List of the best Richard Linklater movies: Before Sunrise(1995), Before Sunset(2004), Before Midnight(2013), Boyhood(2014), Dazed and Confused(1993), A Scanner Darkly(2006), The School of Rock(2003), Last Flag Flying(2017), Everybody Wants Some!!(2016), Bernie(2011), Suburbia(1996), Me and Orson Welles(2008) ... ...
Romance
USA|Austria|Switzerland
1995
101 Minutes
Director
Ethan Hawke Julie Delpy Erni Mangold Hanno Poeschl Karl Bruckschwaiger Tex Rubinowitz Andrea Eckert Haymon Maria Buttinger
traveler student poet quirky charming moving vienna train romance travel fate chance meeting discovery love 1990s
A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.
Romance, Drama
USA|France
2004
80 Minutes
Director
Ethan Hawke Julie Delpy Vernon Dobtcheff Louise Lemoine Torres Rodolphe Pauly Mariane Plasteig Diabolo Albert Delpy Marie Pillet
writer activist reporter bookseller emotional calm endearing tender paris bookstore apartment love regret relationships romance growing up pursuit love 2000s
Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.
Romance, Drama
USA|Greece
2013
109 Minutes
Director
Ethan Hawke Julie Delpy Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick Jennifer Prior Charlotte Prior Walter Lassally Xenia Kalogeropoulou Ariane Labed
lover greek person daughter friend family member grandmother brooding emotional intense greece car train house beach hotel reminiscence love argument questioning travel
We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
Drama
USA
2014
165 Minutes
Director
Ellar Coltrane Patricia Arquette Ethan Hawke Lorelei Linklater Tamara Jolaine Nick Krause Jordan Howard Evie Thompson
child mother father sister classmate friend charming cool creative classroom backyard bedroom dining room dark room bowling alley growing up life family travel birthdays
The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.
Drama
USA
1993
103 Minutes
Director
Jason London Wiley Wiggins Sasha Jenson Rory Cochrane Milla Jovovich Marissa Ribisi Adam Goldberg Anthony Rapp Matthew McConaughey Ben Affleck Zeke Mills
student athlete druggie bully nerd lighthearted amusing charming high school texas austin, texas coming of age high school drugs party adventure growing up revenge discovery 1970s
The adventures of high school and junior high students on the last day of school in May 1976.
Sci-Fi, Drama, Animation, Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2006
100 Minutes
Director
detective undercover cop drug addict psychiatrist creative intricate dark household california farm suicide drug addiction totalitarianism surveillance paranoia discovery fall pursuit future
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Comedy
USA|Germany
2003
108 Minutes
Director
Jack Black Joan Cusack Mike White Sarah Silverman Jordan-Claire Green Veronica Afflerbach Miranda Cosgrove Robert L. Tsai Angelo Massagli Kevin Clark Maryam Hassan
guitarist music teacher prodigy principal student roommate charming cheery offbeat spirited amusing heartwarming school upstate new york apartment music competition classroom redemption elementary school rock 'n' roll
After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
124 Minutes
Director
Steve Carell Bryan Cranston Laurence Fishburne Cicely Tyson Yul Vazquez J. Quinton Johnson Samuel Davis Kate Easton Deanna Reed-Foster Graham Wolfe Jeff Monahan
veteran bar owner preacher soldier emotional passionate solemn spirited tender new york city truck car church arlington national cemetery military service aging road trip brotherhood adventure pursuit
Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.
Comedy
USA
2016
116 Minutes
Director
Will Brittain Zoey Deutch Ryan Guzman Tyler Hoechlin Blake Jenner J. Quinton Johnson Glen Powell Wyatt Russell Austin Amelio Temple Baker Tanner Kalina
student baseball player romantic interest roommate teammate baseball coach lighthearted playful hilarious positive amusing quirky texas campus party house parking lot baseball field friendship youth
In 1980, a group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.
Comedy, Drama, Crime
USA
2011
104 Minutes
Director
Jack Black Shirley MacLaine Matthew McConaughey Brady Coleman Richard Robichaux Rick Dial Brandon Smith Larry Jack Dotson Merrilee McCommas Matthew Greer Sonny Carl Davis
funeral director murderer widow district attorney reverend amusing dark offbeat texas rural community murder case small-town life scandal notoriety delusions of grandeur mystery pursuit fall 1990s
In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.
Comedy
USA
1996
118 Minutes
Director
Jayce Bartok Amie Carey Nicky Katt Ajay Naidu Parker Posey Giovanni Ribisi Samia Shoaib Dina Spybey Steve Zahn
slacker friend rock star teenager teen boy amusing offbeat austin, texas parking lot convenience store car boredom small-town life escape teen romance coming of age teen angst growing up discovery 1990s
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
Drama
UK|Isle Of Man|USA
2008
107 Minutes
Director
Zac Efron Claire Danes Christian McKay Zoe Kazan James Tupper Leo Bill Eddie Marsan Ben Chaplin Al Weaver Kelly Reilly Iain McKee
teen boy director secretary orson welles actor mentor lighthearted emotional inspiring stage new york city mercury theatre ballroom backstage theater acting dreams jealousy performance new life
In 1937, a teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar", directed by a young Orson Welles.
Comedy
USA
2019
104 Minutes
Director
Cate Blanchett Billy Crudup Kristen Wiig Emma Nelson Judy Greer Laurence Fishburne James Urbaniak Steve Zahn Megan Mullally Troian Bellisario Zoƫ Chao
architect husband wife daughter friend inspiring passionate moving seattle house office restaurant elementary school car running away disappearance chasing dreams adventure discovery escape
A loving mom becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Her leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.
Documentary
USA
2008
106 Minutes
Director
A profile of University of Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido, the winningest coach in NCAA history.
Drama
UK|USA
2006
116 Minutes
Director
Greg Kinnear Patricia Arquette Bobby Cannavale Paul Dano Luis Guzman Ethan Hawke Ashley Johnson Kris Kristofferson Avril Lavigne Esai Morales Catalina Sandino Moreno
executive illegal alien farmer employee shocking offbeat restaurant slaughterhouse farm food industry corruption health investigation quest transformation 2000s
An ensemble piece examining the health risks involved in the fast food industry and its environmental and social consequences as well.
Crime, Drama
USA
1998
122 Minutes
Director
Matthew McConaughey Skeet Ulrich Ethan Hawke Vincent D'Onofrio Julianna Margulies Dwight Yoakam Charles Gunning Becket Gremmels Gail Cronauer Chloe Webb Abra Moore
bank robbers confident unrestrained canada united states bank robbery adventure 1920s
The story of the Newton gang, the most successful bank robbers in history, owing to their good planning and minimal violence.
Documentary
2013
70 Minutes
Sandra Adair James Benning Richard Linklater
Comedy
2008
80 Minutes
Principal Mallard
Gabriel McIver Kristen Tucker Kevin Corrigan Andrew Bujalski Nick Offerman Richard Linklater Damian Young Bob Schneider
Kids & Family, Adventure, Action
USA
2001
88 Minutes
Antonio Banderas Carla Gugino Alexa PenaVega Daryl Sabara Alan Cumming Tony Shalhoub Teri Hatcher Cheech Marin Robert Patrick Danny Trejo Mike Judge
mother father brother sister wizard spy amusing charming outlandish thrilling united states household castle evil crime superhuman abilities family heroism espionage growing up
The children of secret-agent parents must save them from danger.