music composers of Hollywood. He was Austrian. Amongst his most famous works were the music for "Casablanca" and "Gone with the wind".
45. The Lost Weekend (1945)
Passed | 101 min | Drama, Film-Noir
The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 40,173 | Gross: $9.46M
Billy Wilder (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Directing.
46. Jules and Jim (1962)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino
Votes: 44,393
Oskar Werner was an Austrian actor.
47. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Not Rated | 242 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede-Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Alfred Abel
Votes: 9,172
The director Fritz Lang is born in Vienna, the capitol of Austria. He left Austria at the age of 43. His first american movie was "Fury" (1936).
48. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Not Rated | 122 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Thomy Bourdelle, Gustav Diessl
Votes: 13,583
The director Fritz Lang is born in Vienna, the capitol of Austria. He left Austria at the age of 43. His first american movie was "Fury" (1936).
49. Amour (2012)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama
Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud
Votes: 105,644 | Gross: $6.74M
Michael Haneke is maybe the most important austrian director alive. He won 14 awards in Cannes, "Amour" (2012) won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
much better than the imdb-rating.
50. Fury (1936)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When a wrongly-accused prisoner barely survives a lynch-mob attack and is presumed dead, he vindictively decides to fake his death and frame the mob for his supposed murder.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 13,721
The director Fritz Lang is born in Vienna, the capitol of Austria. He left Austria at the age of 43. Fury was his first american movie.
51. Mephisto (1981)
Unrated | 146 min | Drama
In early-1930s Germany, a passionate stage actor faces a dilemma: renounce his apolitical stance and comply with the Reich's doctrine, or face oblivion. But, Faustian bargains never end well. What is the price of success?
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ildikó Bánsági, Krystyna Janda, Rolf Hoppe
Votes: 11,586
István Szabó is a hungarian director, but a lot of his films are co-produced by Austria. "Mephisto" is the first one and the main role is played by Klaus Maria Brandauer, an Austrian actor.
52. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)
Not Rated | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Princess Kriemhild vows to avenge her husband's murder but must overcome her brothers who swore allegiance to Hagen. She marries Etzel, King of the Huns, and persuades his army to attack Hagen, but she loses more than she bargained for.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Margarete Schön, Gertrud Arnold, Theodor Loos, Hans Carl Mueller
Votes: 4,991
The director Fritz Lang is born in Vienna, the capitol of Austria. He left Austria at the age of 43. His first american movie was "Fury" (1936).
53. The Trial (1962)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Arnoldo Foà, Jess Hahn, Billy Kearns
Votes: 24,003
Romy Schneider used to be a big film star. She is an Austrian actress.
54. Scarlet Street (1945)
Approved | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, though her fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea, Margaret Lindsay
Votes: 19,157
The director Fritz Lang is born in Vienna, the capitol of Austria. He left Austria at the age of 43. His first american movie was "Fury" (1936).
55. Key Largo (1948)
Approved | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man visits his war buddy's family hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore
Votes: 43,954
Max Steiner was one of the most important music composers of Hollywood. He was Austrian. Amongst his most famous works were the music for "Casablanca" and "Gone with the wind".
56. A Man for All Seasons (1966)
G | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw, Leo McKern
Votes: 37,143 | Gross: $28.35M
Fred Zinnemann was born in the Austrian-Hungarian empire and grew up in Vienna/Austria. He moved to Hollywood in the age of 22.
57. The Search (1948)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, War
In post-war Berlin, an American private helps a lost Czech boy find his mother.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Ivan Jandl, Aline MacMahon, Wendell Corey
Votes: 4,837
Fred Zinnemann was born in the Austrian-Hungarian empire and grew up in Vienna/Austria. He moved to Hollywood in the age of 22.
