Warning: This post contains mild spoilers for Men
All three Alex Garland films ranked from worst to best. The filmmaker made his screenwriting debut with the Danny Boyle-directed 28 Days Later and has gone on to write a plethora of movies and TV shows, including Devs, Never Let Me Go, and Sunshine. While he largely sticks to sci-fi, Garland has done plenty of horror, among other genres.
Garland made his directorial debut in 2014 with Ex Machina and has since directed two more films, with a fourth — Civil War starring Kirsten Dunst — on the way. When it comes to Garland’s movies, they’re always layered, stylish, and filled with themes and moments that can be dissected and discussed long after the film is over. His propensity for creating such intelligent, often surreal, films is what has catapulted him into the spotlight and garnered his work much critical acclaim. Like his films or not, there’s no doubt they have made an impression.
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However, not all of Garland’s movies are created equal. This piece aims to rank the filmmaker’s feature films as a director. Men, his latest, Annihilation, and Ex Machina are all very different, standing out in their own ways. Here are all three of Garland’s films, ranked from least good to his best.
Men follows Harper Marlowe (Jessie Buckley), who goes on a brief holiday to escape the trauma following her husband James’ (Paapa Essiedu) death. Renting out a country home, Harper realizes there really isn’t anywhere that is safe as a woman. Inside her home, she is stalked by a creepy naked man (Rory Kinnear); while walking in town, she is harassed by the church vicar and is on the receiving end of misogynistic and offensive language. His third feature
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