Portrait of Guy Maddin

Directing

Guy Maddin

Career

Active from 1982 to 2024, busiest in 2008 and 2014 with 6 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Heart of the World
The Heart of the World
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 23 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Guy Maddin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.2, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Wholesome
    1.9, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.5, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Non-Linear Narrative 3
  • Experimental Film 3
  • Experimental Narrative 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Eccentric Characters 2
  • Melancholic 2
  • Visual Storytelling 2
  • Darkly Humorous 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Psychological Exploration 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

76
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
The Triangular Door
The Triangular Door

as Narrator

Nightingale
Nightingale

Director, Writer

2020s

8 titles · average score 71
The Vampire Lestat
The Vampire Lestat (2026)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as 'The Voice of Failure' (voice)

City Wide Fever
City Wide Fever (2026)

Executive Producer

Rumours
Rumours (2024)
GoodWatch score 58

Director, Story

Horse Brothers
Horse Brothers (2022)

as Anton the Horse (voice)

Haunted Hotel: A Melodrama in Augmented Reality
Haunted Hotel: A Melodrama in Augmented Reality (2022)

Director

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
GoodWatch score 75

Graphic Designer

Stump the Guesser
Stump the Guesser (2020)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer, Director

The Rabbit Hunters
The Rabbit Hunters (2020)

Screenplay, Director

2010s

17 titles · average score 62
The Green Fog
The Green Fog (2018)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

Accidence
Accidence (2018)

Writer, Director

The Forbidden Room
The Forbidden Room (2015)
GoodWatch score 75

Writer, Original Music Composer

Lines of the Hand
Lines of the Hand (2015)

Director

Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton
Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton (2015)

Director

Once a Chicken
Once a Chicken (2015)

Director

Elms
Elms (2014)

Director

Louis Riel for Dinner
Louis Riel for Dinner (2014)

as Narrator

Invisible World
Invisible World (2013)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

Only Dream Things
Only Dream Things (2012)

Director

Keyhole
Keyhole (2011)
GoodWatch score 57

Director, Producer

Sinclair
Sinclair (2010)

Director

2000s

34 titles · average score 68
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair (2009)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography, Director

My Winnipeg
My Winnipeg (2008)
GoodWatch score 81

as Narrator (voice)

Footsteps
Footsteps (2008)

Cinematography, Director

Brand Upon the Brain!
Brand Upon the Brain! (2007)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Writer

Nude Caboose
Nude Caboose (2006)

Director of Photography, Writer

My Dad Is 100 Years Old
My Dad Is 100 Years Old (2006)
GoodWatch score 72

Director

Sissy-Boy Slap-Party
Sissy-Boy Slap-Party (2004)
GoodWatch score 58

Director, Editor

A Trip to the Orphanage
A Trip to the Orphanage (2004)
GoodWatch score 58

Director, Director of Photography

The Saddest Music in the World
The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
GoodWatch score 75

Writer, Director

Cowards Bend the Knee
Cowards Bend the Knee (2003)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer, Director

Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002)
GoodWatch score 75

Director

The Heart of the World
The Heart of the World (2000)
GoodWatch score 89

Director, Editor

1990s

11 titles · average score 61
Hospital Fragment
Hospital Fragment (1999)
GoodWatch score 61

Producer, Editor

Maldoror: Tygers
Maldoror: Tygers (1998)

Director

The Cock Crew
The Cock Crew (1998)

Editor, Writer

Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997)
GoodWatch score 55

Director

Zookeeper Workbook
Zookeeper Workbook (1997)

Director, Cinematography

Rooster Workbook
Rooster Workbook (1997)

Cinematography, Director

Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity
Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity (1995)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay, Director

The Hands of Ida
The Hands of Ida (1995)

Director

Careful
Careful (1992)
GoodWatch score 63

Production Design, Editor

Indigo High-Hatters
Indigo High-Hatters (1991)

Director, Editor

Archangel
Archangel (1990)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay, Art Direction

1980s

4 titles · average score 62
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Writer

The Dead Father
The Dead Father (1985)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Writer

The International Style
The International Style (1983)

as Nurse

Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms
Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms (1982)

as Student