10 Yorgos Lanthimos Movies Ranked (Bugonia)

Critics Consensus: The Favourite sees Yorgos Lanthimos balancing a period setting against rich, timely subtext - and getting roundly stellar performances from his well-chosen stars.

Synopsis: In the early 18th century, England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne occupies... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone, Nicholas Hoult

Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos

Critics Consensus: It'll be too disturbing -- and meandering -- for some, but Dogtooth is as disturbing and startlingly original as modern filmmaking gets.

Synopsis: Graceful, enigmatic, and often frightening, Dogtooth is an ingenious dark comedy that won the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Christos Stergioglou, Michelle Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni

Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos

Critics Consensus: Wildly imaginative and exhilaratingly over the top, Poor Things is a bizarre, brilliant tour de force for director Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone.

Synopsis: From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Christopher Abbott

Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos

Critics Consensus: As strange as it is thrillingly ambitious, The Lobster is definitely an acquired taste -- but for viewers with the fortitude to crack through Yorgos Lanthimos' offbeat sensibilities, it should prove a savory cinematic treat.

Synopsis: In a dystopian society, single people must find a mate within 45 days or be transformed into an animal of their choice.

Starring: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman

Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos

Critics Consensus: At once playfully eccentric and poignantly bittersweet, Attenberg adds a refreshing sideways spin to the arthouse coming-of-age drama.

Synopsis: Marina thinks the human species is strange and repellent until a stranger enters her life.

Starring: Yorgos Lanthimos, Vangelis Mourikis, Ariane Labed, Evangelia Randou

Directed By: Athina Rachel Tsangari

Critics Consensus: The Killing of a Sacred Deer continues director Yorgos Lanthimos' stubbornly idiosyncratic streak -- and demonstrates again that his is a talent not to be ignored.

Synopsis: Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Bill Camp, Raffey Cassidy, Denise Dal Vera, Colin Farrell

Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Actors start a unique business where they impersonate deceased people to help their clients through the grieving process.

Starring: Aris Servetalis, Ariane Labed, Angeliki Papoulia, Stavros Psyllakis

Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos

Critics Consensus: Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons are at the top of their game in Bugonia, a bonkers entertainment that applies director Yorgos Lanthimos' whip-smart method to modern society's madness.

Synopsis: Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

Starring: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias

Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos

Critics Consensus: A cold-hearted triptych brimming with caustic wit, Kinds of Kindness is Yorgos Lanthimos at his most misanthropic -- and bitingly funny.

Synopsis: KINDS OF KINDNESS is a triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley

Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: At a Greek hotel, a chambermaid, a man obsessed with BMW cars and a photo-store clerk attempt to document various struggles between a man a... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Evangelia Randou, Aris Servetalis

Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos