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Yorgos Lanthimos

Greek filmmaker (born 1973)

3.67body-of-work score · ranked #304 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library

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

Born
September 23, 1973 · Athens
Nationality
Greece
Work
film director, theatre director, screenwriter, film producer
Movement
Greek Weird Wave
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Yorgos Lanthimos
LucaFazPhoto · 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
    Poor ThingsMust-See #313

    2023 · United States / United Kingdom / Ireland · thriller, fantasy, sci-fi

    Venice Golden Lion winner 2023 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2023 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2024 #4

    2.184 citations
  2. 2
    The Favourite

    2018 · United Kingdom / Ireland / United States · biography, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2018 · Film Comment year-end poll 2018 #19

    0.682 citations
  3. 3
    The Lobster

    2015 · Greece / United Kingdom / France · sci-fi, comedy, romance

    Film Comment year-end poll 2016 #11 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.392 citations
  4. 4
    DogtoothΚυνόδοντας

    2009 · Greece · drama

    Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #84

    0.231 citation
  5. 5
    AlpsΆλπεις

    2011 · Greece · drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2012 #45

    0.181 citation

Complete filmography

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