Portrait of Raúl Ruiz

Directing

Raúl Ruiz

Career

Active from 1968 to 2023, busiest in 1984 with 7 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Raúl Ruiz Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.1, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    2.8, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.6, average 4.1
  • Situational Comedy
    1.5, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 7
  • Character-Driven 5
  • French Cinema 4
  • Experimental Film 3
  • European Cinema 3
  • Chilean Cinema 3
  • Melancholic Tone 3
  • Surrealist Fantasy 2
  • Non-Linear Narrative 2
  • Non-Linear Storytelling 2
  • Ambiguous Narrative 2
  • Visual Essay 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

109
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Dali
Dali

Director

Déclaration d'intention. Une émission sur Oyvind Fahlstrom
Déclaration d'intention. Une émission sur Oyvind Fahlstrom

Director

2020s

2 titles · average score 67
Socialist Realism
Socialist Realism (2023)
GoodWatch score 69

Director, Screenplay

The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror
The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror (2020)
GoodWatch score 65

Production Design, Casting

2010s

7 titles · average score 66
The Wandering Soap Opera
The Wandering Soap Opera (2018)
GoodWatch score 75

Producer, Director

What Now? Remind Me
What Now? Remind Me (2014)
GoodWatch score 83

as (archive footage)

Night Across the Street
Night Across the Street (2012)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Writer

A Closed Book
A Closed Book (2012)
GoodWatch score 28

Director

Ballet aquatique
Ballet aquatique (2012)

Director, Writer

Epistolar
Epistolar (2012)

as Don Fernando (voice)

Mysteries of Lisbon
Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
GoodWatch score 78

Director

2000s

18 titles · average score 60
Nucingen House
Nucingen House (2009)

Director, Screenplay

Secrets
Secrets (2008)

Writer

The Suitcase
The Suitcase (2008)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer, Director

To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
GoodWatch score 83

Director

Klimt
Klimt (2006)
GoodWatch score 44

Director, Writer

The Lost Domain
The Lost Domain (2005)

Writer, Director

Days in the Country
Days in the Country (2004)

Director, Screenplay

That Day
That Day (2003)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Writer

Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody
Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody (2002)

as Narrator

Savage Souls
Savage Souls (2001)
GoodWatch score 43

Director

Comedy of Innocence
Comedy of Innocence (2000)
GoodWatch score 41

Writer, Director

Love Torn in a Dream
Love Torn in a Dream (2000)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Screenplay

1990s

24 titles · average score 63
Time Regained
Time Regained (1999)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Scenario Writer

Shattered Image
Shattered Image (1998)
GoodWatch score 36

Director

The Stranger From Strasbourg
The Stranger From Strasbourg (1998)

Writer

Genealogies of a Crime
Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Writer

The Film to Come
The Film to Come (1997)

Writer, Director

Three Lives and Only One Death
Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer, Director

Wind Water
Wind Water (1995)

Writer, Director

Concerning Nice
Concerning Nice (1995)

Director

Chapter 66
Chapter 66 (1994)

Director, Writer

Dark at Noon
Dark at Noon (1992)

Writer, Director

Three Crowns of the Sailor
Three Crowns of the Sailor (1991)
GoodWatch score 72

as Small Role (uncredited)

Brise-glace
Brise-glace (1990)

Director, Writer

1980s

37 titles · average score 69
Dog's Dialogue
Dog's Dialogue (1987)
GoodWatch score 67

as (uncredited)

Treasure Island
Treasure Island (1986)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Writer

Richard III
Richard III (1986)

Director

Régime sans pain
Régime sans pain (1985)

Writer, Director

The Insomniac on the Bridge
The Insomniac on the Bridge (1985)

Screenplay, Director

Manoel’s Destinies
Manoel’s Destinies (1984)
GoodWatch score 75

Writer, Director

City of Pirates
City of Pirates (1984)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Screenplay

Voyage of a Hand
Voyage of a Hand (1984)

Director

Bérénice
Bérénice (1983)

Writer, Director

Chinese Shadows
Chinese Shadows (1982)

Director, Screenplay

The One-Eyed Man
The One-Eyed Man (1980)

Director, Writer

Of Great Events and Ordinary People
Of Great Events and Ordinary People (1980)

Writer, Director

1970s

18 titles · average score 72
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (1978)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Writer

The Suspended Vocation
The Suspended Vocation (1978)

Director, Screenplay

The Divisions of Nature
The Divisions of Nature (1978)

Director

Utopia: The Scattered Body and the World Upside Down
Utopia: The Scattered Body and the World Upside Down (1976)

Writer, Director

Sotelo
Sotelo (1976)

Director

Dialogues of Exiles
Dialogues of Exiles (1975)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Production Director

La Femme au foyer
La Femme au foyer (1975)

Screenplay

The Expropriation
The Expropriation (1974)

Producer, Writer

What Is to Be Done?
What Is to Be Done? (1972)

Director

Nobody Said Anything
Nobody Said Anything (1971)

Writer, Director

Now We're Going to Call You Brother
Now We're Going to Call You Brother (1971)

Director

The Penal Colony
The Penal Colony (1970)

Writer, Director

1960s

1 title · average score 70
Three Sad Tigers
Three Sad Tigers (1968)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer, Director