Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater

Director (b. 1960)
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The ThumbScore for Richard Linklater (71.5%) is the average audience approval rating across 23 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Richard's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

23
Movies
71.5%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Audiences rate Richard Linklater’s films lower than 51% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): Before Sunrise (Roku Channel, Tubi) · Boyhood (Philo, Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Plex, Tubi, Kanopy) · Before Sunset (Roku Channel, Tubi) · Bernie (YouTube, The CW, Prime Video (free), Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome) · Tape (Tubi) · A Scanner Darkly (YouTube, Kanopy) and 3 more.

Frequent Collaborators

Ethan Hawke (7)Julie Delpy (4)Matthew McConaughey (3)Jack Black (2)Lorelei Linklater (2)

Richard Linklater (/ˈlɪŋkleɪtər/; born July 30, 1960) is an American filmmaker. He is known for making films that deal thematically with suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. In 2015, Linklater was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. His films include the comedies Slacker (1990) and Dazed and Confused (1993); the Before trilogy of romance films: Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004), and Before Midnight (2013); the music-themed comedy School of Rock (2003); the adult animated films Waking Life (2001), A Scanner Darkly (2006), and Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022); the coming-of-age drama Boyhood (2014); the comedy film Everybody Wants Some!! (2016); and the romantic comedy Hit Man (2023). Many of Linklater's films are noted for their loosely structured narratives. The Before trilogy and Boyhood both feature the same actors filmed over an extended period of years. He has received five Academy Award nominations and won the Silver Bear for Best Director for Before Sunrise. He also won a Golden Globe Award for directing Boyhood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Linklater, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born 1960-07-30 in Houston, Texas, USA.

On ThumbScore, Richard Linklater appears in 23 films with an average audience score of 71.5%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Richard Linklater movie, ranked by audience score

Before Sunrise
Before Sunrise
1995
👍 89%
School of Rock
School of Rock
2003
👍 87%
Waking Life
Waking Life
2001
👍 85%
Dazed and Confused
Dazed and Confused
1993
👍 84%
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014
👍 78%
Before Sunset
Before Sunset
2004
👍 78%
Before Midnight
Before Midnight
2013
👍 78%
Bernie
Bernie
2012
👍 76%
Slacker
Slacker
1990
👍 74%
Nouvelle Vague
Nouvelle Vague
2025
👍 73%
The Newton Boys
The Newton Boys
1998
👍 71%
Tape
Tape
2001
👍 71%
A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly
2006
👍 70%
Me and Orson Welles
Me and Orson Welles
2008
👍 68%
SubUrbia
SubUrbia
1997
👍 68%
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019
👍 66%
Fast Food Nation
Fast Food Nation
2006
👍 66%
Bad News Bears
Bad News Bears
2005
👍 65%
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
2022
👍 64%
Hit Man
Hit Man
2024
👍 63%
Blue Moon
Blue Moon
2025
👍 62%
Last Flag Flying
Last Flag Flying
2017
👍 58%
Everybody Wants Some!!
Everybody Wants Some!!
2016
👍 50%