Direction: Agnieszka Holland
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Agnieszka Holland. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 35
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...
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...
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...
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
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
Washington Square
1997 · Movie · 116 min. · United States
Direction Agnieszka Holland
Cast Jennifer Jason Leigh · Albert Finney · Ben Chaplin · Maggie Smith
5.8
804 votes
5.8
804 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