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We’re ranking director Denis Villeneuve‘s movies, all critical and audience favorites, including Dune, Blade Runner 2049, Sicario, and Arrival! —Alex Vo
#9 Enemy (2013) 71% #9 Adjusted Score: 75835% Critics Consensus: Thanks to a strong performance from Jake Gyllenhaal and smart direction from Denis Villeneuve, Enemy hits the mark as a tense, uncommonly adventurous thriller. Synopsis: A mild-mannered college professor (Jake Gyllenhaal) discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.... [More] Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Isabella Rossellini, Sarah Gadon Directed By: Denis Villeneuve #8 Maelstrom (2000) 79% #8 Adjusted Score: 79744% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: Bibiane (Marie-Josée Croze), a wealthy part-time model, questions her seemingly perfect life after she has a traumatic abortion. She succumbs... [More] Starring: Marie-Josée Croze, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Stephanie Morgenstern, Pierre Lebeau Directed By: Denis Villeneuve #7 Prisoners (2013) 81% #7 Adjusted Score: 91729% Critics Consensus: Prisoners has an emotional complexity and a sense of dread that makes for absorbing (and disturbing) viewing. Synopsis: Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) faces a parent's worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, and her friend go missing. The... [More] Starring: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello Directed By: Denis Villeneuve #6 Dune (2021) 83% #6 Adjusted Score: 110136% Critics Consensus: Dune occasionally struggles with its unwieldy source material, but those issues are largely overshadowed by the scope and ambition of this visually thrilling adaptation. Synopsis: Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the... [More] Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin Directed By: Denis Villeneuve #5 Polytechnique (2009) 88% #5 Adjusted Score: 66897% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: A misogynist massacres female engineering students.... [More] Starring: Maxim Gaudette, Sébastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse, Jonathan Dubsky Directed By: Denis Villeneuve #4 Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 88% #4 Adjusted Score: 122666% Critics Consensus: Visually stunning and narratively satisfying, Blade Runner 2049 deepens and expands its predecessor's story while standing as an impressive filmmaking achievement in its own right. Synopsis: Officer K (Ryan Gosling), a new blade runner for the Los Angeles Police Department, unearths a long-buried secret that has... [More] Starring: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks Directed By: Denis Villeneuve #3 Incendies (2010) 91% #3 Adjusted Score: 95617% Critics Consensus: It's messy, overlong, and a touch melodramatic, but those flaws pale before Incendies' impressive acting and devastating emotional impact. Synopsis: Nawal (Lubna Azabal), a dying Middle Eastern woman living in Montreal, leaves separate letters to her twin children to be... [More] Starring: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard Directed By: Denis Villeneuve #2 Sicario (2015) 92% #2 Adjusted Score: 103860% Critics Consensus: Led by outstanding work from Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro, Sicario is a taut, tightly wound thriller with much more on its mind than attention-getting set pieces. Synopsis: After rising through the ranks of her male-dominated profession, idealistic FBI agent Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) receives a top assignment.... [More] Starring: Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber Directed By: Denis Villeneuve #1 Arrival (2016) 95% #1 Adjusted Score: 123713% Critics Consensus: Arrival delivers a must-see experience for fans of thinking person's sci-fi that anchors its heady themes with genuinely affecting emotion and a terrific performance from Amy Adams. Synopsis: Linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams) leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down in 12 locations... [More] Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg Directed By: Denis Villeneuve
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