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David Yates

Director · 22 credits · 12 in highly-rated films

Best known for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

Best David Yates movies by genre

Directed movies (19 total, ranked by score)

  1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    2011 · ★ 8.1 (22,331 votes)

    Adventure, Fantasy

    1

  2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

    2010 · ★ 7.7 (20,698 votes)

    Adventure, Fantasy

    2

  3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    2009 · ★ 7.7 (21,099 votes)

    Adventure, Fantasy

    3

  4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    2007 · ★ 7.7 (21,128 votes)

    Adventure, Fantasy

    4

  5. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

    2016 · ★ 7.3 (19,915 votes)

    Fantasy, Adventure

    5

  6. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

    2022 · ★ 6.6 (5,213 votes)

    Fantasy, Adventure

    6

  7. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

    2018 · ★ 6.8 (11,623 votes)

    Fantasy, Adventure

    7

  8. The Legend of Tarzan

    2016 · ★ 5.9 (6,592 votes)

    Fantasy, Action, Adventure

    8

  9. Pain Hustlers

    2023 · ★ 6.7 (799 votes)

    Drama

    9

  10. The Girl in the Café

    2005 · ★ 7.1 (101 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    10

  11. The Tichborne Claimant

    1999 · ★ 8.7 (3 votes)

    Drama

    11

  12. Oranges and Lemons

    1991

    12

  13. Winter, the Dolphin That Can

    2013 · ★ 8.4 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. The Weaver's Wife

    1991

    14

  15. The Young Visiters

    2003 · ★ 5.1 (6 votes)

    TV Movie, Comedy, Drama

    15

  16. When I Was a Girl

    1988

    Drama

    16

  17. Rank

    2002 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    17

  18. Howard Napper: Dynamic Yoga

    2018

    Adventure

    18

  19. Phantom Son

    —

    Drama, Thriller

    19

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