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Gus Van Sant

Director · 78 credits · 31 in highly-rated films

Best known for Good Will Hunting (1997)

Frequent collaborators: Olivier Assayas, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, James Franco, Wong Kar-Wai

Best Gus Van Sant movies by genre

Directed movies (49 total, ranked by score)

  1. Good Will Hunting

    1997 · ★ 8.2 (14,202 votes)

    Drama

    1

  2. Milk

    2008 · ★ 7.2 (2,455 votes)

    History, Drama

    2

  3. Finding Forrester

    2000 · ★ 7.1 (1,246 votes)

    Drama, History

    3

  4. Elephant

    2003 · ★ 7.0 (2,157 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    4

  5. My Own Private Idaho

    1991 · ★ 7.0 (1,260 votes)

    Drama

    5

  6. Drugstore Cowboy

    1989 · ★ 7.1 (629 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    6

  7. Paris Je T'aime

    2006 · ★ 6.8 (856 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    7

  8. To Die For

    1995 · ★ 6.6 (911 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Crime

    8

  9. Dead Man's Wire

    2026 · ★ 6.5 (205 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    9

  10. Promised Land

    2012 · ★ 6.3 (754 votes)

    Drama

    10

  11. Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

    2018 · ★ 6.7 (752 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    11

  12. Paranoid Park

    2007 · ★ 6.5 (613 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    12

  13. Restless

    2011 · ★ 6.5 (442 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    13

  14. The Sea of Trees

    2016 · ★ 6.2 (544 votes)

    Drama

    14

  15. To Each His Own Cinema

    2007 · ★ 6.5 (155 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    15

  16. Ken Death Gets Out of Jail

    1988 · ★ 1.0 (2 votes)

    16

  17. David Bowie: Best of Bowie

    2002 · ★ 7.0 (6 votes)

    Music

    17

  18. Mala Noche

    1987 · ★ 6.1 (118 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    18

  19. My Own Private River

    2012 · ★ 7.5 (14 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. Gerry

    2002 · ★ 6.1 (356 votes)

    Drama, Adventure, Mystery

    20

  21. Thanksgiving Prayer

    1991 · ★ 6.0 (13 votes)

    Music

    21

  22. My New Friend

    1987

    Drama

    22

  23. Psycho Shampoo

    1979

    Comedy

    23

  24. Five Ways to Kill Yourself

    1987 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    24

  25. Cinema16: American Short Films

    2006 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    25

  26. 8

    2008 · ★ 5.4 (17 votes)

    Drama

    26

  27. Last Days

    2005 · ★ 5.6 (411 votes)

    Drama

    27

  28. The Discipline of D.E.

    1982 · ★ 5.9 (25 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    28

  29. Best of Chris Isaak

    2006 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    29

  30. Le Marais

    2006 · ★ 6.7 (3 votes)

    Romance, Comedy

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.