Every David Fincher Movie Ranked From Worst To Best
From the infamy of Alien 3 to Fincher's latest, Mank.
David Fincher's new film Mank marks his 11th feature film released over the last three decades, after transitioning from the world of music videos to splashy genre filmmaking in the early 1990s.
And though Fincher's start in Hollywood was anything but smooth, he quickly pivoted to establish himself as one of the most talented and reliable filmmakers of his generation - and one who's only further cemented his mastery in recent years.
He's never been a darling of the Academy nor has he ever made a movie that's grossed more than $400 million, but Fincher understands the process of filmmaking better than almost anyone not called Martin Scorsese.
Famed for his Kubrick-esque obsessiveness with seemingly minor details, Fincher's contentious process nevertheless yields worthy results every time.
And so when we venture to rank his 11 films from worst to best, we're fortunate enough to be ranging from "flawed but interesting" to "one of the best films of the 21st century."
It's a filmography tailor-made to divide audiences and incite debate about what exactly trumps what, but here's how things are stacking up for Fincher as of 2020...
11. Alien 3
Though Fincher commands an enormous amount of filmmaking clout these days, the same couldn't be said back in 1990, when Fox hired the 28-year-old music video director to make his feature debut on this sci-fi horror threequel.
Much has been written about the film's notoriously troubled production which saw Fincher battle Fox executives throughout shooting, causing him to eventually disown the final product.
But Alien 3 certainly isn't a bad film by any means, and easily the most interesting entry into the series post-Aliens.
Despite committing the unforgivable sin of killing fan favourite characters Newt (Carrie Henn) and Hicks (Michael Biehn) off-screen, it gave Sigourney Weaver another meaty go-around as heroine Ripley, the supporting cast (especially Charles Dance and Charles S. Dutton) were grand, and the penal colony setting was nothing if not uniquely atmospheric.
It has pacing issues coming out the wazoo and fans remain split on its bleak ending - which, clearly, should've been the end of Ripley's story - but as far as career-worst movies go, it's far from an embarrassment.