What is the best James Gray movie?

Gritty New York crime sagas share the list with a jungle expedition and a lonely trip to Neptune, and critics still disagree about which mode suits him best.

1. 1
   Two Lovers

   Gray's 2008 romantic drama starring Joaquin Phoenix opposite Gwyneth Paltrow and Vinessa Shaw.
   1000pts
2. 2
   The Immigrant

   Gray's 2013 period drama starring Marion Cotillard as a Polish immigrant arriving in 1921 New York.
   840pts
3. 3
   The Yards

   Gray's 2000 crime drama about corruption in New York's subway-repair business, starring Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix.
   708pts
4. 4
   Armageddon Time

   Gray's semi-autobiographical 2022 coming-of-age drama set in 1980 Queens, with Anne Hathaway and Anthony Hopkins.
   600pts
5. 5
   Little Odessa

   Gray's 1994 debut feature, a Brighton Beach crime drama starring Tim Roth that won the Silver Lion at Venice.
   466pts
6. 6
   Ad Astra

   Gray's 2019 science-fiction film starring Brad Pitt as an astronaut searching for his father across the solar system.
   466pts
7. 7
   The Lost City of Z

   Gray's 2016 adventure drama about explorer Percy Fawcett, played by Charlie Hunnam, searching the Amazon.
   466pts
8. 8
   We Own the Night

   Gray's 2007 police thriller in which Joaquin Phoenix plays a nightclub manager whose brother and father are NYPD officers.
   0pts
9. 9
   Paper Tiger

   Gray's 2026 crime drama set in 1980s Queens, starring Adam Driver, Miles Teller and Scarlett Johansson, which premiered in competition at Cannes.
   0pts

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