Directing
David Cronenberg
- Titles
- 132movies20TV shows
- Career
Active from 1966 to 2026, busiest in 1972 with 6 main titles.
- Directed
- 51titles as director
- Average score
62/100
- Highest rated
To Each His Own Cinema83/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 62 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Uncanny5.6average 2.5
- Tech & Humanity4.3average 1.6
- Psychological7.4average 5.6
- Scare4.4average 2.6
- Dark Humor4.4average 2.9
- Violence5.6average 4.3
- Tension7.3average 6.1
- Social Commentary5.8average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Wholesome1.1, average 3.3
- Situational Comedy1.1, average 2.7
- Coming of Age1.5, average 2.9
- Historical1.2, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Body Horror 8
- Psychological Thriller 7
- Psychological Drama 6
- Character-Driven 5
- Cronenbergian 4
- Cult Classic 3
- Political Intrigue 3
- Visually Disturbing 3
- Bleak 3
- Unsettling 2
- Visceral 2
- Slow Burn Thriller 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Howard ShoreComposerThe Fly, Eastern Promises, Crash, A History of Violence, Maps to the Stars, +14 more- RRonald SandersEditorThe Fly, Eastern Promises, Crash, A History of Violence, The Dead Zone, +12 more
Peter SuschitzkyCinematographerEastern Promises, Crash, A History of Violence, Maps to the Stars, A Dangerous Method, +6 more
Mark IrwinCinematographerThe Fly, The Dead Zone, Videodrome, The Brood, Scanners, +1 more
Viggo MortensenActorEastern Promises, A History of Violence, A Dangerous Method, Crimes of the Future
Sarah GadonActorAlias Grace, Maps to the Stars, A Dangerous Method, Cosmopolis
Leslie CarlsonActorThe Fly, Videodrome, Preludes, Camera
Jesse CollinsActorAt the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World, At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World, At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
Peter MacNeillActorCrash, A History of Violence, Resurrection
Vincent CasselActorEastern Promises, A Dangerous Method, The Shrouds
Robert A. SilvermanActoreXistenZ, Naked Lunch, Scanners
Nicholas CampbellActorThe Dead Zone, Naked Lunch, Fast Company
Movies and TV shows
252020s
4 titles · average score 62
56
Humane (2024)
as D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator
52
Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection (2023)
Director, Writer
76
Leo (2023)
Original Film Writer
64
Crimes of the Future (2022)
Writer, Director
2010s
3 titles · average score 59
48
Rabid (2019)
Original Film Writer
70
Pacific Rim (2013)
Thanks
2000s
5 titles · average score 61
81
Eastern Promises (2007)
Director
33
Skinwalkers (2006)
Thanks
79
A History of Violence (2005)
Director
32
Jason X (2001)
as Dr. Wimmer
78
Alias (2001)
TV show · as Dr. Brezzel
1990s
7 titles · average score 46
37
Resurrection (1999)
as Father Rousell
64
Crash (1996)
as Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited)
44
Scanner Cop II (1995)
Characters
45
Scanner Cop (1994)
Characters
35
Scanners III: The Takeover (1992)
Characters
40
Scanners II: The New Order (1991)
Characters
55
Nightbreed (1990)
as Dr. Philip K. Decker
1980s
4 titles · average score 72
79
The Fly (1986)
as Gynecologist
72
Videodrome (1983)
as Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)
65
Scanners (1981)
Director, Writer
1970s
2 titles · average score 63
64
The Brood (1979)
Director, Writer
62
Rabid (1977)
Writer, Director