List of films using the music of Richard Wagner

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The following is a sortable list of cinema films which have music by Richard Wagner in their soundtracks (other than films of Wagner's operas themselves). Casual references (and use of the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin ) are not included.

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Wagner music in films

FilmYearDirectorMusic used from:Ref.
The Birth of a Nation 1915 D. W. Griffith "Ride of the Valkyries" [1]
The Viking 1928 Roy William Neill Parsifal, Flying Dutchman , Die Walküre [2]
Un Chien Andalou 1929 Luis Buñuel Tristan und Isolde [3]
L'Age d'Or 1930 Luis Buñuel Tristan und Isolde [3]
Murder! 1930 Alfred Hitchcock Tristan und Isolde [1]
City Streets 1931 Rouben Mamoulian Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [2]
A Farewell to Arms 1932 Frank Borzage Tristan und Isolde [4]
The Scarlet Empress 1934 Josef von Sternberg "Ride of the Valkyries" [2]
R.A.F. 1935 John Betts "Ride of the Valkyries" [5]
Triumph of the Will 1935 Leni Riefenstahl Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , "Wach' auf" chorus, (act 3, scene 5) [6]
The Right to Live 1935 William Keighley Tristan und Isolde [2]
The Lion Man 1936 John P. McCarthy "Ride of the Valkyries" [2]
One Hundred Men and a Girl 1937 Henry Koster Lohengrin , prelude to act 3 [7]
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars 1938 Frederick Stephani Parsifal [2]
Escape 1940 Mervyn LeRoy Tristan und Isolde ("Liebestod") [8]
The Great Dictator 1940 Charlie Chaplin Lohengrin , prelude [1] [9]
Red River Valley 1941 Joseph Kane "Ride of the Valkyries", Rienzi [2]
Sullivan’s Travels 1941 Preston Sturges "Ride of the Valkyries" [2]
Secret Mission 1942 Harold French Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [8]
Christmas Holiday 1944 Robert Siodmak Tristan und Isolde (Liebestod) [10]
Humoresque 1946 Jean Negulesco Tristan und Isolde , arranged by Franz Waxman. [9]
A Foreign Affair 1948 Billy Wilder Lohengrin, overture [11]
Unfaithfully Yours 1948 Preston Sturges Tannhäuser [9]
The Blue Gardenia 1953 Fritz Lang "Tristan und Isolde" [12]
Abismos de pasión 1954 Luis Buñuel Tristan und Isolde [13]
Magic Fire 1955 William Dieterle Ring Cycle [9]
Love in the Afternoon 1957 Billy Wilder Tristan und Isolde [11]
What's Opera, Doc? 1957 Chuck Jones Ring Cycle , Tannhäuser , The Flying Dutchman [1] [9]
8½ 1963 Federico Fellini "Ride of the Valkyries" [14]
Sedmikrásky (Daisies)1966 Věra Chytilová Götterdämmerung [15]
Patriotism 1966 Yukio Mishima Tristan und Isolde [16]
Mondo Trasho 1969 John Waters "Ride of the Valkyries" [14]
Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King 1972 Hans-Jürgen Syberberg Ring Cycle , Tristan und Isolde , Lohengrin [17]
Ludwig (film) 1973 Luchino Visconti Tannhäuser , Tristan und Isolde , Lohengrin [18]
Lisztomania 1975 Ken Russell Rienzi, Ring Cycle [19]
Winifred Wagner und die Geschichte des Hauses Wahnfried 1914–19751975 Hans-Jürgen Syberberg Ring Cycle [20]
Hitler: A Film from Germany 1977 Hans-Jürgen Syberberg Ring Cycle [21]
That Obscure Object of Desire 1977 Luis Buñuel "Ride of the Valkyries" [22]
The Boys from Brazil 1978 Franklin Schaffner Siegfried Idyll [23]
Seven Beauties 1975 Lina Wertmüller "Ride of the Valkyries" [24]
Apocalypse Now 1979 Francis Ford Coppola "Ride of the Valkyries" [1] [9]
Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 Werner Herzog Das Rheingold [25]
The Blues Brothers 1980 John Landis "Ride of the Valkyries" [1] [9]
Excalibur 1981 John Boorman Parsifal , Tristan und Isolde , Götterdämmerung [1] [9]
Wagner 1983 Tony Palmer Siegfried [1]
Détective 1985 Jean-Luc Godard Rienzi [26]
Come and See 1985 Elem Klimov Ride of the Valkyries [27]
The Running Man 1987 Paul Michael Glaser "Ride of the Valkyries" [28]
Romeo + Juliet 1996 Baz Luhrmann Tristan und Isolde, (Liebestod) [1]
24 Hour Party People 2002 Michael Winterbottom "Ride of the Valkyries" [29]
Birth 2004 Jonathan Glazer Die Walküre [9]
Jarhead 2005 Sam Mendes "Ride of the Valkyries" [30]
The New World 2006 Terrence Malick Das Rheingold [1] [9]
Norbit 2007 Brian Robbins "Ride of the Valkyries" [1]
Bronson 2008 Nicolas Winding Refn Götterdämmerung , Das Rheingold [31]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008 David Fincher Tannhäuser , aria "Dich, teure Halle" [32]
Valkyrie 2008 Bryan Singer "Ride of the Valkyries" [33]
Watchmen 2009 Zack Snyder "Ride of the Valkyries" [34]
A Dangerous Method 2011 David Cronenberg Siegfried , Die Walküre [35]
Melancholia 2011 Lars von Trier Tristan und Isolde [1] [35]
Rango 2011 Gore Verbinski "Ride of the Valkyries" [36]
To the Wonder 2012 Terrence Malick Parsifal , prelude [37]
Nymphomaniac 2013 Lars von Trier Das Rheingold [38]
Florence Foster Jenkins 2016 Stephen Frears "Ride of the Valkyries" [39]
Alien: Covenant 2017 Ridley Scott Das Rheingold , Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla [40]
Promising Young Woman 2020 Emerald Fennell Tristan und Isolde [41]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2020 Jeff Fowler "Ride of the Valkyries"
Army of the Dead 2021 Zack Snyder Götterdämmerung [42]
Wrath of Man 2021 Guy Ritchie "Ride of the Valkyries" [43]
Army of Thieves 2021 Matthias Schweighöfer Götterdämmerung , Das Rheingold , Ride of the Valkyries , Siegfried [44]
For All Mankind (Season 2 Episode 7) 2021 Ronald D. Moore "Ride of the Valkyries" [45]
Tár 2022 Todd Field Tannhäuser , overture [46]

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  8. 1 2 Ross (2020) p. 582.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Jon Burlingame, "10 films that utilize Wagner's music", Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2010, accessed 17 August 2017.
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  11. 1 2 Ross (2020) p. 590.
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  14. 1 2 Ross (2020) p. 598.
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  17. ↑ Joe and Gilman (2010), p. 258.
  18. ↑ Joe and Gilman (2010), p. 258.
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  23. ↑ Ross (2020), pp. 587–88.
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