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.
Billed as a spiritual successor (though not an actual sequel) to Dazed and Confused, this 2016 comedy centers on a group of college baseball players in Texas in 1980—a subject that Linklater knows well, since he actually was a college baseball player in Texas in 1980. The ensemble cast includes Blake Jenner, Tyler Hoechlin, Zoey Deutch, and Ryan Guzman.
“Endlessly charming and sneakily wise, Everybody Wants Some!! epitomizes Linklater's unique ability to magnify human behavior with levity.” —Eric Kohn, IndieWire
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