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Directing

Richard Linklater

Career: Active from 1985 to 2025, busiest in 2008 with 3 main titles.

Average score: 71/100

Highest rated: Before Sunset
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Richard Linklater Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
2.7, average 4.8
Violence
2.0, average 4.1
Scare
1.1, average 2.6
Mystery
2.6, average 4.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 3
Melancholic Nostalgia 2
Philosophical Conversation 2
Indie Film Aesthetic 2
Nostalgic Time Capsule 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Slice of Life 2
Historical Drama 2
Slow-Burn Narrative 2
Character Study 2
Character-Driven 2
Dialogue-Heavy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

61

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

7 titles

Executive Producer

Merrily We Roll Along

Director, Producer

Untitled Richard Linklater Bill Hicks Project

Director, Producer

Director, Writer

Untitled Richard Linklater John Brinkley Project

Screenplay, Director

Queen Takes Bishop

Executive Producer

Untitled Lou Gehrig Biopic

Director

2020s

14 titles · average score 76

Brenda

Executive Producer

Nouvelle Vague

79

Director

Blue Moon

76

Producer, Director

The Wasps

Executive Producer

Clemente

73

Executive Producer

The Confession

Executive Producer

Hit Man

74

Screenplay, Producer

Tape

Executive Producer

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

79

Director, Writer

Shouting Down Midnight

Executive Producer

Help Her Live

Executive Producer

The Pushback

Producer

2010s

11 titles · average score 73

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

57

Director, Screenplay

Another Day at the Office

as Rick

Diane

78

Thanks

Blaze

75

as Oilman 1

Last Flag Flying

70

Producer, Screenplay

Everybody Wants Some!!

77

Writer, Producer

I Dream Too Much

53

Executive Producer

Boyhood

87

Director, Writer

Before Midnight

87

Characters, Producer

Computer Chess

71

Thanks

Bernie

71

as Deadbeat Dad (uncredited)

2000s

15 titles · average score 64

Me and Orson Welles

72

Director, Producer

Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach

54

Director

The Hottest State

40

as John Wayne Enthusiast

A Scanner Darkly

70

Director, Screenplay

Fast Food Nation

56

Director, Screenplay

Bad News Bears

56

Director, Producer

Before Sunset

88

Screenplay, Producer

The School of Rock

79

Director

Live from Shiva's Dance Floor

62

Director

Waking Life

80

as Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat

Tape

73

Camera Operator, Director

Spy Kids

69

as Cool Spy

1990s

12 titles · average score 72

The Newton Boys

59

Screenplay, Director

Scotch and Milk

as Cab Passenger

SubUrbia

67

Director

Good Will Hunting

85

Thanks

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

68

as Tour Bus Driver (voice)

Before Sunrise

87

as Man in Shonen Knife T-Shirt Playing Foosball (uncredited)

The Underneath

58

as Ember Doorman

Totally F***ed Up

72

Thanks

Dazed and Confused

83

Producer, Director

Heads I Win/Tails You Lose

Director

Slacker

74

as Should Have Stayed at Bus Station

Never Leave Nevada

Video Assist Operator

1980s

2 titles · average score 52

It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books

47

Cinematography, Editor

Woodshock

57

Director