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.
Linklater's first sequel, this 2004 drama continues the story of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) from Before Sunrise as they reunite nine years later to spend an afternoon together in Paris. Delpy and Hawke co-wrote the screenplay with Linklater, and the three would receive an Oscar nomination for their efforts—marking the first of an eventual five Academy Award nominations for Linklater in his career.
“It's great to see an American filmmaker - and a successful one at that - willing to simply train his cameras on the actors and let them, and their characters, come to life.” —Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
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