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What is the best Steven Soderbergh film of all time?

By YPB Team5 votes

Few American directors work this fast, or this wide. A studio heist sits next to an iPhone experiment here.

  1. Out of Sight — ranked #11
    Out of Sight
    The 1998 Elmore Leonard adaptation pairing George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez.
    1000pts
  2. Traffic — ranked #22
    Traffic
    The 2000 drug-trade mosaic that won Soderbergh the Oscar for Best Director.
    782pts
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  3. Contagion — ranked #33
    Contagion
    The 2011 pandemic procedural that traced a virus from bat to boardroom.
    657pts
  4. Che — ranked #44
    Che
    The two-part 2008 epic on Che Guevara, with Benicio del Toro in the title role.
    657pts
  5. High Flying Bird — ranked #55
    High Flying Bird
    A 2019 sports-business drama about an agent working through an NBA lockout, shot on an iPhone.
    617pts
  6. Behind the Candelabra — ranked #66
    Behind the Candelabra
    The 2013 Liberace biopic with Michael Douglas and Matt Damon.
    573pts
  7. Sex, Lies, and Videotape — ranked #77
    Sex, Lies, and Videotape
    The 1989 debut that took the Palme d'Or and set off the American independent boom.
    524pts
  8. Magic Mike — ranked #88
    Magic Mike
    The 2012 drama about a Tampa stripper trying to start a furniture business.
    407pts
  9. No Sudden Move — ranked #99
    No Sudden Move
    A 2021 crime story of small-time hoods and a stolen document in 1954 Detroit.
    406pts
  10. Ocean's Eleven — ranked #1010
    Ocean's Eleven
    The 2001 casino heist remake that turned into Soderbergh's biggest hit.
    406pts
  11. Unsane — ranked #1111
    Unsane
    A 2018 psychiatric-ward thriller shot entirely on an iPhone 7 Plus.
    335pts
  12. Kimi — ranked #1212
    Kimi
    A 2022 thriller about a voice-assistant worker who hears a crime in an audio stream.
    335pts
  13. Logan Lucky — ranked #1313
    Logan Lucky
    A 2017 heist comedy set around a NASCAR race in West Virginia.
    335pts
  14. The Informant! — ranked #1414
    The Informant!
    A 2009 comedy about a price-fixing whistleblower at Archer Daniels Midland, with Matt Damon.
    335pts
  15. Black Bag — ranked #1515
    Black Bag
    A 2025 spy thriller with Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett as married intelligence officers.
    335pts
  16. Erin Brockovich — ranked #1616
    Erin Brockovich
    The 2000 legal drama that won Julia Roberts her Academy Award.
    253pts
  17. Side Effects — ranked #1717
    Side Effects
    A 2013 pharmaceutical thriller with Rooney Mara and Jude Law.
    156pts
  18. The Limey — ranked #1818
    The Limey
    A 1999 revenge thriller with Terence Stamp hunting his daughter's killer in Los Angeles.
    156pts
  19. King of the Hill — ranked #1919
    King of the Hill
    A 1993 Depression-era coming-of-age story adapted from A. E. Hotchner's memoir.
    156pts
  20. Presence — ranked #2020
    Presence
    A 2024 haunted-house story filmed entirely from the ghost's point of view.
    0pts
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