Denis Villeneuve

Canadian film director and screenwriter (born 1967)

2.23body-of-work score · ranked #477 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library

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

Born: October 3, 1967 · Bécancour
Nationality: Canada
Work: film director, screenwriter
Reference: Wikipedia · Wikidata

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
Incendies
2010 · Canada / France · drama, mystery
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2011 #9 · Letterboxd Top 250 #36 · Film Comment year-end poll 2011 #41
0.773 citations
2
Arrival
2016 · United States · drama, sci-fi, thriller
Oscar Best Picture nominee 2016 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.562 citations
3
Dune
2021 · United States / Hungary / Jordan · sci-fi, action, adventure
Oscar Best Picture nominee 2021
0.451 citation
4
Dune: Part Two
2024 · United States / Canada / United Arab Emirates · sci-fi, action, adventure
Letterboxd Top 250 #87
0.231 citation
5
Prisoners
2013 · United States · crime, drama
Letterboxd Top 250 #127
0.211 citation

Complete filmography

All 18 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

1994REW FFWD
1996Cosmos
1998August 32nd on Earth
2000Maelstrom
2007Happiness Bound
2008Next Floor
2009Polytechnique
2010Incendies
2011Rated R for Nudity
2013Enemy
2013Prisoners
2015Sicario
2016Arrival
2017Blade Runner 2049
2021Dune
2024Dune: Part Two
2027Rendezvous with Rama
—Bond 26