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David Cronenberg Films Ranked

by TommyMcMaster • Created 8 months ago • Modified 6 months ago
All of David Cronenbergs’ films ranked worst to best!
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  • Jeff Goldblum in The Fly (1986)

    1. The Fly

    19861h 36mR81Metascore
    7.6 (215K)
    A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeff GoldblumGeena DavisJohn Getz
  • Viggo Mortensen and Maria Bello in A History of Violence (2005)

    2. A History of Violence

    20051h 36mR82Metascore
    7.4 (265K)
    A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsViggo MortensenMaria BelloEd Harris
  • Jeremy Irons and Geneviève Bujold in Dead Ringers (1988)

    3. Dead Ringers

    19881h 56mR86Metascore
    7.2 (57K)
    Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeremy IronsGeneviève BujoldHeidi von Palleske
  • Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts in Eastern Promises (2007)

    4. Eastern Promises

    20071h 40mR83Metascore
    7.6 (271K)
    A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsNaomi WattsViggo MortensenArmin Mueller-Stahl
  • The Dead Zone (1983)

    5. The Dead Zone

    19831h 43mR69Metascore
    7.2 (81K)
    A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsChristopher WalkenBrooke AdamsTom Skerritt
  • James Woods and Debbie Harry in Videodrome (1983)

    6. Videodrome

    19831h 27mR58Metascore
    7.2 (109K)
    A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames WoodsDebbie HarrySonja Smits
  • Michael Ironside in Scanners (1981)

    7. Scanners

    19811h 43mR60Metascore
    6.7 (65K)
    A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called "scanning" to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non scanners.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJennifer O'NeillStephen LackPatrick McGoohan
  • Viggo Mortensen, Keira Knightley, and Michael Fassbender in A Dangerous Method (2011)

    8. A Dangerous Method

    20111h 39mR76Metascore
    6.4 (111K)
    A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsMichael FassbenderKeira KnightleyViggo Mortensen
  • Rosanna Arquette, Elias Koteas, James Spader, and Deborah Kara Unger in Crash (1996)

    9. Crash

    19961h 40mNC-1753Metascore
    6.4 (70K)
    A car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground sub-culture of like-minded souls.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames SpaderHolly HunterElias Koteas
  • Naked Lunch (1991)

    10. Naked Lunch

    19911h 55mR67Metascore
    6.9 (59K)
    After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsPeter WellerJudy DavisIan Holm
  • The Brood (1979)

    11. The Brood

    19791h 32mR63Metascore
    6.8 (37K)
    A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsOliver ReedSamantha EggarArt Hindle
  • Ralph Fiennes in Spider (2002)

    12. Spider

    20021h 38mR83Metascore
    6.7 (42K)
    A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsRalph FiennesMiranda RichardsonGabriel Byrne
  • Viggo Mortensen, Kristen Stewart, and Léa Seydoux in Crimes of the Future (2022)

    13. Crimes of the Future

    20221h 47mR68Metascore
    5.8 (45K)
    Humans adapt to a synthetic environment, with new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice, Saul Tenser, celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsViggo MortensenLéa SeydouxKristen Stewart
  • Shivers (1975)

    14. Shivers

    19751h 27mR58Metascore
    6.3 (25K)
    The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are infected by parasites that turn them into mindless nymphomaniac fiends.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsPaul HamptonJoe SilverLynn Lowry
  • Terri Hanauer in Rabid (1977)

    15. Rabid

    19771h 31mR56Metascore
    6.3 (23K)
    A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into blood-thirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsMarilyn ChambersFrank MooreTerri Hanauer
  • Stereo (1969)

    16. Stereo

    19691h 5mNot Rated42Metascore
    5.1 (2.8K)
    A group of Canadian university students agree to partake in a grisly psychological experiment, which renders them incapable of speech but able to communicate telepathically.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsRonald MlodzikJack MessingerPaul Mulholland
  • Crimes of the Future (1970)

    17. Crimes of the Future

    19701h 3mNot Rated58Metascore
    4.7 (3.4K)
    In a dystopic world where a plague is killing off pubescent human females, an esoteric researcher seeks his missing mentor while trying to retain morality in the sex-obsessed society he lives in.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsRonald MlodzikJon LidoltTania Zolty
  • Fast Company (1979)

    18. Fast Company

    19791h 31mR63Metascore
    5.4 (2.9K)
    After his sponsor replaces him with his arch rival, a race-car driver decides to steal the car and race it himself.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsWilliam SmithClaudia JenningsJohn Saxon
  • Jeremy Irons and John Lone in M. Butterfly (1993)

    19. M. Butterfly

    19931h 41mR43Metascore
    6.7 (11K)
    In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling - but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeremy IronsJohn LoneBarbara Sukowa
  • Jude Law and Jennifer Jason Leigh in eXistenZ (1999)

    20. eXistenZ

    19991h 37mR70Metascore
    6.8 (111K)
    A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJude LawJennifer Jason LeighIan Holm
  • Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis (2012)

    21. Cosmopolis

    20121h 49mR58Metascore
    5.1 (51K)
    A 28-year-old billionaire senses his empire collapsing around him.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsRobert PattinsonJuliette BinocheSarah Gadon
  • John Cusack, Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson, and Mia Wasikowska in Maps to the Stars (2014)

    22. Maps to the Stars

    20141h 51mR68Metascore
    6.2 (44K)
    A tour into the heart of a Hollywood family chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJulianne MooreMia WasikowskaRobert Pattinson

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