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Richard Linklater
Director & actor · born 30 July 1960 · Houston, Texas, USA
Richard Linklater (/ˈlɪŋkleɪtər/; born July 30, 1960) is an American filmmaker. He is known for making films that deal thematically with suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. In 2015, Linklater was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
His films include the comedies Slacker (1990) and Dazed and Confused (1993); the Before trilogy of romance films: Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004), and Before Midnight (2013); the music-themed comedy School of Rock (2003); the adult animated films Waking Life (2001), A Scanner Darkly (2006), and Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022); the coming-of-age drama Boyhood (2014); the comedy film Everybody Wants Some!! (2016); and the romantic comedy Hit Man (2023).
Where to start: Before Sunrise (1995).
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Blue Moon
2025 · 6.6/10
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Nouvelle Vague
2025 · 7.2/10
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Hit Man
2024 · 6.8/10
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Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
2022 · 7.0/10
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Another Day at the Office
2019 · 5.0/10
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019 · 6.6/10
Popcorn Flick
Last Flag Flying
2017 · 6.7/10
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Everybody Wants Some!!
2016 · 6.4/10
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Boyhood
2014 · 7.5/10
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Before Midnight
2013 · 7.5/10
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Bernie
2012 · 6.6/10
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Me and Orson Welles
2008 · 6.4/10
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Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach
2008 · 5.0/10
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Fast Food Nation
2006 · 6.1/10
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A Scanner Darkly
2006 · 6.8/10
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Bad News Bears
2005 · 5.8/10
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Before Sunset
2004 · 7.8/10
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The School of Rock
2003 · 7.1/10
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Live from Shiva's Dance Floor
2003 · 6.0/10
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Tape
2001 · 6.9/10
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Waking Life
2001 · 7.5/10
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The Newton Boys
1998 · 6.1/10
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SubUrbia
1997 · 6.2/10
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Before Sunrise
1995 · 8.0/10
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Dazed and Confused
1993 · 7.3/10
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Heads I Win/Tails You Lose
1991 · 7.5/10
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Slacker
1990 · 6.7/10
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It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
1988 · 5.4/10
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Woodshock
1985 · 6.0/10
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Making of School of Rock
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Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes
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Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2026
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Each Day in a Moment: 2025
2026
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Clemente
2025 · 9.0/10
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Le making of de Nouvelle Vague
2025
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Art-House America: Austin Film Society
2023
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Clerk
2021 · 6.2/10
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2019 · 5.0/10
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J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius
2019 · 5.7/10
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Blaze
2018 · 6.3/10
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Also Starring Austin
2018 · 7.0/10
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More Human Than Human
2018 · 5.2/10
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The Space in Between
2017 · 8.0/10
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After Before
2017 · 7.0/10
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Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016 · 6.8/10
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Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015 · 7.2/10
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Twelve Years
2015 · 6.0/10
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 · 6.5/10
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21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014 · 6.3/10
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Linklater: On Cinema and Time
2013 · 7.2/10
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Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater
2013 · 6.4/10
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Side by Side
2012 · 7.3/10
Worth the HypeBernie
2012 · 6.6/10
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Great Directors
2009 · 6.1/10
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American Prince
2009 · 7.0/10
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For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
2009 · 5.8/10
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2008 · 5.4/10
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The King of Texas
2008 · 6.0/10
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Critic
2008 · 7.9/10
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The Hottest State
2007 · 5.5/10
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Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
2007
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The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
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The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
2006 · 7.0/10
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One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
2006 · 8.2/10
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Viva Les Amis
2005
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Making Dazed
2005 · 9.0/10
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Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
2005 · 10.0/10
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Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004
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Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
2004 · 7.7/10
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2004
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Texas: America Supersized
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2001 · 7.5/10
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Chelsea Walls
2001 · 4.2/10
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In the Bathtub of the World
2001 · 7.0/10
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Spy Kids
2001 · 5.8/10
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University, Inc.
1999 · 8.0/10
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Scotch and Milk
1998 · 6.4/10
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Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996 · 6.7/10
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The Underneath
1995 · 5.7/10
SnoozefestBefore Sunrise
1995 · 8.0/10
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At Sundance
1995 · 5.8/10
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North on Evers
1992 · 7.5/10
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1990 · 6.7/10
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1988 · 5.4/10
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best Richard Linklater movie?
By viewer score, Before Sunrise (1995) at 8.0/10.
What are Richard Linklater’s most popular movies?
The School of Rock, Boyhood, Before Sunrise.
How many movies has Richard Linklater made?
89 films on TMDB, 34 as director, 55 as actor.