Every Denis Villeneuve Movie Ranked By Metacritic
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Denis Villenueve has made some fantastic movies
French-Canadian filmmaker director Denis Villeneuve is back with his next movie, Dune: Part Two, which comes to theaters on March 1 with a lot of hype and excitement behind it. Here at GameSpot, we loved it, scoring it a 9/10 in our Dune: Part II review.
But how have Villenueve’s previous films fared over the years with critics? In this gallery, we’re listing off Villenueve’s 11 films to date (not counting his short films) and ranking them by their scores on GameSpot sister site Metacritic. Metacritic is a review aggregation site that collects review scores and excerpts to determine an overall “Metascore.” It is obviously not a totally complete or comprehensive analysis of critical consensus, but it’s a start. It’s also worth noting that a Metascore is based on reviews from professional critics. Scores from audiences and fans, who might have different opinions, often vary–sometimes substantially so–from critic reviews.
If your favorite Villeneuve movie doesn’t rank as highly as you hoped, well, that’s OK, because everyone perceives art differently. Prisoners is my favorite Villeneueve movie, for example, and it’s near the bottom. Villeneuve’s highest-ranking movie is Sicario with an 82 Metascore rating. This is one of five films that Villenueve directed but did not write, the others being Prisoners, Enemy, Arrival, and Blade Runner 2024.
Some of Villenueve’s movies are known, in part, for their beautiful cinematography thanks to the work of Oscar-winner Roger Deakins. He has collaborated with Villenueve three times (Prisoners, Sicario, and Blade Runner 2049), and for each, Deakins earned an Academy Award nomination.
All of Villeneueve’s movies have been rated generally favorable or better, which speaks to the quality and caliber of what he’s capable of from the director’s chair. All the more impressive for Villeneueve is that he’s had success dating back to the ’90s with no major misses.
Check out the full rundown of Villeneuve’s movie rankings below. And remember, review scores do not tell the full story for any movie or piece of art in general.