Every David Fincher Movie Ranked From Worst To Best

Following up The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with another "airport novel" adaptation didn't sit well with all of Fincher's fans, but he nevertheless ensured to class-up Gillian Flynn's best-seller with every fiber of his filmmaking nous.

As much as a first pass through Gone Girl makes much of the film seem like a brilliantly directed and acted Lifetime movie, the mid-film turn of course confirms that it's so much more than that - a self-aware riff on the very nature of storytelling and convoluted genre films themselves.

And as absurd as the whole itself might be, it's still easy to buy into thanks to Rosamund Pike's thermonuclear, Oscar-nominated performance, and fine support from not only Ben Affleck but also Carrie Coon, Neil Patrick Harris, and weirdly enough, Tyler Perry.

But what really takes the film to the next level isn't its slippery central cat-and-mouse game, but its prevailing satire of both of the media and modern relationship dynamics.

That's not to forget a sublime, Twin Peaks-esque droning musical score from Fincher's regular collaborators, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.