Direction: Agnieszka Holland

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Agnieszka Holland. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Wire (TV Series)

2002 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Simon · Joe Chappelle · Ernest R. Dickerson · Clark Johnson

Cast Dominic West · Lance Reddick · Sonja Sohn · Clarke Peters

Synopsis TV Series (2002-2008). 5 Seasons. 60 episodes. This unvarnished, highly realistic HBO series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a...

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8.9

46K votes

8.9

46K votes

Treme (TV Series)

2010 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Simon · Eric Overmyer · Anthony Hemingway · Ernest R. Dickerson

Cast Wendell Pierce · Steve Zahn · Clarke Peters · Khandi Alexander

Synopsis TV Series (2010-2013). 4 Seasons. 36 Episodes. Set in post-Katrina New Orleans, 'Treme' chronicles the struggles of a diverse group of residents as they rebuild their lives and their city. ‘Treme,' pronounced Truh-may, takes its title from the name of...

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8.1

8K votes

8.1

8K votes

House of Cards (TV Series)

2013 · Series · 50 min. · United States

Direction Beau Willimon · David Fincher · James Foley · Robin Wright

Cast Kevin Spacey · Robin Wright · Michael Kelly · Kate Mara

Synopsis TV Series (2013-2018). 6 Seasons. 73 Episodes. Ruthless and cunning, Congressman Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and his ambitious wife Claire (Robin Wright) stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex, and...

7.9

28K votes

7.9

28K votes

The Killing (TV Series)

2011 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Veena Sud · Ed Bianchi · Phil Abraham · Daniel Attias

Cast Mireille Enos · Joel Kinnaman · Michelle Forbes · Bill Campbell

Synopsis TV Series (2011-2014). 4 Seasons. 44 Episodes. The Killing ties together three distinct stories around a single murder including the detectives assigned to the case, the victim's grieving family, and the suspects. Set in Seattle, the story also explores local...

7.5

11K votes

7.5

11K votes

The Green Border

2023 · Movie · 147 min. · Poland

Direction Agnieszka Holland

Cast Behi Djanati Atai · Agata Kulesza · Piotr Stramowski · Jalal Altawil

Synopsis In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so called 'green border' between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union are trapped in a geopolitical crisis cynically engineered by...

7.3

873 votes

7.3

873 votes

Europa, Europa

1990 · Movie · 115 min. · Germany

Direction Agnieszka Holland

Cast Marco Hofschneider · Julie Delpy · Hanns Zischler · André Wilms

Synopsis Agnieszka Holland's EUROPA EUROPA is the fascinating fact-based story of Solomon Perel (Marco Hofschneider), a German Jew who survived the Holocaust by concealing his identity, literally within enemy ranks. When Nazi thugs smash into the Perels' house, 13-year-old Solly manages...

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7.1

3K votes

7.1

3K votes

The Affair (TV Series)

2014 · Series · 50 min. · United States

Direction Hagai Levi · Jeffrey Reiner · Carl Franklin · Mark Mylod

Cast Dominic West · Ruth Wilson · Maura Tierney · Joshua Jackson

Synopsis TV Series (2014-2019). 5 Seasons. 53 Episodes. The Affair explores the emotional effects an affair between a married waitress at a Hamptons' diner and a teacher who spends he summer at his in-laws estate on the island. The extramarital relationship...

7.1

6K votes

7.1

6K votes

In Darkness

2011 · Movie · 144 min. · Poland

Direction Agnieszka Holland

Cast Robert Wieckiewicz · Benno Fürmann · Agnieszka Grochowska · Maria Schrader

Synopsis IN DARKNESS tells the true story of Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his own good, the thief and burglar hides Jewish refugees for 14 months in...

7.0

804 votes

7.0

804 votes

Olivier, Olivier

1992 · Movie · 110 min. · France

Direction Agnieszka Holland

Cast François Cluzet · Brigitte Roüan · Grégoire Colin · Jean-François Stévenin

Synopsis A boy of nine years dissapears without any trace. Six years later he appears again in Paris. But there are doubts about his real identity.

