List of films using the music of Richard Wagner

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.
==Wagner music in films==
Film 	Year	Director 	Music used from: 	Ref.
The Birth of a Nation 	1915	D. W. Griffith 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	Sameer Rahim, "Wagner in film", The Daily Telegraph, 22 July 2013, accessed 15 August 2018.
The Viking 	1928	Roy William Neill 	Parsifal, Flying Dutchman, Die Walküre 	
Un Chien Andalou 	1929	Luis Buñuel 	Tristan und Isolde 	
L'Age d'Or 	1930	Luis Buñuel 	Tristan und Isolde 	Sangild (2015).
Murder! 	1930	Alfred Hitchcock 	Tristan und Isolde 	
City Streets 	1931	Rouben Mamoulian 	Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 	
A Farewell to Arms 	1932	Frank Borzage 	Tristan und Isolde 	Ross (2020) pp. 574, 593.
The Scarlet Empress 	1934	Josef von Sternberg 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	
R.A.F. 	1935	John Betts 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	
Triumph of the Will 	1935	Leni Riefenstahl 	Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, "Wach' auf" chorus, (act 3, scene 5)	Strötgen (2008)
The Right to Live 	1935	William Keighley 	Tristan und Isolde 	
The Lion Man 	1936	John P. McCarthy 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	Ross (2020) p. 574.
One Hundred Men and a Girl 	1937	Henry Koster 	Lohengrin, prelude to act 3 	Joe and Gilman (2010), p. 442.
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars 	1938	Frederick Stephani 	Parsifal 	
Escape 	1940	Mervyn LeRoy 	Tristan und Isolde ("Liebestod") 	Ross (2020) p. 582.
The Great Dictator 	1940	Charlie Chaplin 	Lohengrin, prelude 	
Red River Valley 	1941	Joseph Kane 	"Ride of the Valkyries", Rienzi 	
Sullivan’s Travels 	1941	Preston Sturges 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	
Secret Mission 	1942	Harold French 	Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 	
Christmas Holiday 	1944	Robert Siodmak 	Tristan und Isolde (Liebestod) 	Ross (2020), pp. 591–93.
Humoresque 	1946	Jean Negulesco 	Tristan und Isolde, arranged by Franz Waxman. 	Jon Burlingame, "10 films that utilize Wagner's music", Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2010, accessed 17 August 2017.
A Foreign Affair 	1948	Billy Wilder 	Lohengrin, overture 	Ross (2020) p. 590.
Unfaithfully Yours 	1948	Preston Sturges 	Tannhäuser 	
The Blue Gardenia 	1953	Fritz Lang 	"Tristan und Isolde" 	
Abismos de pasión 	1954	Luis Buñuel 	Tristan und Isolde 	Ross (2020) p. 596.
Magic Fire 	1955	William Dieterle 	Ring Cycle 	
Love in the Afternoon 	1957	Billy Wilder 	Tristan und Isolde 	
What's Opera, Doc? 	1957	Chuck Jones 	Ring Cycle, Tannhäuser, The Flying Dutchman 	
8½ 	1963	Federico Fellini 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	
Sedmikrásky (Daisies) 	1966	Věra Chytilová 	Götterdämmerung 	Clouzot (1968), p. 36
Patriotism 	1966	Yukio Mishima 	Tristan und Isolde 	Ross (2020) pp. 598–601.
Mondo Trasho 	1969	John Waters 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	Ross (2020) p. 598.
Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King 	1972	Hans-Jürgen Syberberg	Ring Cycle, Tristan und Isolde, Lohengrin 	Joe and Gilman (2010), p. 258.
Ludwig (film) 	1973	Luchino Visconti 	Tannhäuser, Tristan und Isolde, Lohengrin 	Joe and Gilman (2010), p. 258.
