Directed credits
41
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Fritz Lang
Directing
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Directed movies: 41Directed series: 0All crew credits: 57
TMDB ID: 68
IMDb ID: nm0000485
Known for: Directing
Born: December 5, 1890
Died: August 2, 1976
Age: 85
Place of birth: Vienna, Austria
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1917 - 2025
Years active: 109
Average TMDB rating: 6.86
Wikidata: Q19504
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Director (39)Co-Director (2)Screenplay (6)Writer (6)Original Film Writer (2)Original Story (1)Producer (1)
Biography
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-German film director, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States. Lang's most famous films are the groundbreaking science-fiction film Metropolis (1927) - the world's most expensive silent film at the time of its release - and the influential thriller film M (1931), made before he moved to the United States. Lang's work had a significant influence on the film noir genre and in Hollywood, he made some classics himself, such as Scarlet Street (1945) and The Big Heat (1953).
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Fritz Lang.
6.8
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Director
1960 Movie
6.3
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Director
1959 Movie
6.8
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Director
1956 Movie
6.9
While the City Sleeps
Director
1956 Movie
6.5
Moonfleet
Director
1955 Movie
6.8
Human Desire
Director
1954 Movie
7.7
The Big Heat
Director
1953 Movie
6.5
The Blue Gardenia
Director
1953 Movie
6.7
Clash by Night
Director
1952 Movie
6.5
Rancho Notorious
Director
1952 Movie
5.4
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Director
1950 Movie
6.7
House by the River
Director
1950 Movie
6.5
Secret Beyond the Door
Director
1947 Movie
6.4
Cloak and Dagger
Director
1946 Movie
7.6
Scarlet Street
Director
1945 Movie
7.4
The Woman in the Window
Director
1944 Movie
6.9
Ministry of Fear
Director
1944 Movie
6.9
Hangmen Also Die!
Director
1943 Movie
6.3
Moontide
Co-Director
1942 Movie
3.8
Confirm or Deny
Co-Director
1941 Movie
6.9
Man Hunt
Director
1941 Movie
6.0
Western Union
Director
1941 Movie
6.3
The Return of Frank James
Director
1940 Movie
7.1
You Only Live Once
Director
1937 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Fritz Lang.
8.1
Metropolis
Director
1927 Movie
8.1
M
Director
1931 Movie
7.7
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Director
1924 Movie
7.7
The Big Heat
Director
1953 Movie
7.6
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Director
1922 Movie
7.6
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Screenplay
1933 Movie
7.6
Scarlet Street
Director
1945 Movie
7.5
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Director
1924 Movie
7.4
Fury
Director
1936 Movie
7.4
Destiny
Director
1921 Movie
7.4
The Woman in the Window
Director
1944 Movie
7.3
Spies
Director
1928 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Fritz Lang.
8.1
Metropolis
Director
1927 Movie
8.1
M
Director
1931 Movie
5.8
Harakiri
Director
1919 Movie
7.3
Woman in the Moon
Screenplay
1929 Movie
7.0
Contempt
as Fritz Lang
1963 Movie
6.4
M
Original Story
1951 Movie
7.7
The Big Heat
Director
1953 Movie
7.6
Scarlet Street
Director
1945 Movie
7.7
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Director
1924 Movie
7.4
The Woman in the Window
Director
1944 Movie
7.4
Fury
Director
1936 Movie
6.8
Paparazzi
as Self
1964 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Fritz Lang.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Fritz Lang.
6.1
M the Damned
Original Film Writer
1982 Movie
6.6
Journey to the Lost City
Screenplay
1960 Movie
6.1
The Indian Tomb
Writer
1959 Movie
6.3
The Black Vampire
Original Film Writer
1953 Movie
6.4
M
Original Story
1951 Movie
6.5
You and Me
Producer
1938 Movie
7.6
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Screenplay
1933 Movie
7.3
Woman in the Moon
Screenplay
1929 Movie
5.9
The Indian Tomb, Part II: The Tiger of Eschnapur
Writer
1921 Movie
5.6
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
Writer
1921 Movie
6.0
The Mistress of the World, Part VIII: The Revenge of Maud Fergusson
Writer
1920 Movie
The Dance of Death
Screenplay
1919 Movie
6.1
The Plague in Florence
Screenplay
1919 Movie
Lilith and Ly
Writer
1919 Movie
5.9
Hilde Warren and Death
Writer
1917 Movie
Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub
Screenplay
1917 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Fritz Lang.
Sibyl
as (Archive footage)
2025 Movie
Mimosa Tank: A Prologue for a Film
as Self
2017 Movie
7.4
From Caligari to Hitler
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2015 Movie
5.9
Voyage to 'Metropolis'
as Self (archive footage)
2010 Movie
7.0
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
as Self (archive footage)
2004 Movie
The Exiles
as Self
1989 Movie
7.0
Conversation with Fritz Lang
as Self
1975 Movie
7.0
For Example Fritz Lang
1968 Movie
6.0
The Dinosaur and the Baby
as Self
1967 Movie
6.8
Paparazzi
as Self
1964 Movie
6.1
Bardot et Godard
as Self
1964 Movie
6.0
Encounter with Fritz Lang
as Self - Interviewee
1964 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Fritz Lang.