Spike Jonze

American filmmaker (born 1969)

4.77body-of-work score · ranked #231 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

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

Born
October 22, 1969 · Rockville
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, film producer, actor, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Spike Jonze
aphrodite-in-nyc · CC BY 2.0

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

    2002 · United States · comedy, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2002 #2 · Sarris's annual top 10 2002 #1 · Ebert's annual top 10 2002 #3

    1.917 citations
  2. 2

    1999 · United States · comedy, drama, fantasy

    Ebert's annual top 10 1999 #1 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2000 #7 · Empire 500 (2008) #441

    1.597 citations
  3. 3

    2013 · United States · sci-fi, drama, comedy

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2013 · Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #67 · Film Comment year-end poll 2013 #17

    1.054 citations
  4. 4

    2009 · Australia / United States / Germany · fantasy, drama, adventure

    Film Comment year-end poll 2009 #22

    0.221 citation

Complete filmography

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

  • 1977Mouse
  • 1991Video Days
  • 1997Amarillo by Morning
  • 1997How They Get There
  • 1999Being John Malkovich
  • 2002Adaptation
  • 2002Slow Century
  • 2003The Complete Master Works
  • 2003The Work of Director Spike Jonze
  • 2003Yeah Right!
  • 2004Weezer – Video Capture Device: Treasures from the Vault 1991–2002
  • 2007Fully Flared
  • 2009We Were Once a Fairytale
  • 2009Where the Wild Things Are
  • 2010I'm Here
  • 2013Her
  • 2019Aziz Ansari: Right Now
  • 2020Beastie Boys Story