Ari Aster

Ari Aster

Director (b. 1986)
4
Movies
75.0%
Avg ThumbScore
Horror
Top Genre

Frequent Collaborators

Joaquin Phoenix (2)Toni Collette (1)Alex Wolff (1)Gabriel Byrne (1)Milly Shapiro (1)
i How is this score calculated?

The ThumbScore for Ari Aster (75.0%) is the average audience approval rating across 4 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Ari's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

Ari Aster (born July 15, 1986) is an American filmmaker. After garnering initial recognition for the short film The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011), he became best known for writing and directing the feature films Hereditary (2018) and Midsommar (2019), both released by A24, making a name as a filmmaker of elevated horror. After pivoting away from the genre with Beau Is Afraid (2023), his next film, Eddington, premiered in competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. His films are notable for their unsettling combination of horror, dark comedy, and graphic violence. He co-founded the production company Square Peg with Danish producer Lars Knudsen in 2019.

Born 1986-07-15 in New York City, New York, USA.

On ThumbScore, Ari Aster appears in 4 films with an average audience score of 75.0%, most frequently in the Horror genre.

Sources: TMDB

Filmography & Ratings

Hereditary
Hereditary
2018
👍 90%
Midsommar
Midsommar
2019
👍 71%
Beau Is Afraid
Beau Is Afraid
2023
👍 70%
Eddington
Eddington
2025
👍 69%
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