Every David Fincher Movie, Ranked
One of the most critically acclaimed film directors of the past three decades, David Fincher has made 11 features to date—each written by a different screenwriter. With his latest film, the Oscar hopeful Mank, soon to launch on Netflix, we are taking the opportunity to rank all of the director's films from worst to best according to their Metascores, which reflect the critical consensus for each film.
Described by at least one critic as "Home Alone for grown-ups," Fincher's claustrophobic thriller finds a mother (Jodie Foster, a late replacement for an injured Nicole Kidman) and daughter (an 11-year-old Kristen Stewart in one of her first film roles) attempting to survive a home invasion. Panic Room opened in theaters just a few weeks before another 2002 film from screenwriter David Koepp—the blockbuster Spider-Man—and it was itself a box office hit, albeit on a more modest scale.
“Fincher has a dazzling command of visual storytelling.” —Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune