What is the best Luca Guadagnino movie?

By YPB Team

Luca Guadagnino has crafted some of the most sensuous and visually stunning films of his generation, spanning sun-drenched romance to visceral horror. Which is his greatest work?

Call Me by Your Name

Guadagnino's 2017 coming-of-age romance set in sun-drenched Italy earned an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and made Timothée Chalamet a star.

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We Are Who We Are

Guadagnino's acclaimed 2020 miniseries follows American teenagers on an Italian military base navigating identity, friendship, and desire — his most personal work to date.

725pts

Bones and All

Guadagnino's 2022 road-trip cannibal romance starring Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell is a tender, unsettling meditation on love and belonging on the American margins.

678pts

A Bigger Splash

The 2015 sun-soaked thriller on a Sicilian island, starring Ralph Fiennes in an irresistible performance, shows Guadagnino at his most sensual and casually dangerous.

596pts

I Am Love

Guadagnino's 2009 breakthrough feature stars Tilda Swinton as a Russian-born matriarch in a wealthy Milan family whose life is upended by a secret love affair.

577pts

Queer

Guadagnino's 2024 adaptation of William S. Burroughs' novella stars Daniel Craig as an American expat in Mexico City consumed by obsession — intimate and hallucinatory.

537pts

Challengers

The 2024 tennis love-triangle thriller starring Zendaya is a kinetic, exhilarating portrait of obsession, rivalry, and desire that showcased Guadagnino at his most playful.

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