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.
Reading Eric Schlosser's 2001 exposé of the fast food and meat processing industries, your first thought wouldn't necessarily be, "Let's turn it into a narrative feature film!" But you are not Richard Linklater, and he did just that, opting to use a variety of mostly unrelated stories to address many of the themes present in Schlosser's book. The result is only partially successful, according to critics, who seem to think that a documentary would have served the material better.
“Fast Food Nation would have benefited from a longer running time -- the movie often feels like it's missing big chunks of plot -- but Linklater's cautionary message gets through.” —Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
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