Lisztomania 	1975	Ken Russell 	Rienzi, Ring Cycle 	Care (1978)
Winifred Wagner und die Geschichte des Hauses Wahnfried 1914–1975	1975	Hans-Jürgen Syberberg	Ring Cycle 	Wagner und die Geschichte des Hauses Wahnfried 1914 - 1975, filmportal.de website (in German), accessed 26.5.2020
Hitler: A Film from Germany 	1977	Hans-Jürgen Syberberg	Ring Cycle 	Joe and Gilman (2010), pp. 254–8.
That Obscure Object of Desire 	1977	Luis Buñuel 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	Ross (2020) pp. 594, 596.
The Boys from Brazil 	1978	Franklin Schaffner 	Siegfried Idyll 	Ross (2020), pp. 587–88.
Seven Beauties 	1975	Lina Wertmüller 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	"Wagner in film", The Cinema Archives, accessed 21 June 2023.
Apocalypse Now 	1979	Francis Ford Coppola 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	
Nosferatu the Vampyre 	1979	Werner Herzog 	Das Rheingold 	
The Blues Brothers 	1980	John Landis 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	
Excalibur 	1981	John Boorman 	Parsifal, Tristan und Isolde, Götterdämmerung 	
Wagner 	1983	Tony Palmer 	Siegfried 	
Détective 	1985	Jean-Luc Godard 	Rienzi 	Soundtracks", IMDB. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Come and See 	1985	Elem Klimov 	Ride of the Valkyries 	name="Come and See IMDb">
The Running Man 	1987	Paul Michael Glaser 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	
Romeo + Juliet 	1996	Baz Luhrmann 	Tristan und Isolde, (Liebestod) 	
24 Hour Party People 	2002	Michael Winterbottom 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	
Birth 	2004	Jonathan Glazer 	Die Walküre 	
Jarhead 	2005	Sam Mendes 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	Ross (2020) p. 607.
The New World 	2006	Terrence Malick 	Das Rheingold 	
Norbit 	2007	Brian Robbins 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	
Bronson 	2008	Nicolas Winding Refn 	Götterdämmerung, Das Rheingold 	
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 	2008	David Fincher 	Tannhäuser, aria "Dich, teure Halle" 	Soundtracks", IMDB. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Valkyrie 	2008	Bryan Singer 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	IMDB, accessed 8 May 2019
Watchmen 	2009	Zack Snyder 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	
A Dangerous Method 	2011	David Cronenberg 	Siegfried, Die Walküre 	
Melancholia 	2011	Lars von Trier 	Tristan und Isolde 	
Rango 	2011	Gore Verbinski 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	
To the Wonder 	2012	Terrence Malick 	Parsifal, prelude 	Soundtracks", IMDB. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Nymphomaniac 	2013	Lars von Trier 	Das Rheingold 	
Florence Foster Jenkins 	2016	Stephen Frears 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	Soundtracks", IMDB. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
Alien: Covenant 	2017	Ridley Scott 	Das Rheingold, Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla 	
Promising Young Woman 	2020	Emerald Fennell 	Tristan und Isolde 	
Army of the Dead 	2021	Zack Snyder 	Götterdämmerung 	
Wrath of Man 	2021	Guy Ritchie 	"Ride of the Valkyries" 	
Army of Thieves 	2021	Matthias Schweighöfer	Götterdämmerung, Das Rheingold, Ride of the Valkyries, Siegfried 	
Tár 	2022	Todd Field 	Tannhäuser, overture 	
==References==
===Notes===
===Sources===
*Care, Ross (1978). "Ken Russell: Lisztomania", in Film Quarterly, Vol XXXI, No. 3, Spring 1978. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
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*Joe, Jeongwon and Sander L. Gilman (eds.) (2010). Wagner and Cinema. Indiana University Press. 
* Ross, Alex (2020). Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 
*Sangild, Torben (2015). "Buñuel's Liebestod – Wagner's Tristan in Luis Buñuel's early films: Un Chien Andalou and L'Âge d'Or", in JMM: The Journal of Music and Meaning, vol. 13, 2014/2015, pp. 20–59. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
* Strötgen, Stephan (2008). ""I compose the Party Rally...": The Role of Music in Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will", in Music & Politics, vol. 2 issue 1. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
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