An Updated Ranking of the Films of David Gordon Green

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…David Gordon Green is a filmmaker who fascinates me. He started out his filmmaking career by being compared to a young Terrence Malick. Then, he transitioned to mainstream comedies, before having a run with movie stars who hadn’t gotten their on-screen dues in a bit. Most recently, he’s been on a horror kick. So, you can never pin Green down. With Nutcrackers having just hit Hulu, I figured today was a good day to look once again at his career so far.

Below, you can see how I now rank Green’s movies. For my money, he’s only made four flicks that I would shrug off as work I couldn’t recommend. In addition to his prior film The Exorcist: Believer (reviewed here), it would be his two lesser comedic offerings in The Sitter and Your Highness, as well as, unfortunately, Nutcrackers (reviewed here). Everything else is worth seeing, with All the Real Girls still standing tall as his best work. As for the rest? You can find out next…

Here now is my ranking of the films directed by David Gordon Green:

17. Your Highness

16. The Exorcist: Believer

15. The Sitter

14. Nutcrackers

13. Halloween Ends

12. Our Brand is Crisis

11. Halloween Kills

10. Manglehorn

9. Undertow

8. George Washington

7. Joe

6. Snow Angels

5. Halloween

4. Prince Avalanche

3. Pineapple Express

2. Stronger

1. All the Real Girls

What are your favorite films by David Gordon Green? Let us know!