58. The War on Drugs (2007)
99 min | Documentary
More than three decades have passed since Richard Nixon declared the war on drugs. Today, drug trafficking exceeds 7% of global trade. The film shows how the war is being waged by examining... See full summary »
Director: Sebastian J.F. | Stars: Sharanda Jones, Richard Paey, Jorge Enrique Botero, Kevin C. Whaley
Votes: 42
Austrian director
59. The White Ribbon (2009)
R | 144 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur
Votes: 77,601 | Gross: $2.22M
Michael Haneke is maybe the most important austrian director alive. He won 14 awards in Cannes, "Amour" (2012) won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. better than the imdb-rating.
60. The Name of the Rose (1986)
R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin
Votes: 117,186 | Gross: $7.15M
Helmut Qualtinger was an Austrian actor.
61. Der blaue Engel (1930)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, Music, Romance
An elderly professor's ordered life spins dangerously out of control when he falls for a nightclub singer.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti
Votes: 16,289 | Gross: $0.08M
Josef von Sternberg is an Austrian director.
62. The Seventh Continent (1989)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A European family who plan on escaping to Australia seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel
Votes: 16,966
Michael Haneke is maybe the most important austrian director alive. He won 14 awards in Cannes, "Amour" (2012) won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
63. The Day of the Jackal (1973)
PG | 143 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel
Votes: 44,889 | Gross: $16.06M
Fred Zinnemann was born in the Austrian-Hungarian empire and grew up in Vienna/Austria. He moved to Hollywood in the age of 22.
64. White Nights (1957)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
A humble clerk courts a woman who awaits her lover's return night after night.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais, Marcella Rovena
Votes: 8,995
Maria Schell was an Austrian actress.
65. Everything Will Be Okay (2015)
30 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
A divorced father picks up his eight-year-old daughter Lea. It seems pretty much like every second weekend, but after a while Lea can't help feeling that something isn't right. So begins a fateful journey.
Director: Patrick Vollrath | Stars: Simon Schwarz, Julia Pointner, Marion Rottenhofer, Daniel Keberle
Votes: 1,424
Oscar nominated short by german director, during his years when he lived in Vienna and visited Austrians Film University. Austrian/German-film
66. Peeping Tom (1960)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, Maxine Audley
Votes: 39,224 | Gross: $0.08M
Karlheinz Böhm was born in South-Germany, where he grew up, but his mother was Austrian and he left Germany in his early 20s. From then on he lived in Austria till he dies. He had the Austrian citizenship.
Peeping Tom was such a controversial movie that he had problems to get more jobs in Hollywood.
67. From Here to Eternity (1953)
Passed | 118 min | Drama, Romance, War
At a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed
Votes: 50,790 | Gross: $30.50M
Fred Zinnemann was born in the Austrian-Hungarian empire and grew up in Vienna/Austria. He moved to Hollywood in the age of 22.
68. The Good Earth (1937)
Passed | 138 min | Drama, Romance
Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.
Directors: Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, Gustav Machatý, Sam Wood | Stars: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch
Votes: 5,406
Karl Freund (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Best Cinematography.
69. Predator (1987)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall, Elpidia Carrillo
Votes: 454,483 | Gross: $59.74M
Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Austria, but left the country at the age of 21. He is maybe the most famous Austrian alive, though a lot of Austrians are not that proud of that.
Mozart and Sigmund Freud are maybe more interesting people than this guy ;-) nevertheless… he has Austrian roots.
overrated on imdb
70. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Passed | 118 min | Drama, Family
At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp
Votes: 26,470
Nathan Juran (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Best Production Design.
71. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
Instead of coming in from the Cold War, British agent Alec Leamas chooses to face another mission.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Richard Burton, Oskar Werner, Claire Bloom, Sam Wanamaker
Votes: 18,799
Oskar Werner was an Austrian actor.
72. Ludwig (1973)
R | 238 min | Biography, Drama, History
The reign of the tormented Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from 1864 to 1886.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano
Votes: 5,994
Helmut Berger and Romy Schneider are Austrian actors.
73. Colonel Redl (1985)
R | 144 min | Biography, Drama, History
Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become ... See full summary »
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Christian Blech, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gudrun Landgrebe
Votes: 3,340 | Gross: $0.00M
István Szabó is a hungarian director, but a lot of his films are co-produced by Austria. "Mephisto" is one of those and the main role is played by Klaus Maria Brandauer, an Austrian actor.
