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.
Fincher's highest-grossing film to date is this 2014 thriller that finds former Entertainment Weekly television critic Gillian Flynn adapting her own best-selling novel about a man (Ben Affleck) who becomes a suspect in the disappearance of his own wife (Rosamund Pike). Many critics cited the film as a perfect pairing of director and material.
“Gone Girl is not Fincher's best film, nor is it the most conventionally satisfying of them, but it feels like this is a movie that represents the very best that Hollywood craft can offer at the moment.” —Drew McWeeny, HitFix