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Acting · Directing · Writing · age 66

Richard Linklater

Best rated: Before Sunrise (8.1)

Films
24
Avg rating
7.00
Peak run
2011’17
Oscar noms
1
CompareBacon number
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Richard Linklater, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 2011 to 2017, 7.28567819901995200020052010201520202025Before Sunrise 8.1Bad News Bears 5.8Career avg 7.00

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Richard Linklater's career barcodecoolhot
198824 films2025
Current formLast 5: 6.92 vs career 7.00 (−0.08)
  1. LWhere'd You Go, Bernadette2019 · 6.5−0.5
  2. WApollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood2022 · 7.2+0.2
  3. LHit Man2023 · 6.8−0.2
  4. WNouvelle Vague2025 · 7.3+0.3
  5. LBlue Moon2025 · 6.8−0.2
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Richard by the numbers

Average
7.00
24 rated films
Vote weighted
7.06
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.68
rating spread
Career
38y
1988 to 2025
Total votes
2.57M
across every film
Best
8.1
Before Sunrise
Worst
5.8
Bad News Bears
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2008RSO: Registered Sex OffenderPrincipal Mallard·546
1990Slacker posterSlackerShould Have Stayed at Bus Station7.025,762
1988It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books·5.51,133
Better together?

Richard Linklater's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Richard Linklater

8 nominations, 3 wins

Awards record

  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 2015
    Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 2015
    Richard Linklater
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2015
    Written by Richard Linklater
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Golden Globe Awards 2015
    Richard Linklater
    Won
  • Best Director · Critics Choice Awards 2015
    Richard Linklater
    Won
  • Best Director · BAFTA Film Awards 2015
    Richard Linklater
    Won
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2014
    Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
    Nominated
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2005
    Screenplay by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke; Story by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
    Nominated

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Richard Linklater career stats | Cinemuse