Yorgos Lanthimos
Greek4 films I love
- The Favourite 2018
- The Lobster 2015
- Poor Things 2023
- Bugonia 2025
A Filmmaker's Library
The films and filmmakers I love.
Everything I've rated four stars or higher on Letterboxd, organized for discovery. Filter by filmmaker, genre, decade, or rating.
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01 · By Filmmaker
Directors I return to
Filmmakers in whose work I've found three or more films I love. Tap any director to filter the library below.
Denis Villeneuve
Canadian4 films I love
- Arrival 2016
- Dune 2021
- Blade Runner 2049 2017
- Dune: Part Two 2024
Christopher Nolan
British-American3 films I love
- Oppenheimer 2023
- The Prestige 2006
- Inception 2010
Rian Johnson
American3 films I love
- Wake Up Dead Man 2025
- Knives Out 2019
- Glass Onion 2022
Stanley Kubrick
American3 films I love
- The Shining 1980
- 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
- A Clockwork Orange 1971
02 · All Films
Every four-plus-star film I've rated
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Wake Up Dead Man
Rian Johnson
Mystery
Detective Benoit Blanc returns for a new mystery, this time involving a small church and a murderous revelation.
detectiveensemblewhodunit
May December
Todd Haynes
Drama
A tabloid romance blossomed into a family, and a movie star's research for a role threatens to upend everything.
media ethicsperformancepredatory relationships
Dune
Denis Villeneuve
Science Fiction, Epic
A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the most valuable asset in the galaxy.
powermessiahecology
1917
Sam Mendes
War, Drama
Two young British soldiers are tasked with a seemingly impossible mission to deliver a message deep in enemy territory.
World War Ibrotherhoodmission narrative
Booksmart
Olivia Wilde
Comedy, Coming-of-Age
On the eve of their high school graduation, two academic superstars realize they should have worked less and played more.
high schoolfemale friendshiplast-night
Parasite
Bong Joon-ho
Thriller, Black Comedy
A poor family schemes to become employed by a wealthy household by posing as unrelated, highly qualified individuals.
class warfarefamilyeconomic inequality
Sound of Metal
Darius Marder
Drama
A heavy-metal drummer's life is thrown into free fall when he begins to lose his hearing.
deafnessidentityaddiction recovery
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
Animation, Action
Teen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his reality, crossing his path with five counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat.
multiversecoming of ageidentity
The Favourite
Yorgos Lanthimos
Period Drama, Black Comedy
In early 18th century England, two cousins vie for the favor of Queen Anne.
power and courtqueer desirefemale rivalry
Call Me by Your Name
Luca Guadagnino
Romance, Coming-of-Age Drama
In 1980s Italy, a romance blossoms between a 17-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.
first lovesexual awakeningqueer identity
Coco
Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina
Animation, Family
A boy dreaming of becoming a musician is transported to the Land of the Dead, where he seeks help from his deceased musician great-grandfather.
familyMexican cultureDay of the Dead
Arrival
Denis Villeneuve
Science Fiction, Drama
A linguist is recruited by the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.
first contactlanguagetime
Moonlight
Barry Jenkins
Drama, Coming-of-Age
A young Black man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.
Black identityqueer identitymasculinity
Ex Machina
Alex Garland
Science Fiction, Thriller
A programmer is invited by his CEO to administer the Turing test to an intelligent humanoid robot.
artificial intelligencegenderconsciousness
Inside Out
Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
Animation, Family
After a young girl moves to a new city, her emotions — Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness — conflict on how best to navigate her changing life.
emotionschildhoodpersonified psychology
Mad Max: Fury Road
George Miller
Action, Post-apocalyptic
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Max teams with Furiosa to flee a cult leader and his army in an armored tanker truck.
survivalpatriarchyredemption
Gone Girl
David Fincher
Psychological Thriller, Mystery
On his fifth wedding anniversary, a man's wife goes missing and the media circus turns him into the prime suspect.
