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.
Richard Linklater's early films all took place over a single day. He went to the opposite extreme for this one-of-a-kind 2014 masterwork, which was filmed over a 13-year period with the same actors, capturing virtually the entire childhood of its main character, Mason Evans Jr. (Ellar Coltrane). Nominated for six Academy Awards (including Linklater's only best director and best picture nominations, plus best supporting actress for Patricia Arquette, who won the Oscar), Boyhood is the only movie in the 21st century to receive a perfect 100 Metascore (and the first since Red, released 20 years earlier).
“Boyhood is not just a great movie, it's a landmark achievement in film.” —Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
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