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Agnieszka Holland

Agnieszka Holland

Director, writer, actor and producer · Born November 28, 1948 (77) · Warsaw, Poland

Agnieszka Holland (born November 28, 1948) is a Polish film and TV director and screenwriter. Best recognized for her highly political contributions to Polish cinema, Holland is one of Poland's most prominent filmmakers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Agnieszka Holland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
November 28, 1948 (77)
From
Warsaw, Poland
Works as
Director, writer, actor and producer
Titles
42 on MovieCove · 88 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Up 24% in 30 days

What are Agnieszka Holland's films like?

Across their 30 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Genres

Drama15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Biography8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
19%
Power
19%
Self
18%
Survival
13%
Bonds
12%
Ideas
11%
Society
9%
Oppression6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal4 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession3 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 28 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 5 · Dark 21

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 18 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 11 · Intense 13

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 11 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 27 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 4

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 9 · Heavy 17

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 14 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
22
Melancholic
21
Dread
9
Contemplative
9
Warm
4
Other
16

How their films linger

Thought-provoking17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet15
  • Tragic6
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Agnieszka Holland's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 29 of their 42 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Agnieszka Holland's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

88 credits, 42 with a MovieCove page; 11 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • I Dreamed the Future (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Igor and After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • Winter of the Crow(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Franz(2025)

    Director · Co-Writer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Travel Essentials (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Creative Consultant

  • Film for Aliens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Creative Consultant

  • Absolute Beginners(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Green Border(2023)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Silent Twins(2022)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Charlatan(2020)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Mr. Jones(2019)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Marek Edelman… And There Was Love in the Ghetto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Screenplay

  • 1983(2018)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Nina(2018)

    Creative Consultant

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The First(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • Wild Roses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Thanks

  • Spoor(2017)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Wajda by Wajda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Thanks

  • The Lure(2015)

    Creative Consultant

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Strange Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Thanks

  • Wave vs. Shore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • The Affair(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Rosemary's Baby(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows

  • Ida(2013)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • In the Name Of(2013)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • House of Cards(2013)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Burning Bush (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 3 episodes · Director · Creator

  • In Darkness(2011)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • In Treatment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • My Name Is Ki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Creative Consultant

  • The Killing(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Treme(2010)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Jánošík (Vykrádaný superhrdina) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • Janosik: A True Story(2009)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Offsiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Idea · Producer

  • Ekipa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · as uczestniczka pogrzebu Szczęsnego

  • Copying Beethoven(2006)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story(2006)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Cold Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • Julie Walking Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Writer

  • The Wire(2002)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Shot in the Heart(2001)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Golden Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • Pollock(2000)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • In the Shadow of Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Thanks · as Self

  • Dybuk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • The Third Miracle(1999)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Washington Square(1997)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Red Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director

  • Total Eclipse(1995)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Three Colors: Red(1994)

    Story Consultant

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Three Colors: White(1994)

    Story Consultant

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Three Colors: Blue(1993)

    Co-Writer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Secret Garden(1993)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Fallen Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Olivier, Olivier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Director · Writer

  • Europa Europa(1990)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Korczak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Screenplay

  • Interrogation(1989)

    as Communist Witkowska

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Girlfriend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Writer

  • To Kill A Priest(1988)

    Director · Screenplay · Screenstory

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Possessed(1988)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Anna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Screenplay · Story

  • A Woman Alone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Angry Harvest(1985)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • A Love in Germany(1983)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Danton(1983)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Mężczyzna niepotrzebny! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Screenplay

  • Fever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Director

  • Listy naszych czytelników (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    First Assistant Director

  • The Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Director · Writer

  • Provincial Actors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Without Anesthesia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Screenplay

  • Winners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Screenplay

  • Something for Something (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Director · Writer

  • Screen Tests(1977)

    Director · Screenplay · as Director Angieszka (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Man of Marble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Woman talking with Birkut on a Recording (voice) (uncredited)

  • Sunday Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Director

  • The Scar(1976)

    as Secretary Hania

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Evening at Abdon's (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Director

  • A Girl and “Akwarius” (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Director

  • Pictures from Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Director

  • Pozwólcie nam do woli fruwać nad ogrodem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Writer (uncredited)

  • Illumination (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Assistant Director · as Commission Member (uncredited)

  • God's Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Director · Writer

  • Berlinweh: Yearning for a Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • The Rabbit Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 88 titles, 86 of them dated from 1970 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Secret Garden (1993)

$31M worldwide

Highest rated

Three Colors: Red (1994)

Midcredits 98th

Film career

  • 1973Screen debut· Illumination

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting12 of 88: 9 only acting, 3 with another roleDirecting48 of 88: 30 only directing, 18 with another role · typical Midcredits score70thWriting29 of 88: 14 only writing, 15 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rdProducing6 of 88: 1 only producing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rdOther crew16 of 88: 14 only other crew, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score58th

88 titles, 20 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 14 of them.

By decade

1970s14 · 5 acting · 11 crew1980s14 · 1 acting · 13 crew1990s13 · crew2000s12 · 1 acting · 12 crew2010s23 · 2 acting · 21 crew2020s10 · 3 acting · 7 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Agnieszka Holland's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of all 33; across their 28 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Approval · how many liked their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Reach · how many have seen their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Midcredits score across 42 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up18
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 42 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved10
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · director, writer, producer

Green Border (2023)

97th percentile spread · 40% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

The Wire (2002)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 77/100 and the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Agnieszka Holland's work okay for kids?

Across up to 13 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films and violence & gore lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles20–66 · median 31 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity13 titles25–70 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles3–46 · median 27 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles15–61 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles21–64 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Agnieszka Holland work with?

People who share at least 2 of Agnieszka Holland's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Antoni Lazarkiewicz shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles