Directing
Barry Jenkins
- Titles
- 37movies9TV shows
- Career
Active from 2003 to 2024, busiest in 2009 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 20titles as director
- Average score
74/100
- Highest rated
The Fire Inside86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Coming of Age6.3average 2.9
- Social Commentary7.4average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism5.7average 3.3
- Melancholy6.8average 4.7
- Pathos7.2average 5.2
- Family Dynamics6.0average 4.7
- Contemporary Realism6.4average 5.2
- Psychological6.7average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Physical Comedy0.8, average 2.5
- Situational Comedy1.3, average 2.7
- Absurdist Humor0.8, average 2.0
- Warfare0.1, average 1.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 4
- Character-Driven 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
James LaxtonCinematographerMufasa: The Lion King, Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, Medicine for Melancholy, My Josephine, +3 more
Joi McMillonEditorMufasa: The Lion King, Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk
Nicholas BritellComposerMoonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Gaze
Nat SandersEditorMoonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, Medicine for Melancholy
Teyonah ParrisActorIf Beale Street Could Talk, Charm City Kings
Movies and TV shows
35Upcoming
7 titles
Be My Baby
Director
74
Preparation for the Next Life
Executive Producer
Night Bloom
Executive Producer
The Intuitionist
Writer, Director
The Natural Order
Writer, Director
Untitled Alvin Ailey Project
Executive Producer, Director
2020s
13 titles · average score 79
85
Sorry, Baby (2025)
Producer
I Wish You Would (2025)
Executive Producer
62
Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
Director
86
The Fire Inside (2024)
Producer, Writer
True Detective : Night Country (2024)
Executive Producer
Weapons and Their Names (2023)
Associate Producer
88
Aftersun (2022)
Producer
The Gaze (2021)
Director
Neighbors (2021)
Thanks
75
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
Executive Producer
2010s
9 titles · average score 79
83
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Director, Screenplay
86
Moonlight (2016)
Screenplay, Director
Reagan (2016)
Thanks
The High Five (2014)
Producer
Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse (2013)
as Star King Zorzdon Pxxa
67
Sun Don't Shine (2013)
Thanks
King's Gym (2013)
Director
Remigration (2011)
Director, Writer
Chlorophyl (2011)
Director, Writer
2000s
6 titles · average score 65
75
Medicine for Melancholy (2009)
Director, Writer
57
One Shot (2009)
Director
Tall Enough (2009)
Director, Writer
A Young Couple (2009)
Director
64
My Josephine (2003)
Director, Writer
Little Brown Boy (2003)
Writer, Director