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Adam McKay

American filmmaker (born 1968)

1.95body-of-work score · ranked #534 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
April 17, 1968 · Philadelphia
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Adam McKay
Harald Krichel · CC BY-SA 4.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

    2004 · United States · comedy

    Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #49 · Empire 500 (2008) #113 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.603 citations
  2. 2
    The Big Short

    2015 · United States · biography, drama, crime

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2015

    0.451 citation
  3. 3
    Vice

    2018 · United States · comedy, drama, biography

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2018

    0.451 citation
  4. 4
    Don't Look Up

    2021 · United States · comedy, sci-fi, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2021

    0.451 citation

Complete filmography

All 10 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.