Acting · Directing · Writing · age 53

Yorgos Lanthimos

Best rated: Poor Things (7.7)

Films: 10
Avg rating: 6.63
Peak run: 2017’25
Oscar noms: 2

Films: 10
Avg rating: 6.63
Peak run: 2017’25
Oscar noms: 2

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The career

Yorgos Lanthimos, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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Yorgos Lanthimos's career barcodecoolhot

200110 films2025

Current formLast 5: 7.20 vs career 6.63 (+0.57)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Yorgos by the numbers

Average

6.63

10 rated films

Vote weighted

6.79

bigger films count more

Median

7.1

half are better

Consistency

±1.02

rating spread

Career

25y

2001 to 2025

Total votes

1.69M

across every film

Best

7.7

Poor Things

Worst

6.3

Alps

Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography

2010	Attenberg	The Engineer	6.2	8,566

Better together?

Yorgos Lanthimos's regulars

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

Takes

On Yorgos Lanthimos

6 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Picture · Academy Awards 2026
Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers
Nominated
Best Picture · Academy Awards 2024
Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, Producers
Nominated
Best Director · Academy Awards 2024
Yorgos Lanthimos
Nominated
Best Picture · Academy Awards 2019
Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and Yorgos Lanthimos, Producers
Nominated
Best Director · Academy Awards 2019
Yorgos Lanthimos
Nominated
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2017
Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
Nominated

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