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Kevin Macdonald

Director · 43 credits · 18 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Last King of Scotland (2006)

Frequent collaborators: Ian Christie

Best Kevin Macdonald movies by genre

Directed movies (37 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Last King of Scotland

    2006 · ★ 7.4 (2,425 votes)

    Drama

    1

  2. The Mauritanian

    2021 · ★ 7.4 (1,319 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    2

  3. State of Play

    2009 · ★ 6.8 (2,193 votes)

    Thriller, Crime, Mystery

    3

  4. Touching the Void

    2003 · ★ 7.5 (445 votes)

    Documentary, Action, Adventure

    4

  5. Whitney

    2018 · ★ 7.3 (210 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    5

  6. Life in a Day

    2011 · ★ 7.2 (247 votes)

    Documentary, Drama

    6

  7. Marley

    2012 · ★ 7.5 (279 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    7

  8. One Day in September

    1999 · ★ 7.3 (78 votes)

    Documentary, History

    8

  9. Black Sea

    2014 · ★ 6.3 (1,209 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Thriller

    9

  10. How I Live Now

    2013 · ★ 6.6 (948 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Science Fiction

    10

  11. Oasis

    2017 · ★ 7.4 (20 votes)

    Drama, Science Fiction

    11

  12. The Eagle

    2011 · ★ 6.2 (1,432 votes)

    Adventure, Drama

    12

  13. One to One: John & Yoko

    2025 · ★ 7.2 (16 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    13

  14. High & Low – John Galliano

    2024 · ★ 6.2 (17 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance

    1998 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    15

  16. Life in a Day 2020

    2021 · ★ 8.0 (16 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

    2017 · ★ 7.0 (20 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. Being Mick

    2001

    Documentary

    18

  19. Klitschko: More Than a Fight

    2024 · ★ 8.1 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. My Enemy's Enemy

    2007 · ★ 7.1 (11 votes)

    Documentary, History, War

    20

  21. The Making of an Englishman

    1995

    Documentary

    21

  22. Howard Hawks: American Artist

    1997 · ★ 5.8 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    22

  23. A Brief History of Errol Morris

    1999 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    23

  24. Digging Your Own Grave

    1995

    Documentary

    24

  25. Bruno v Tyson

    2021 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Chaplin's Goliath

    1996 · ★ 6.5 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    26

  27. Touching the Void: Return to Siula Grande

    2004 · ★ 9.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. Last Song from Kabul

    2023

    Documentary

    28

  29. 2020: The Story Of Us

    2021

    Documentary

    29

  30. Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

    2025

    Documentary

    30

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