Portrait of Yorgos Lanthimos

Directing

Yorgos Lanthimos

Career

Active from 1995 to 2025, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Favourite
The Favourite
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 7.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Yorgos Lanthimos Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    1.6, average 3.8
  • Wholesome
    1.5, average 3.4
  • Adrenaline
    2.9, average 4.8
  • Pop Culture
    1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Social Critique 3
  • Existential Exploration 2
  • Deadpan Humor 2
  • Sharp Dialogue 2
  • Dark Comedy 2
  • Uncanny Valley Atmosphere 2
  • Existential Dread 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

24
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Fatale
Fatale

Director, Writer

My Year of Rest and Relaxation
My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Screenplay

2020s

7 titles ยท average score 65
Bugonia
Bugonia (2025)
GoodWatch score 76

Director, Producer

September Says
September Says (2025)
GoodWatch score 49

Thanks

Kinds of Kindness
Kinds of Kindness (2024)
GoodWatch score 63

Writer, Producer

Poor Things
Poor Things (2023)
GoodWatch score 81

Director, Producer

Bleat
Bleat (2022)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Writer

Nimic
Nimic (2020)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Writer

Winona
Winona (2020)
GoodWatch score 59

Thanks

2010s

9 titles ยท average score 69
The Favourite
The Favourite (2018)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Producer

In Fabric
In Fabric (2018)
GoodWatch score 71

Thanks

Pity
Pity (2018)
GoodWatch score 63

Thanks

The Killing of a Sacred Deer
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer, Director

The Lobster
The Lobster (2015)
GoodWatch score 77

Producer, Writer

Chevalier
Chevalier (2015)
GoodWatch score 66

Thanks

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

Alps
Alps (2011)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Screenplay

Attenberg
Attenberg (2010)
GoodWatch score 68

as Engineer

2000s

5 titles ยท average score 49
Dogtooth
Dogtooth (2009)
GoodWatch score 78

Screenplay, Director

Kinetta
Kinetta (2005)
GoodWatch score 38

Writer, Director

The Last Fakir
The Last Fakir (2005)

Thanks

Uranisco Disco
Uranisco Disco (2002)

Writer, Director

My Best Friend
My Best Friend (2001)
GoodWatch score 33

Director

1990s

1 title
The Rape of Chloe
The Rape of Chloe (1995)

Writer, Director