The best Fred Zinnemann’s movies

Fred Zinnemann

Fred Zinnemann

29/04/1907- 14/03/1997
Today we present the best Fred Zinnemann’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Fred Zinnemann’s movies.
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All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front
8.1/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 29/04/1930
  • Character: German Soldier / French Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. Together with several other young German soldiers, he experiences the horrors of war, such evil of which he had not conceived of when signing up to fight. They eventually become sad, tormented, and confused of their purpose.

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...
7.1/10
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.

The Search

The Search
7.8/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 26/03/1948
  • Character: Interpreter (uncredited)
In postwar Germany, a displaced Czech boy, separated from his family during wartime, is befriended by an American GI while the boy's mother desperately searches for him.

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
7.7/10
Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
7.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 17/07/2005
  • Character: Himself (archive footage)
How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to watch by an undemanding audience or even how mutilates them to adapt the original formats and runtimes to the restrictive frame of the television screen and the abusive requirements of advertising. (Followed by “Filmmakers in Action.”)

Hands Up!

Hands Up!
6.5/10
The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories.

The Making of High Noon

The Making of High Noon
6.2/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 02/01/1992
  • Character: Himself
Documentary about High Noon featuring Fred Zinnemann and Stanley Kramer.

Fred Zinnemann: A Director's Life

Fred Zinnemann: A Director's Life
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 09/03/1990
  • Character: Himself
Documentary on the director Fred Zinnemann and his work, in which he talks extensively about his career and experiences in the cinema from his early days in Paris and Berlin, and his arrival in Hollywood in 1929 to the present.

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