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Richard Linklater

Actor · 70 credits · 32 in highly-rated films

Best known for Before Sunrise (1995)

Frequent collaborators: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Tommy Pallotta

Best Richard Linklater movies by genre

Movies (36 total, ranked by score)

  1. Hitchcock/Truffaut

    2015 · ★ 7.2 (256 votes)

    Documentary

    1

  2. Slacker

    1990 · ★ 6.7 (345 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    2

  3. Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater

    2013 · ★ 6.4 (10 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. After Before

    2017 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    4

  5. One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'

    2006 · ★ 8.2 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. University, Inc.

    1999

    Documentary

    6

  7. Clemente

    2025 · ★ 9.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Also Starring Austin

    2018 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. At Sundance

    1995 · ★ 5.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. The Space in Between

    2017 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. Great Directors

    2009 · ★ 6.1 (17 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. In the Bathtub of the World

    2001 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    12

  13. Scotch and Milk

    1998 · ★ 6.2 (4 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    13

  14. Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

    2004 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

    2009 · ★ 5.7 (15 votes)

    Documentary

    15

  16. Linklater: On Cinema and Time

    2013 · ★ 7.1 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales

    2006 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes

    2005 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    18

  19. Twelve Years

    2015 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. RSO [Registered Sex Offender]

    2008 · ★ 5.4 (11 votes)

    Comedy

    20

  21. American Prince

    2009 · ★ 7.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. Texas: America Supersized

    2004

    Documentary

    22

  23. J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius

    2019 · ★ 5.6 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    23

  24. Another Day at the Office

    2019 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    24

  25. It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books

    1988 · ★ 5.5 (28 votes)

    Drama

    25

  26. Art-House America: Austin Film Society

    2023

    Documentary

    26

  27. Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest

    2007

    Documentary

    27

  28. Making of School of Rock

    —

    Documentary

    28

  29. Letters to Thomas

    2000

    Documentary

    29

  30. Le making of de Nouvelle Vague

    2025

    Documentary

    30

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