Every Richard Linklater Movie, Ranked
Updated March 2022 to add Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood.
First emerging during indie cinema's golden age in the early 1990s, Linklater has (with just a few exceptions) stayed true to his indie (and Austin) roots, earning mostly stellar reviews along the way. While only 4 of his films have grossed more than $10 million, all but two of his features received acclaim from critics, making him one of the finest directors of the past 30 years. In the gallery above, we rank every one of his films from worst to best by Metascore.
Kicking off what ultimately became a trilogy (at least so far), Linklater's 1995 drama was his third straight film to unfold over just a single day. But while his first two films were ensemble pieces, Sunrise narrows its focus to just two characters: Ethan Hawke's Jesse and Julie Delpy's Céline, who meet while vacationing in Vienna and spend a night together exploring the city and talking.
“It's a lovely and wistful celebration of youth, time and moments of connection -- and about the experience of living in the midst of a simple, perfect day that you know you'll remember for the rest of your life.” —Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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