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Directing

David Cronenberg

Career: Active from 1966 to 2026, busiest in 1972 with 6 main titles.

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: To Each His Own Cinema
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 62 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

David Cronenberg Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wholesome
1.5, average 3.4
Situational Comedy
1.2, average 2.7
Historical
1.4, average 2.6
Physical Comedy
1.2, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Body Horror 6
Psychological Thriller 6
Cronenbergian 4
Unreliable Narrator 3
Political Intrigue 3
Character-Driven 3
Visceral 2
Surreal 2
Psychological Horror 2
Cult Classic 2
Visually Striking 2
Small Town Secrets 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

107

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 63

Ready or Not: Here I Come

68

as Chester Danforth

The Shrouds

64

Director, Writer

Humane

57

as D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator

Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection

53

Director, Writer

The Death of David Cronenberg

61

as David Cronenberg

Leo

73

Original Film Writer

Crimes of the Future

65

Writer, Director

Slasher: Flesh & Blood

TV show · as Spencer Galloway

Disappearance at Clifton Hill

61

as Walter

Falling

63

as Dr. Klausner

2010s

27 titles · average score 60

The Dead Don't Die

51

Thanks

Rabid

48

Original Film Writer

Alias Grace

83

TV show · as Reverend Verrenger

Star Trek: Discovery

66

TV show · as Dr. Kovich

Ape Sodom

as Narrator

Maps to the Stars

61

Director

The Double

70

Thanks

Pacific Rim

70

Thanks

The Nest

52

as Dr. Molnar (voice)

Tales from the Organ Trade

63

as Narrator

Cosmopolis

56

Screenplay, Producer

A Dangerous Method

69

Director

2000s

20 titles · average score 63

Eastern Promises

81

Director

To Each His Own Cinema

83

as The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...")

At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World

55

as The Last Jew

Shortbus

66

Thanks

Skinwalkers

32

Thanks

A History of Violence

79

Director

Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly

Thanks

Spider

75

Producer, Director

Jason X

32

as Dr. Wimmer

Alias

78

TV show · as Dr. Brezzel

Imagining 'Total Recall'

Thanks

Camera

65

Writer, Director

1990s

23 titles · average score 53

eXistenZ

71

Director, Producer

Resurrection

37

as Father Rousell

The Grace of God

as Psychiatrist

Crash

65

as Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited)

Blood & Donuts

57

as Crime Boss

To Die For

78

as Man at Lake

Scanner Cop

46

Characters

M. Butterfly

53

Director

Scanners III: The Takeover

35

Characters

Naked Lunch

70

Writer, Director

Scanners II: The New Order

40

Characters

Nightbreed

56

as Dr. Philip K. Decker

1980s

8 titles · average score 70

Dead Ringers

80

as Obstetrician (uncredited)

The Fly

79

as Gynecologist

Into the Night

50

as Group Supervisor

Videodrome

72

as Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)

The Dead Zone

70

Director

The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome

as Interviewee

Scanners

65

Director, Writer

Escape from New York

72

Thanks

1970s

16 titles · average score 61

The Brood

70

Writer, Director

Fast Company

54

Director, Screenplay

The South Bank Show

63

TV show

Rabid

62

Director, Writer

Shivers

66

as Infected Crowd Member (uncredited)

Winter Garden

Editor, Director

Director, Director of Photography

Writer, Editor

Director, Editor

Director of Photography, Editor

Letter from Michelangelo

Director, Director of Photography

Crimes of the Future

50

Producer, Editor

1960s

3 titles · average score 46

Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)

46

Director, Producer

From the Drain

45

Editor, Director

Transfer

47

Producer, Director