Steven Soderbergh movies - ranked

96/100. A cathartic creative jolt, both for the director and those in search for a refreshingly absurd language to think in.

95/100. One of the most beautifully shot movies I've ever seen. Romantic, haunting, nightmarish, breathtaking. My top two movies by the man are two of the rare occasions in which he is credited as screenwriter. I don't believe this is a coincidence. He brings two very different kinds of passion to these two films, and he's extremely successful in both.

94/100. I'd go as far as to call this groundbreaking, at least in relation to the ground it broke for me as a cinematic philosopher. You don't need to take an editing class. A focused first viewing of this will suffice. I wish he had gone this far out there in his ambition again, because he was close to discovering the purest cinema possible.

93/100. So inexperienced yet such a formed aesthetic and artistic confidence. Performances are other worldly, both controlled and primal. Unflinching is the word I choose to describe this, for this is the kind of look Soderbergh gives our insecurities and fears about sex and human relationships.

89/100. A testament to the magic of "capturing" performances with the camera. Here, Soderbergh swings a net at butterflies, with nothing but grace. The terrifying emptiness of routine life told with the appropriate aesthetic. And brilliant use of score.

86/100. Easily the man's most overlooked work. Way ahead of its time. Not a movie intended to only be seen once. Its layers reveal themselves slyly. And I love the ending. He out-Jodorowskies Jodorowsky, and no one noticed.

85/100. So much fun, and it stealthily becomes a profoundly moving expression of Sodey's favorite themes. Greatest Matt Damon performance, no doubt. And greatest voiceover in the history of words.

78/100. The most fun movie ever made. And those zooms. Hell yeah, I love the 70s, too.

84/100. Everyone wanted to remake this movie for a good six years after it was made. So many loosely interconnected ensemble pieces that just couldn't compare. This is the focused, shamelessly topical granddaddy of them all. A worthy win for Best Director for the man as well.

83/100. Perfect balance between procedural, linear storytelling and the suffering human souls revolving around it.