# What is the best Spike Jonze film of all time?

> Features, shorts and one perfume ad, and the register barely changes between them.

*By YPB Team · Published September 4, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-spike-jonze-film-of-all-time*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Her** — score 1000/1000
   The 2013 love story between a lonely writer and an operating system, which won Jonze an Oscar for its screenplay.
2. **Where the Wild Things Are** — score 801/1000
   The 2009 adaptation of Maurice Sendak's picture book, with practical creature suits.
3. **Tell Them Anything You Want** — score 648/1000
   A 2009 documentary portrait of Maurice Sendak, co-directed with Lance Bangs.
4. **Being John Malkovich** — score 632/1000
   Jonze's 1999 debut about a portal into an actor's head, written by Charlie Kaufman.
5. **Beastie Boys Story** — score 548/1000
   The 2020 live documentary of Mike D and Ad-Rock telling the band's history on stage.
6. **Adaptation.** — score 448/1000
   The 2002 Kaufman collaboration in which a screenwriter tries and fails to adapt a book about orchids.
7. **Welcome Home** — score 329/1000
   A 2018 Apple HomePod commercial with FKA twigs dancing through a warping apartment.
8. **Mourir Auprès de Toi** — score 329/1000
   A 2011 stop-motion short set in a Paris bookshop after closing time.
9. **I'm Here** — score 329/1000
   A 2010 short about two robots falling in love in Los Angeles.
10. **Scenes From the Suburbs** — score 329/1000
   A 2011 short made with Arcade Fire about teenage friendship in a militarised suburb.
11. **Kenzo World** — score 183/1000
   A 2016 perfume film in which Margaret Qualley breaks out of a gala into wild dance.

Tags: movies, directors, indie, 2010s