The best Andrzej Wajda films
The top 3 according to 6 votes from people: The Promised Land (1974) · Kanał (1957) · The Wedding (1972). (Updated Mar 7, 2026.)
From Kanał to Afterimage: the Andrzej Wajda films that film scholars and audiences rank highest (Interia, Dzieje.pl, Empik).
Automatically translated (original in Polski). See the original
Top 12
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1
The Promised Land (1974)
Three friends build a factory in Łódź, from Reymont.
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2
Kanał (1957)
Warsaw Uprising fighters in the sewers.
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3
The Wedding (1972)
Wyspiański's play on screen.
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4
Innocent Sorcerers (1960)
Warsaw jazz and a young doctor.
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5
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Zbigniew Cybulski on the last day of the war.
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6
Man of Marble (1977)
A young director digs into the story of a model worker.
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7
The Young Ladies of Wilko (1979)
A man returns to the manor of the sisters from his youth.
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8
Everything for Sale (1969)
A film about film-makers after Cybulski's death.
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9
Katyń (2007)
The Katyn massacre through the victims' families.
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10
Afterimage (2016)
The last years of painter Władysław Strzemiński; Wajda's final film.
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11
Man of Iron (1981)
The Gdańsk shipyard and Solidarity; Palme d'Or.
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12
Pan Tadeusz (1999)
Mickiewicz's epic poem.
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Popiół i diament powinien być pierwszy, Cybulski w ciemnych okularach to ikona