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The Best Movies Directed by Richard Linklater

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Before Sunrise 1995, 105 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert

Comedy Drama • Romance • Romantic Drama

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Before Midnight 2013, 108 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick

Drama • Marriage Drama • Romance

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Dazed and Confused 1993, 103 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey

Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Ensemble Film

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Before Sunset 2004, 77 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff

Comedy Drama • Drama • Reunion Films

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Boyhood 2014, 163 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette

Childhood Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama

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School of Rock 2003, 108 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White

Comedy • Musical • Musical Comedy

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Waking Life 2001, 99 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Wiley Wiggins, Kim Krizan, Ethan Hawke

Animation • Avant-garde / Experimental • Drama

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Slacker 1991, 97 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: John Slate, Steve Anderson, Aleister Barron

Comedy • Ensemble Film • Hyperlink Film

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Everybody Wants Some!! 2016, 116 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Blake Jenner, Glen Powell, Zoey Deutch

Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama

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Bernie 2011, 95 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey, Shirley MacLaine

Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Crime

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A Scanner Darkly 2006, 100 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Winona Ryder

Animation • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Dystopian Film

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Tape 2001, 86 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Uma Thurman

Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Psychological Drama

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SubUrbia 1997, 121 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Nicky Katt, Giovanni Ribisi, Jayce Bartok

Based-on-Theatre • Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age

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Me and Orson Welles 2009, 114 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Zac Efron

Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama

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Last Flag Flying 2017, 124 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Steve Carell

Comedy Drama • Drama • Reunion Films

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Fast Food Nation 2006, 116 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Ashley Johnson

Americana • Comedy Drama • Drama

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The Newton Boys 1998, 113 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Skeet Ulrich

Based-on-a-True-Story • Crime Drama • Crime

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Bad News Bears 2005, 113 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden

Comedy • Sports Comedy

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Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood 2022, 97 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Jack Black, Glen Powell, Zachary Levi

Animation • Coming-of-Age • Period Film

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It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books 1988, 85 min.

Richard Linklater • Starring: Richard Linklater, Linda Levine, Daniel Johnston

Avant-garde / Experimental • Drama • Slice of Life

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