marriagemedia manipulationunreliable narrator
Inside Llewyn Davis
Coen Brothers
Drama
A week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
folk musicartistic obsolescence1960s Greenwich Village
The Wolf of Wall Street
Martin Scorsese
Biographical Drama, Black Comedy
Based on Jordan Belfort's memoir, a stockbroker's rise and fall on Wall Street, fueled by fraud and debauchery.
greedAmerican excesscorruption
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
Coming-of-Age Drama
An introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.
teenage traumafriendshipfirst love
The Social Network
David Fincher
Biographical Drama
The founding of Facebook and the resulting lawsuits from people who claim they had the original idea.
ambitionbetrayaltechnology and society
There Will Be Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson
Period Drama
A ruthless silver prospector turned oilman builds a petroleum empire in early 20th century California.
ambitionreligion vs. capitalismAmerican frontier
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Michel Gondry
Science Fiction, Romance
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories.
memorylove and lossidentity
October Sky
Joe Johnston
Biographical Drama
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by Sputnik to take up rocketry.
American dreamcoal miningfather-son
The Truman Show
Peter Weir
Science Fiction, Comedy-Drama
An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.
constructed realitysurveillancemedia
The Silence of the Lambs
Jonathan Demme
Psychological Thriller, Crime
An FBI trainee seeks help from an incarcerated cannibalistic psychiatrist to catch another serial killer who skins his female victims.
cat and mouseserial killergender performance
Blade Runner
Ridley Scott
Science Fiction, Neo-noir
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth.
humanitymemoryreplicants
The Shining
Stanley Kubrick
Psychological Horror
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings.
isolationhaunted placefamily disintegration
Network
Sidney Lumet
Satire, Drama
A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media.
mediacorporate greedAmerican discourse
2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick
Science Fiction
After discovering a mysterious artifact buried on the moon, mankind sets off on a quest to find its origins.
evolutionconsciousnesstechnology
Twinless
James Sweeney
Comedy-Drama
Two men meet in a support group for twins who have lost their other half.
grieftwinsidentity
Anora
Sean Baker
Romantic Comedy, Drama
A Brooklyn sex worker impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch.
classsex workmarriage
I’m Still Here
Walter Salles
Political Drama, Biographical
Based on the memoir by Marcelo Rubens Paiva about his family's life during the Brazilian military dictatorship.
Brazilian military dictatorshipfamily memoryresistance
The Substance
Coralie Fargeat
Body Horror, Satire
A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug that creates a younger, better version of herself.
agingbeauty industryfemale body
All of Us Strangers
Andrew Haigh
Drama, Romance
A screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with a mysterious neighbor while finding his parents alive as they were in 1987.
griefqueer identityghosts
Anatomy of a Fall
Justine Triet
Legal Drama, Mystery
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.
marriagetruth in courtroomlanguage barrier
BEEF
Lee Sung Jin
Limited Series, Dark Comedy
A road rage incident between two strangers sparks a feud that brings out their darkest impulses.
road rageclass tensionAsian American experience
Barbie
Greta Gerwig
Comedy, Fantasy
Barbie suffers a crisis that leads her to question her world and her existence.
genderconsumerismexistential crisis
Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan
Biographical Drama, Historical
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
atomic bombmoral responsibilityMcCarthyism
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
Animation, Superhero
Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People tasked with protecting its very existence.
multiversecanon eventsidentity
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
Animation, Musical
A father's wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child during World War II.
fatherhoodmortalityfascism
Top Gun: Maverick
Joseph Kosinski
Action, Drama
After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates.
legacymentorshipmilitary
Vengeance
B.J. Novak
Black Comedy, Mystery
A journalist travels from New York City to Texas to investigate the death of a girl he was hooking up with.
rural Americaurban vs. ruralpodcast culture
WeCrashed
Drew Crevello, Lee Eisenberg
Limited Series, Biographical Drama
The rise and fall of WeWork and the narcissistic founders behind it.
