Portrait of Rian Johnson

Directing

Rian Johnson

Career

Active from 1990 to 2025, busiest in 2010 with 2 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score75/100
Highest rated
Poster for Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Rian Johnson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.9, average 2.6
  • Wholesome
    2.4, average 3.4
  • Romance
    3.2, average 3.8
  • Biographical
    0.4, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Witty Banter 2
  • Witty Dialogue 2
  • Dark Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

51
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

4 titles
Turpentine
Turpentine

Producer

Untitled Sci-Fi Rian Johnson Film
Untitled Sci-Fi Rian Johnson Film

Director, Writer

2034
2034

Producer

Untitled Gene Kelly Project
Untitled Gene Kelly Project

Producer

2020s

13 titles ยท average score 72
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (2026)
GoodWatch score 82

Executive Producer

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
GoodWatch score 80

Writer, Director

Frankenstein
Frankenstein (2025)
GoodWatch score 79

Thanks

American Fiction
American Fiction (2023)
GoodWatch score 82

Executive Producer

Fair Play
Fair Play (2023)
GoodWatch score 70

Executive Producer

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
GoodWatch score 77

Producer, Director

Scream
Scream (2022)
GoodWatch score 67

as Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)

Metal Lords
Metal Lords (2022)
GoodWatch score 64

Thanks

Blood Relatives
Blood Relatives (2022)
GoodWatch score 70

Thanks

Last Night in Soho
Last Night in Soho (2021)
GoodWatch score 71

Thanks

tick, tick... BOOM!
tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
GoodWatch score 79

Thanks

Capone
Capone (2020)
GoodWatch score 43

Thanks

2010s

19 titles ยท average score 66
Knives Out
Knives Out (2019)
GoodWatch score 85

Director, Writer

Destroyer
Destroyer (2018)
GoodWatch score 63

Thanks

Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer, Director

Baby Driver
Baby Driver (2017)
GoodWatch score 83

Thanks

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

as Imperial Technician (uncredited)

The Invitation
The Invitation (2016)
GoodWatch score 74

Thanks

Tales of Halloween
Tales of Halloween (2015)
GoodWatch score 62

Thanks

BoJack Horseman
BoJack Horseman (2014)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show ยท as Brian (voice)

The World's End
The World's End (2013)
GoodWatch score 76

Thanks

Welcome to the Jungle
Welcome to the Jungle (2013)
GoodWatch score 31

Thanks

Looper
Looper (2012)
GoodWatch score 81

Writer, Director

The Life of the World to Come
The Life of the World to Come (2010)

Director

2000s

9 titles ยท average score 54
The Brothers Bloom
The Brothers Bloom (2009)
GoodWatch score 63

Writer, Director

Spike
Spike (2008)
GoodWatch score 22

Thanks

Brick
Brick (2006)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Editor

Building Brick
Building Brick (2006)

Thanks, Camera Operator

Escargots
Escargots (2006)

Camera Operator

May
May (2003)
GoodWatch score 66

Editor

The Psychology of Dream Analysis
The Psychology of Dream Analysis (2002)
GoodWatch score 57

Director, Writer

People Are Dead
People Are Dead (2002)
GoodWatch score 45

Thanks

Ben Boyer and the Phenomenology of Automobile Marketing
Ben Boyer and the Phenomenology of Automobile Marketing (2001)

Director

1990s

6 titles ยท average score 60
Phyfutima
Phyfutima (1998)

Camera Operator

Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!!
Evil Demon Golfball from Hell!!! (1997)
GoodWatch score 60

Editor, Writer

Greater Than a Tiger
Greater Than a Tiger (1997)

Editor

Cleaning the Pool
Cleaning the Pool (1995)

Director, Writer

Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!!
Hey Lady, You Dropped Your Wallet!!! (1993)

as The Whacky Protagonist

Ninja Ko: Origami Master
Ninja Ko: Origami Master (1990)

Director, Writer