History of Movies
My Library

Todd Haynes

American film director and screenwriter (born 1961)

7.76body-of-work score · ranked #127 of 2631 directors · 9 films in our library

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

Born
January 2, 1961 · Encino
Nationality
United States
Work
actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Todd Haynes
Montclair Film · 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
    CarolMust-See #433

    2015 · United Kingdom / United States · romance, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2015 #1 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2016 #2 · Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #14

    1.884 citations
  2. 2
    Far from HeavenMust-See #460

    2002 · United States · romance, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2002 #1 · Ebert's annual top 10 2002 #4 · Hoberman's annual top 10 2002 #5

    1.775 citations
  3. 3
    May December

    2023 · United States · drama, romance

    Film Comment year-end poll 2023 #1 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2024 #2

    1.502 citations
  4. 4
    Poison

    1991 · United States · horror, sci-fi, drama

    Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner 1991

    0.751 citation
  5. 5
    Safe

    1995 · United Kingdom / United States · drama

    Empire 500 (2008) #223 · Criterion Collection spine #739 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.473 citations
  6. 6
    The Velvet Underground

    2021 · United States · documentary

    Film Comment year-end poll 2021 #12 · Criterion Collection spine #1164

    0.432 citations
  7. 7
    I'm Not There

    2007 · United States / Germany · biography, musical, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2007 #5

    0.391 citation
  8. 8
    Velvet Goldmine

    1998 · United Kingdom / United States · drama, musical

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1998 #7

    0.331 citation
  9. 9
    Wonderstruck

    2017 · United States · drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2017 #17

    0.241 citation

Complete filmography

All 12 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.