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Lynne Ramsay has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by We Need to Talk About Kevin.
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 9%Prime Video · Included

Ratcatcher
1999 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 34%Max · Included

You Were Never Really Here
2017 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 63%Prime Video · Included

Die My Love
2025 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 86%MUBI · Included

After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
Dir. Lynne Ramsay · With Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller

James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the canal where he creates a world of his own. He finds an awkward tenderness with Margaret Anne, a vulnerable 14 year old expressing a need for love in all the wrong ways, and befriends Kenny, who possesses an unusual innocence in spite of the harsh surroundings.
Dir. Lynne Ramsay · With William Eadie, Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews

After her boyfriend commits suicide, a young woman attempts to use the unpublished manuscript of a novel and a sum of money he left behind to reinvent her life.
Dir. Lynne Ramsay · With Samantha Morton, Kathleen McDermott, Raife Patrick Burchell

A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered—leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Dir. Lynne Ramsay · With Joaquin Phoenix, Judith Roberts, Ekaterina Samsonov

After inheriting a remote Montana house, Jackson moves there from New York with his partner Grace, and the couple soon welcome a child. As Jackson becomes increasingly absent and rural isolation sets in, Grace struggles with loneliness, creative frustration, and unresolved emotional wounds. What begins as an attempt at renewal gradually turns into an intense psychological descent, placing strain on their relationship and exposing the fragile balance between love, identity, and motherhood.
Dir. Lynne Ramsay · With Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, Sissy Spacek