Richard Linklater

Director

Richard Linklater has a .217 batting average: 5 of 23 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.217
Hits
5 of 23 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 23% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1990–2025

Films, ranked by rating

  1. Boyhood (2014) — 96/100 · hit
  2. Before Sunset (2004) — 85/100 · hit
  3. Before Midnight (2013) — 85/100 · hit
  4. Before Sunrise (1995) — 84/100 · hit
  5. Dazed and Confused (1993) — 84/100 · hit
  6. Waking Life (2001) — 79/100
  7. The School of Rock (2003) — 78/100
  8. Nouvelle Vague (2025) — 77/100
  9. Hit Man (2024) — 76/100
  10. Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) — 74/100
  11. Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022) — 74/100
  12. Blue Moon (2025) — 74/100
  13. Bernie (2012) — 73/100
  14. Tape (2001) — 72/100
  15. Me and Orson Welles (2008) — 71/100
  16. Slacker (1990) — 71/100
  17. A Scanner Darkly (2006) — 70/100
  18. Last Flag Flying (2017) — 69/100
  19. SubUrbia (1997) — 65/100
  20. Bad News Bears (2005) — 61/100
  21. The Newton Boys (1998) — 61/100
  22. Fast Food Nation (2006) — 60/100
  23. Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) — 59/100

Films that qualify under the rating methodology, not a complete filmography.

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Boyhood (2014) — 96/100 · hit
  2. Before Sunset (2004) — 85/100 · hit
  3. Before Midnight (2013) — 85/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) — 59/100
  2. Fast Food Nation (2006) — 60/100
  3. The Newton Boys (1998) — 61/100

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How these numbers work: Methodology