startup culturecult of personalitycorporate collapse
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Dean Fleischer Camp
Animation, Mockumentary
A one-inch-tall shell embarks on a search for his long-lost family with the help of a documentary filmmaker.
familysmallnessdocumentary format
Mass
Fran Kranz
Drama
Years after an unspeakable tragedy tore their lives apart, two sets of parents agree to talk privately in an attempt to move forward.
school shootinggriefforgiveness
West Side Story
Steven Spielberg
Musical, Romance
Two young, star-crossed lovers are caught between warring street gangs in 1950s New York.
gang conflictlove across divideNew York
The Disaster Artist
James Franco
Biographical Comedy
When Greg Sestero meets strange-but-charismatic Tommy Wiseau, the two forge a friendship and move to LA to make a movie.
bad artHollywood dreamsfriendship
The Manchurian Candidate
John Frankenheimer
Political Thriller, Neo-noir
A former Korean War prisoner is brainwashed by Communists to become an assassin.
brainwashingcold warconspiracy
Bookends
Tommy Pope
Drama
A 2026 drama about end-of-life themes.
TBD
Project Hail Mary
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Science Fiction, Adventure
An amnesiac astronaut wakes up millions of miles from Earth and discovers he's humanity's last hope to save the sun.
first contactcosmic stakesproblem-solving
Send Help
Sam Esmail
Thriller, Horror
Stranded on a deserted island, a woman becomes increasingly certain her boss is trying to kill her.
deserted islandsurvivalparanoia
Bugonia
Yorgos Lanthimos
Dark Comedy, Science Fiction
Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the CEO of a major company, convinced she is an alien intent on destroying the earth.
conspiracy theoristskidnappingcorporate CEO
Eternity
David Freyne
Romantic Comedy, Fantasy
In the afterlife, a woman must choose between her first husband and her second.
afterlifechoicelove triangle
One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas Anderson
Drama, Action
When an evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue one of their own's daughter.
revolutionariesfather-daughterparanoia
Sinners
Ryan Coogler
Horror, Period
Twin brothers return to their Mississippi Delta hometown to escape their troubled past, only to discover an even greater evil waiting.
Mississippi DeltasupernaturalBlack Southern culture
Superman
James Gunn
Superhero, Action
Superman must reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing.
KryptonianjournalismDCU reboot
The Perfect Neighbor
Geeta Gandbhir
Documentary
A documentary reconstructed entirely from police body-camera footage about a fatal neighborhood dispute.
stand your groundneighborhood conflictbody-cam footage
The Wedding Banquet
Andrew Ahn
Comedy-Drama
A queer couple agrees to a green-card marriage of convenience with a lesbian friend.
queer familycultural expectationfake marriage
Weapons
Zach Cregger
Horror, Mystery
When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
community horrormissing childrenensemble
Challengers
Luca Guadagnino
Sports Drama, Romance
A tennis player turned coach turns her husband into a champion, and a challenge match against his former best friend complicates everything.
tennislove trianglecompetition
Dune: Part Two
Denis Villeneuve
Science Fiction, Epic
Paul Atreides unites with the Fremen and wages war against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
prophecydesert warfarerevolution
Dìdi (弟弟)
Sean Wang
Coming-of-Age Drama
In 2008, a 13-year-old Taiwanese-American boy learns what his family can't teach him.
Taiwanese-American family2008 adolescencesummer before freshman year
Monkey Man
Dev Patel
Action, Thriller
An anonymous young man unleashes a campaign of vengeance against those who took everything from him.
revengeHindu mythologycaste
The Life of Chuck
Mike Flanagan
Drama, Fantasy
A biographical story unfolds in reverse across three acts, from the apocalypse back to a man's joyful life.
life in reverseapocalypsedance
Wicked
Jon M. Chu
Musical, Fantasy
The untold story of the witches of Oz, and how Elphaba became the Wicked Witch of the West.
friendshipwitchcraftprejudice
Air
Ben Affleck
Biographical Drama
The true story of how Nike landed Michael Jordan, giving birth to Air Jordans.
