Portrait of Mike Mills

Directing

Mike Mills

Career

Active from 1995 to 2021, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for C'mon C'mon
C'mon C'mon
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 6.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mike Mills Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Crime
    0.3, average 3.6
  • Adrenaline
    2.2, average 4.8
  • Violence
    1.6, average 4.1
  • Mystery
    1.6, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Quirky 2
  • Emotional Resonance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

23
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Untitled Mike Mills Film
Untitled Mike Mills Film

Writer, Director

2020s

2 titles · average score 82
Sentimental Value
Sentimental Value (2025)
GoodWatch score 84

Thanks

C'mon C'mon
C'mon C'mon (2021)
GoodWatch score 81

Director, Writer

2010s

5 titles · average score 76
I Am Easy to Find
I Am Easy to Find (2019)
GoodWatch score 76

Director, Writer

20th Century Women
20th Century Women (2016)
GoodWatch score 80

Writer, Director

A Mind Forever Voyaging Through Strange Seas of Thought Alone
A Mind Forever Voyaging Through Strange Seas of Thought Alone (2014)

Director

Beginners
Beginners (2011)
GoodWatch score 78

Director, Writer

Fight for Your Right Revisited
Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011)
GoodWatch score 72

as Sir Stewart Wallace

2000s

9 titles · average score 65
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
GoodWatch score 69

Thanks

The Boy and the Creature, 1981
The Boy and the Creature, 1981 (2009)

Director

Does Your Soul Have a Cold?
Does Your Soul Have a Cold? (2007)

Director, Producer

Cinema16: American Short Films
Cinema16: American Short Films (2006)

Director

Thumbsucker
Thumbsucker (2005)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay, Director

Pulp Hits
Pulp Hits (2002)

Director

Paperboys
Paperboys (2001)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

Not How, Or When, Or Why, But Yes
Not How, Or When, Or Why, But Yes (2000)

Director

Deformer
Deformer (2000)

Director

1990s

6 titles · average score 53
The Architecture of Reassurance
The Architecture of Reassurance (1999)
GoodWatch score 53

Director, Writer

Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing
Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing (1999)

Director

Hair Shoes Love and Honesty
Hair Shoes Love and Honesty (1998)

Director

Richard June's Backyard
Richard June's Backyard (1998)

Director

An Introduction to Harmolodics
An Introduction to Harmolodics (1995)

Director

Skating with Dave and Jared
Skating with Dave and Jared (1995)

Director