Spike Jonze
American filmmaker (born 1969)
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

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
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
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
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
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

