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Seriously, what magic spell did this man cast to become one of the worlds most popular filmmakers?
And yet it was promptly nominated for an Oscar.
Maybe Lanthimos is just in step with his moment a madman provocateur for an increasingly mad world.
9.My Best Friend(2001)
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Frankly, youd never guess he made this film, which is probably how he prefers it.
8.Kinetta(2005)
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Nowthisis the Lanthimos we know, if not yet the Lanthimos we love.
7.Kinds of Kindness(2024)
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6.Alps(2011)
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Dogtoothwas a tough act to follow.
Years later, it remains the directors most misunderstood movie and his most underrated.
5.The Killing of a Sacred Deer(2017)
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4.The Lobster(2015)
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),The Lobstersurreally exaggerates the indignities and stakes of our actual, unforgiving dating culture.
3.The Favourite(2018)
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2.Poor Things(2023)
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The most accessible movie Lanthimos has ever made, but why hold that against it?
Or you could see a deeper metaphor for all manner of social conditioning in its bloody, crooked grin.
Were nothing more than products of our environment, Lanthimos keeps saying.
He just said it best withDogtooth.
