Directing
Kathryn Bigelow
- Titles
- 40movies8TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19742025
- Directed
- 25titles as director
- Average score
67/100
- Highest rated
Zero Dark Thirty84/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Crime6.0average 3.7
- Violence6.4average 4.3
- Tension8.0average 6.1
- Adrenaline6.9average 5.1
- Politics4.4average 2.6
- Tech & Humanity3.2average 1.6
- Mystery5.6average 4.1
- Psychological6.7average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Wholesome1.2, average 3.3
- Coming of Age1.0, average 2.9
- Situational Comedy0.8, average 2.7
- Family Dynamics3.1, average 4.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 4
- Gritty Realism 3
- Intense 3
- Historical Drama 2
- Psychological Thriller 2
- Adrenaline-fueled 2
- Psychological Drama 2
- Character Study 2
- Stylish 2
- Character-Driven 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- HHoward E. SmithEditorPoint Break, Martini Ranch: Reach, Strange Days, Near Dark, The Weight of Water, +1 more
Bill PaxtonActorMartini Ranch: Reach, Near Dark, Martini Ranch: Reach, Touched by the Hand of God
Mark BoalWriterThe Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, Detroit, GAS - GUNS, AMERICA & SURF
Jenette GoldsteinActorMartini Ranch: Reach, Near Dark, Martini Ranch: Reach
Eric RedDirectorNear Dark, Blue Steel, Undertow
Barry AckroydCinematographerA House of Dynamite, The Hurt Locker, Detroit
James CameronWriterMartini Ranch: Reach, Strange Days, Martini Ranch: Reach
Hope DavisActorThe Miraculous Year, The Miraculous Year
Eddie RedmayneActorThe Miraculous Year, The Miraculous Year
Keanu ReevesActorPoint Break, GAS - GUNS, AMERICA & SURF
Lee PaceActorThe Miraculous Year, The Miraculous Year
Frank LangellaActorThe Miraculous Year, The Miraculous Year
Movies and TV shows
37Upcoming
2 titles
GAS - GUNS, AMERICA & SURF
Director
Aurora
Director
2020s
2 titles · average score 64
64
A House of Dynamite (2025)
Producer, Director
Esther's Choice (2020)
Thanks
2010s
10 titles · average score 73
64
Triple Frontier (2019)
Executive Producer
I Am Not a Weapon (2018)
Director, Producer
72
Detroit (2017)
Director, Producer
The Protectors (2017)
Director
Mogadishu, Minnesota (2016)
Executive Producer
72
Cartel Land (2015)
Executive Producer
74Last Days (2014)
Director
84
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Director, Producer
The Miraculous Year (2011)
Director
The Miraculous Year (2010)
Director
2000s
7 titles · average score 66
Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk (2009)
as Interviewee
74
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Director, Producer
58
Mission Zero (2007)
Director
Mission Zero (2007)
Director
76
The Colbert Report (2005)
TV show
66
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Director, Producer
56
The Weight of Water (2000)
Director
1990s
6 titles · average score 64
65
Eye of God (1997)
Thanks
54
Undertow (1996)
Writer
70
Strange Days (1995)
Director
67
Wild Palms (1993)
TV show · as Mazie Woiwode (uncredited)
72
Point Break (1991)
Director
57
Blue Steel (1990)
Director, Writer
1980s
6 titles · average score 63
61
Martini Ranch: Reach (1988)
as Posse Leader
Martini Ranch: Reach (1988)
as Posse Leader
68
Near Dark (1987)
Screenplay, Director
58
The Loveless (1984)
Director, Writer
63
Born in Flames (1983)
as Newspaper Editor
1970s
4 titles
Altered to Suit (1979)
Editor
Bored (1979)
Writer, Cinematography
The Set-Up (1978)
Director
Prisoner's Dilemma (1974)
as Worker