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.
Released in 1998, Richard Linklater's only film without a green Metascore tells the true story of a family of Texas bank robbers in the 1920s. The film stars Linklater regulars Matthew McConaughey (who actually comes from the same small Texas town as the Newtons) and Ethan Hawke, plus Skeet Ulrich and Vincent D'Onofrio. Critics found it too conventional and familiar—labels that don't often get attached to a Linklater film.
“You have seen this movie before, every morsel of it.” —Laura Miller, Salon
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