74. A Star Is Born (1937)
Passed | 111 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, and achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.
Directors: William A. Wellman, Jack Conway, Victor Fleming | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson
Votes: 10,880 | Gross: $4.36M
Max Steiner was one of the most important music composers of Hollywood. He was Austrian. Amongst his most famous works were the music for "Casablanca" and "Gone with the wind".
75. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, History, Romance
A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser
Votes: 7,234
Josef von Sternberg is an Austrian director.
76. Funny Games (1997)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering
Votes: 83,984
Michael Haneke is maybe the most important austrian director alive. He won 14 awards in Cannes, "Amour" (2012) won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
better than the imdb-rating.
77. Darwin's Nightmare (2004)
107 min | Documentary
A documentary on the effect of fishing the Nile perch in Tanzania's Lake Victoria. The predatory fish, which has wiped out the native species, is sold in European supermarkets, while starving Tanzanian families have to make do with the leftovers.
Director: Hubert Sauper | Stars: Elizabeth 'Eliza' Maganga Nsese, Raphael Tukiko Wagara, Dimond Remtulia, Marcus Nyoni
Votes: 5,661 | Gross: $0.20M
an very good Austrian documentary.
better than the imdb-rating.
78. The Counterfeiters (2007)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, History
The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach
Votes: 47,170 | Gross: $5.48M
The austrian Film "Die Fälscher" by Stefan Ruzowitzky (born in Vienna/Austria) won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
better than the imdb-rating.
79. Revanche (2008)
Not Rated | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
Director: Götz Spielmann | Stars: Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Andreas Lust, Ursula Strauss
Votes: 15,938
"Revanche" by Götz Spielmann was nominated for an Oscar (Best foreign film).
80. Conversation Piece (1974)
R | 121 min | Drama, Romance
A reclusive retired professor is faced with confronting modernity when a group of vulgar youths led by an obnoxious marchesa take up residence in his unused upper residence.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Helmut Berger, Silvana Mangano, Claudia Marsani
Votes: 5,184
Helmut Berger is an Austrian actor.
81. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
R | 94 min | Drama, History, War
The story of the Finzi-Continis, a noble family of Ferrara, during the Jewish persecution in Italy's 1930s.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Helmut Berger, Fabio Testi
Votes: 7,665 | Gross: $0.60M
Helmut Berger is an Austrian actor.
82. We Feed the World (2005)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A look at how the world's food is produced and how mass production changes the environment and the lives of people.
Director: Erwin Wagenhofer | Stars: Jean Ziegler, Peter Brabeck, Karl Otrok
Votes: 2,478
Austrian documentary (Austrian director)
83. The Damned (1969)
R | 157 min | Drama, War
The dramatic collapse of a wealthy, industrialist/Junker family during the reign of the Third Reich.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger
Votes: 9,920 | Gross: $0.63M
Helmut Berger is an Austrian actor.
84. The Nun's Story (1959)
Approved | 149 min | Drama
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft
Votes: 11,690 | Gross: $12.80M
Fred Zinnemann was born in the Austrian-Hungarian empire and grew up in Vienna/Austria. He moved to Hollywood in the age of 22.
85. The Enemy Below (1957)
Approved | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During WWII an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, and in the ensuing duel the American captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander.
Director: Dick Powell | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, David Hedison, Theodore Bikel
Votes: 12,244
Curd Jürgens was an Austrian actor.
86. The Informer (1935)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama
In 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame
Votes: 7,175 | Gross: $2.07M
Max Steiner (Austro-American): Oscar Music
87. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Approved | 134 min | Drama, Romance, War
A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, May Whitty
Votes: 19,456 | Gross: $13.50M
George Fröschl (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Best adopted Screenplay.
88. Since You Went Away (1944)
Approved | 177 min | Drama, Romance, War
With her husband away to fight in World War II, a housewife must care for their two daughters alone.
