What is the best Yorgos Lanthimos movie?

Greek weird-wave oddities share the field with lavish Oscar-season hits, all from a director who refuses to play anything straight.

1. 1
   The Lobster

   His 2015 English-language debut, with Colin Farrell in a world where single people are turned into animals.
   1000pts
2. 2
   The Favourite

   The 2018 period comedy about Queen Anne's court, which won Olivia Colman the Best Actress Oscar.
   906pts
3. 3
   Bugonia

   A 2025 dark sci-fi comedy in which two conspiracy theorists kidnap a CEO they believe is an alien.
   765pts
4. 4
   Kinetta

   Lanthimos's 2005 solo debut, a cryptic Greek drama about three loners re-enacting murders in an off-season resort.
   765pts
5. 5
   Poor Things

   The 2023 Golden Lion winner with Emma Stone's Oscar-winning turn as the reanimated Bella Baxter.
   647pts
6. 6
   Dogtooth

   The 2009 Greek breakthrough about parents who keep their adult children sealed inside the family compound; Oscar-nominated.
   503pts
7. 7
   Alps

   A 2011 Greek drama about a secret group that impersonates the dead to comfort grieving families.
   0pts
8. 8
   The Killing of a Sacred Deer

   A 2017 psychological horror with Colin Farrell as a surgeon facing a teenager's terrible ultimatum.
   0pts
9. 9
   Kinds of Kindness

   A 2024 triptych of dark fables with Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, the latter winning Best Actor at Cannes.
   0pts

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