6.9

314 votes

6.9

314 votes

Burning Bush (TV Miniseries)

2013 · Series · 236 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Agnieszka Holland

Cast Tatiana Pauhofová · Jaroslava Pokorná · Petr Stach · Ivan Trojan

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2013). 3 Episodes. Burning Bush is a three-part mini-series created for HBO by world-renowned Polish director Agnieszka Holland. Based on real characters and events, this haunting drama focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student, Jan...

6.8

262 votes

6.8

262 votes

The Secret Garden

1993 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Agnieszka Holland

Cast Kate Maberly · Heydon Prowse · Andrew Knott · Maggie Smith

Synopsis Agnieszka Hollands adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnetts classic fairy tale, THE SECRET GARDEN is a highly entertaining family picture that is overflowing with gorgeous imagery. Ten-year-old Mary Lennox (Kate Maberly) is a spoiled rich girl living in colonial India with...

6.6

4K votes

6.6

4K votes

Angry Harvest

1985 · Movie · 101 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Agnieszka Holland

Cast Armin Mueller-Stahl · Elisabeth Trissenaar · Isa Haller · Hans Beerhenke

Synopsis In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. They are separated in the woods, and Leon, a local peasant who's now a farmer of some wealth, discovers the woman, Rosa, and hides her...

6.5

180 votes

6.5

180 votes

Copying Beethoven

2006 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Agnieszka Holland

Cast Ed Harris · Diane Kruger · Matthew Goode · Phyllida Law

Synopsis Anna Holtz is a 23-year-old aspiring composer lacking in wherewithal struggling to find inspiration and prosper in the music capital of the world, Vienna. Anna, a conservatory student, wangles the chance to work with the best and most voluble living...

6.4

8K votes

6.4

8K votes

Cold Case (TV Series)

2003 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Meredith Stiehm · Alex Zakrzewski · Kevin Bray · Paris Barclay

Cast Kathryn Morris · John Finn · Jeremy Ratchford · Thom Barry

Synopsis TV Series (2003-2010). 7 Seasons. 156 Episodes. COLD CASE is a drama about Lilly Rush (Kathryn Morris), a dedicated female detective in the Philadelphia homicide squad, who finds her niche when she's assigned to "cold cases"--crimes that have never been...

6.2

6K votes

6.2

6K votes

Charlatan

2020 · Movie · 118 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Agnieszka Holland

Cast Ivan Trojan · Juraj Loj · Josef Trojan · Joachim Paul Assböck

Synopsis Biopic about the Czech healer Jan Mikolášek, who became a celebrity in the 1930s among the rich and poor, serving the Germans during the Nazi occupation and also the communist officers after the war.

6.1

520 votes

6.1

520 votes

Total Eclipse

1995 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Agnieszka Holland

Cast Leonardo DiCaprio · David Thewlis · Romane Bohringer · Christopher Hampton

Synopsis Director Agnieszka Holland presents this probing period piece that examines the nihilistic relationship between bad-boy French poet Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo DiCaprio) and writer Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis). After Rimbaud sends Verlaine a series of poems, Verlaine summons him to Paris....

5.8

2K votes

5.8

2K votes

Mr. Jones

2019 · Movie · 114 min. · Poland

Direction Agnieszka Holland

Cast James Norton · Vanessa Kirby · Peter Sarsgaard · Joseph Mawle

Synopsis This thriller based on real events, set on the eve of world WWII, sees Hitler’s rise to power and Stalin’s Soviet Union propaganda machine pushing their “utopia” to the Western world. Meanwhile an ambitious young British journalist, Gareth Jones (James...

5.8

509 votes

5.8

509 votes

The Third Miracle

1999 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Agnieszka Holland

Cast Ed Harris · Anne Heche · Armin Mueller-Stahl · Ken James

Synopsis The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood. During his investigation, the priest, who is experiencing a crisis of faith, re-discovers his own purpose in life.

5.7

2K votes

5.7

2K votes

Julie Walking Home (The Healer)

2002 · Movie · 113 min. · Germany

Direction Agnieszka Holland

Cast Miranda Otto · William Fichtner · Lothaire Bluteau · Ryan Smith

Synopsis Her son dying of cancer and her marriage falling apart, Julie flees to Poland in search of a man who can heal using his hands. Julie finds not only a magical cure for her son, but also comes across a...

5.6

95 votes

5.6

95 votes