Richard Linklater

Writer

Richard Linklater has written 16 rated films; 5 were hits (80/100 or higher), a .313 batting average.

Batting average
.313
Hits
5 of 16 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 19% of 468 writers, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1990–2024

Films, rated out of 100

  1. Hit Man (2024) — 76/100
  2. Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022) — 74/100
  3. Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) — 59/100
  4. Last Flag Flying (2017) — 69/100
  5. Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) — 74/100
  6. Boyhood (2014) — 96/100 · hit
  7. Before Midnight (2013) — 85/100 · hit
  8. Bernie (2012) — 73/100
  9. A Scanner Darkly (2006) — 70/100
  10. Fast Food Nation (2006) — 60/100
  11. Before Sunset (2004) — 85/100 · hit
  12. Waking Life (2001) — 79/100
  13. The Newton Boys (1998) — 61/100
  14. Before Sunrise (1995) — 84/100 · hit
  15. Dazed and Confused (1993) — 84/100 · hit
  16. Slacker (1990) — 71/100

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

Also on Movie Moneyball as director. Each page is a separate record.

How these numbers work: Methodology