Directors: John Cromwell, Edward F. Cline, Tay Garnett, David O. Selznick | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple
Votes: 5,096
Max Steiner (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Best Music.
89. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Passed | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Eleanor Parker, Arnold Stang
Votes: 12,203
Otto Preminger was born in the Ukraine, but at that time it was austrian-hungarian territory and his parents were german speaking Austrians, who just worked there. When Otto was a teen they went back to (todays) Austria where he got his education. Otto worked mostly in Vienna and Graz, before he left Austria with the age of 30.
better than the imdb-rating.
90. Angst (I) (1983)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.
Director: Gerald Kargl | Stars: Erwin Leder, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Silvia Ryder, Karin Springer
Votes: 13,447
"Angst" (1983) is one of the most disturbing films i ve ever seen - and it was and maybe is still nowadays one of the most controversal films. If you liked "Funny Games" you should give this one also a try. It seems that Austrians are good in making disturbing films ;-)
better than the imdb-rating.
91. Megacities (1998)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A look at the people who live precariously, but with an unusual level of resourcefulness and imagination, in four gigantic urban agglomerations: Mumbai, New York City, Moscow and Mexico City.
Director: Michael Glawogger
Votes: 1,028
Michael Glawogger was a somewhat famous Austrian director.
92. Let's Make Money (2008)
110 min | Documentary
Most of us don't know where their money is. However, one thing is for certain, it's is not in the bank to which we entrusted it. The bank and our money is already a part of the cycle of the global money market.
Director: Erwin Wagenhofer | Stars: Mark Mobius, Mirko Kovats, K. Sujatha Raaju, Gerhard Schwarz
Votes: 1,753
Austrian documentary (Austrian director)
93. Cross of Iron (1977)
R | 119 min | Drama, War
German commander Hauptmann Stransky places a squad in extreme danger after Sergeant Rolf Steiner refuses to lie for him.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner
Votes: 29,142
Maximilian Schell and Senta Berger were Austrian actors.
94. Shanghai Express (1932)
Approved | 82 min | Adventure, Drama, Film-Noir
A notorious woman rides a train through a dangerous situation with a British captain she loved.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland
Votes: 10,319
Josef von Sternberg is an Austrian director.
95. Gervaise (1956)
116 min | Drama
A poor laundrywoman tries to cope with a depressing burden of society.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Maria Schell, François Périer, Jany Holt, Mathilde Casadesus
Votes: 1,643
Maria Schell was an Austrian actress.
96. Act of Violence (1948)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
An embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his men's planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor
Votes: 5,711
Fred Zinnemann was born in the Austrian-Hungarian empire and grew up in Vienna/Austria. He moved to Hollywood in the age of 22.
97. Total Recall (1990)
R | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Rachel Ticotin
Votes: 354,308 | Gross: $119.39M
Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Austria, but left the country at the age of 21. He is maybe the most famous Austrian alive, though a lot of Austrians are not that proud of that. Mozart and Sigmund Freud are maybe more interesting people than this guy ;-) nevertheless… he has Austrian roots.
98. Summer Storm (2004)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A close friendship between two crew teammates is tested when one slowly discovers he's gay and attracted to the other.
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Robert Stadlober, Kostja Ullmann, Miriam Morgenstern, Jürgen Tonkel
Votes: 14,496 | Gross: $0.10M
- is a German film, but Robert Stadlober is an Austrian actor.
(not seen yet and hard to believe that it is better than Hanekes "Piano Teacher". it is for sure not, but it has a better imdb-rating)
99. More Than Honey (2012)
Unrated | 95 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at honeybee colonies in California, Switzerland, China and Australia.
Director: Markus Imhoof | Stars: Fred Jaggi, Randolf Menzel, John Miller, Liane Singer
Votes: 4,317 | Gross: $0.07M
Austrian director
100. The Piano Teacher (2001)
R | 131 min | Drama, Music
A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar
Votes: 71,714 | Gross: $1.90M
Michael Haneke is maybe the most important austrian director alive. He won 14 awards in Cannes, "Amour" (2012) won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
much better than the imdb-rating.
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