NikeMichael Jordanbrand origin
American Fiction
Cord Jefferson
Satire, Drama
A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pseudonym to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy.
Black authorshippublishing industryfamily
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Kelly Fremon Craig
Coming-of-Age Comedy-Drama
An 11-year-old navigates friendships, family, and the turmoil of growing up while questioning her faith.
pubertyreligious identity1970s suburbia
BlackBerry
Matt Johnson
Biographical Drama, Comedy
The rise and fall of the world's first smartphone.
smartphone origincorporate collapseCanadian tech
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Fantasy, Adventure
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic.
party dynamicstabletop RPGquest
John Wick: Chapter 4
Chad Stahelski
Action
John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table.
assassin underworldhonorglobal hit network
Origin
Ava DuVernay
Biographical Drama
Isabel Wilkerson wrestles with tragedy while researching the connections between caste systems.
casteAmerican raceauthorship
Poor Things
Yorgos Lanthimos
Absurdist, Comedy-Drama
The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist.
Frankenstein retellingfemale autonomyVictorian Europe
Saltburn
Emerald Fennell
Psychological Thriller, Black Comedy
A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate.
classobsessionOxford
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
Sam Wrench
Concert Film
Taylor Swift's record-breaking Eras Tour captured live in concert.
pop musiccareer retrospectivefandom
The Holdovers
Alexander Payne
Drama, Comedy
A cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays.
boarding schoolholidays aloneunlikely trio
Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Akiva Schaffer
Comedy, Animation
Decades after their series is cancelled, Chip lives as an insurance salesman while Dale attempts to recapture his glory days.
Hollywood nostalgiafictional charactersfriendship
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Science Fiction, Comedy
A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure where she alone can save existence by exploring other universes.
multiverseChinese-American familymother-daughter
Glass Onion
Rian Johnson
Mystery
Detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery involving a new cast of colorful suspects.
tech billionairewhodunitGreek island
M3GAN
Gerard Johnstone
Horror, Science Fiction
A robotics engineer creates a lifelike doll that begins to take on a life of its own.
AI dollroboticsparenting
Pearl
Ti West
Horror
Trapped on her family's isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father while her dreams of stardom slip away.
1918 pandemicrural madnessthwarted ambition
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Joel Crawford, Januel Mercado
Animation, Family
Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: he has burned through eight of his nine lives.
mortalityfairy talesecond chances
Spoiler Alert
Michael Showalter
Romantic Drama
An unlikely couple's relationship comes to a halt when one of them is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.
terminal illnessgay relationshipsmemoir
The Batman
Matt Reeves
Superhero, Neo-noir
Batman ventures into Gotham City's underworld when a sadistic killer leaves behind a trail of cryptic clues.
corruptionserial killerGotham
The Menu
Mark Mylod
Horror, Black Comedy
A couple travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu with shocking surprises.
fine diningclassart and commerce
The Offer
Dexter Fletcher
Limited Series, Drama
The extraordinary experiences of producer Albert S. Ruddy in making The Godfather.
making of The GodfatherHollywood historymob politics
Turning Red
Domee Shi
Animation, Family
A 13-year-old girl turns into a giant red panda whenever she gets too excited.
pubertymother-daughterChinese-Canadian
TÁR
Todd Field
Drama
A renowned composer-conductor's career begins to unravel as multiple accusations come to light.
classical musicinstitutional powercancellation
Free Guy
Shawn Levy
Action Comedy
A bank teller discovers that he's actually an NPC inside a brutal, open-world video game.
video gamesNPCsimulated worlds
Red Rocket
Sean Baker
Drama, Comedy
A washed up porn star returns to his small Texas hometown looking for a fresh start.
porn industryTexasself-mythology
WandaVision
Matt Shakman
Limited Series, Superhero
Blending the style of classic sitcoms with the MCU, Wanda Maximoff and Vision living idealized suburban lives begin to suspect things are not as they seem.
