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Richard Linklater (1960-) is a 5-time Oscar nominated American director, writer and producer. Linklater’s IMDb page shows over 100 assorted credits since 1988. This page will rank Glen Powell movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.
Richard Linklater Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year | Movie (Year) | Rating | S |
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Year | Movie (Year) | Rating | S |
2003 | School of Rock (2003) Director |
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2014 | Boyhood (2014) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Nom |
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2004 | Before Sunset (2004) AA Best Writing Nom |
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1993 | Dazed and Confused (1993) Director |
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1995 | Before Sunrise (1995) | ||
2013 | Before Midnight (2013) AA Best Writing Nom |
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2001 | Waking Life (2001) | ||
2011 | Bernie (2011) Director |
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2016 | Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) | ||
2024 | Hit Man (2024) Netflix |
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2001 | Tape (2001) | ||
2006 | A Scanner Darkly (2006) Director |
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2005 | Bad News Bears (2005) | ||
1991 | Slacker (1991) Director |
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2008 | Me and Orson Welles (2008) | ||
2022 | Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022) Netflix Director |
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2017 | Last Flag Flying (2017) Director |
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1996 | SubUrbia (1996) | ||
1998 | The Newton Boys (1998) Director |
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2006 | Fast Food Nation (2006) Director |
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2019 | Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) |
Richard Linklater Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Richard Linklater movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Richard Linklater movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Richard Linklater movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Richard Linklater movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Richard Linklater movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Richard Linklater movie won.
- Sort Richard Linklater movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
1 | School of Rock (2003) Director |
Jack Black & Mike White |
81.30 | 145.3 | 234.70 | 36 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 93.7 | |
2 | Boyhood (2014) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Nom |
Ellar Coltrane & Patricia Arquette |
25.40 | 33.5 | 63.50 | 106 | 95 | 06 / 03 | 91.3 | |
3 | Before Sunset (2004) AA Best Writing Nom |
Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy |
5.80 | 10.1 | 27.80 | 159 | 90 | 01 / 00 | 80.3 | |
4 | Dazed and Confused (1993) Director |
Jason London & Wiley Wiggins |
8.00 | 20.8 | 20.80 | 119 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 79.7 | |
5 | Before Sunrise (1995) | Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy |
5.50 | 13.7 | 13.70 | 141 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 76.5 | |
6 | Before Midnight (2013) AA Best Writing Nom |
Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy |
8.10 | 10.8 | 14.80 | 135 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 76.5 | |
7 | Waking Life (2001) | Ethan Hawke & Trevor Jack Brooks |
2.90 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 172 | 85 | 00 / 00 | 75.0 | |
8 | Bernie (2011) Director |
Jack Black & Shirley MacLaine |
9.20 | 12.5 | 13.70 | 145 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 73.5 | |
9 | Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) | Blake Jenner & Tyler Hoechlin |
3.40 | 4.2 | 4.20 | 188 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 69.8 | |
10 | Hit Man (2024) Netflix |
Glen Powell | 0.10 | 0.1 | 2.30 | 183 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 66.2 | |
11 | Tape (2001) | Uma Thurman & Ethan Hawke |
0.50 | 0.9 | 0.90 | 222 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 63.0 | |
12 | A Scanner Darkly (2006) Director |
Keanu Reeves & Winona Ryder |
5.50 | 9.0 | 12.50 | 184 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 62.7 | |
13 | Bad News Bears (2005) | Billy Bob Thornton & Greg Kinnear |
32.90 | 55.4 | 55.40 | 84 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 62.5 | |
14 | Slacker (1991) Director |
Richard Linklater & Rudy Basquez |
1.20 | 3.1 | 3.10 | 162 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 60.2 | |
15 | Me and Orson Welles (2008) | Zac Efron & Claire Danes |
1.20 | 1.8 | 3.50 | 201 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 57.5 | |
16 | Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022) Netflix Director |
Jack Black | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 262 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 56.2 | |
17 | Last Flag Flying (2017) Director |
Bryan Cranston & Laurence Fishburne |
1.00 | 1.2 | 1.20 | 184 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 54.0 | |
18 | SubUrbia (1996) | Steve Zahn | 0.70 | 1.6 | 1.60 | 212 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 49.3 | |
19 | The Newton Boys (1998) Director |
Matthew McConaughey & Ethan Hawke |
10.50 | 24.0 | 24.00 | 115 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 48.9 | |
20 | Fast Food Nation (2006) Director |
Greg Kinnear & Bruce Willis |
1.00 | 1.6 | 1.60 | 232 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 47.2 | |
21 | Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) | Cate Blanchett & Laurence Fishburne |
9.20 | 10.8 | 11.30 | 123 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 45.2 |
Richard Linklater Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
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Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
School of Rock (2003) Director |
Jack Black & Mike White |
234.70 | |
Boyhood (2014) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Nom |
Ellar Coltrane & Patricia Arquette |
63.50 | |
Before Sunset (2004) AA Best Writing Nom |
Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy |
27.80 | |
Before Midnight (2013) AA Best Writing Nom |
Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy |
14.80 | |
Bernie (2011) Director |
Jack Black & Shirley MacLaine |
13.70 | |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) Director |
Keanu Reeves & Winona Ryder |
12.50 | |
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) | Cate Blanchett & Laurence Fishburne |
11.30 | |
Me and Orson Welles (2008) | Zac Efron & Claire Danes |
3.50 | |
Hit Man (2024) Netflix |
Glen Powell | 2.30 |
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