griefsitcom pastichereality control
Nomadland
Chloé Zhao
Drama
A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the American West as a modern-day nomad after losing everything in the Great Recession.
economic dislocationAmerican Westgrief
Soul
Pete Docter
Animation, Family
After landing the gig of a lifetime, a middle school music teacher's soul is separated from his body.
musicafterlifepurpose
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Aaron Sorkin
Legal Drama, Historical
The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
1968 Chicagoprotestpolitical trial
Jojo Rabbit
Taika Waititi
Comedy-Drama, War
A young German boy in the Hitler Youth finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
Nazi Germanyimaginary friendchild perspective
Knives Out
Rian Johnson
Mystery
A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.
whodunitwealthy familyimmigrant experience
Little Women
Greta Gerwig
Period Drama
Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters.
sisterhoodfemale ambitionCivil War-era America
Marriage Story
Noah Baumbach
Drama
A stage director and his actor wife struggle through a coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.
divorcecustodybicoastal marriage
Uncut Gems
Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie
Crime Thriller
A charismatic New York City jeweler makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime.
gambling addictionNew Yorkanxiety filmmaking
Black Panther
Ryan Coogler
Superhero, Action
T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people.
WakandaAfrican identitydiaspora
Baby Driver
Edgar Wright
Action, Crime
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
tinnitusgetaway driverrhythm as editing
Blade Runner 2049
Denis Villeneuve
Science Fiction
A young blade runner's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him on a quest to find a former blade runner who's been missing for thirty years.
replicantsmemoryhumanity
Get Out
Jordan Peele
Horror, Thriller
A young Black man visits his white girlfriend's family estate where he learns that many of its residents have disappeared.
raceliberal racismbody horror
It
Andy Muschietti
Horror
In 1989, a group of kids in a small town confront an evil clown that preys on the town's children.
childhood fearsmall-town horrormonster
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Martin McDonagh
Black Comedy, Crime Drama
A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.
griefrural Americapolice violence
The Lobster
Yorgos Lanthimos
Absurdist Comedy, Drama
In a dystopian society, single people must find a partner within 45 days or be transformed into animals.
compulsory couplingdeadpan absurdismbureaucracy
The Martian
Ridley Scott
Science Fiction
An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team presumes him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to survive.
Marssurvivalproblem-solving
The Witch
Robert Eggers
Folk Horror
A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic, and possession.
Puritan Americawitchcraftfamily paranoia
Her
Spike Jonze
Science Fiction, Romance
In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.
AI relationshipslonelinessnear-future
Moonrise Kingdom
Wes Anderson
Comedy, Coming-of-Age
A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, causing a local search party to be formed to find them.
young loveislandscouts
Inception
Christopher Nolan
Science Fiction, Heist
A thief who steals corporate secrets through dream-sharing technology is given the task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.
dreamsnested realitygrief
No Country for Old Men
Coen Brothers
Neo-Western, Thriller
A hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and a stash of money, only to be pursued by a psychopathic killer.
fateTexasold world vs. new
The Prestige
Christopher Nolan
Mystery, Drama
After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion.
rivalryobsessionmagic
The Birdcage
Mike Nichols
Comedy
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so their son can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative parents.
gay parentingdragfamily meeting
Forrest Gump
Robert Zemeckis
Drama, Romance
The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, Vietnam, Watergate, and other events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man.
American historyinnocencefate
A Bronx Tale
Robert De Niro
Drama, Crime
A father becomes worried when a local gangster befriends his son in the Bronx during the 1960s.
father-sonItalian-American1960s Bronx
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Brian Henson
Family, Musical
The Muppets perform their own adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
redemptionDickensChristmas
Possession
Andrzej Żuławski
Psychological Horror, Drama
A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce.
marriage breakdownmadnessbody horror
A Clockwork Orange
Stanley Kubrick
Dystopian, Crime
In futuristic Britain, a charismatic delinquent is sentenced to experimental rehabilitation for his violent tendencies.
violencefree willstate control
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