Steven Soderbergh filmography explained

The filmography of Steven Soderbergh catalogues the filmmaking of American director, producer, and screenwriter, Steven Soderbergh. He has directed 33 feature films and eight television programs. His directorial works have grossed over US$2.2 billion worldwide.[1]

Film

Year Title DirectorWriterProducerDoPEditorNotes
1985 9012Live Concert film, Feature documentary directorial debut, Nominated — Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form
Access All Areas Short film
1987 Winston
1989 Sex, Lies, and Videotape Feature narrative directorial debut,
Palme d'Or, 1989 Cannes Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize — In Competition, 1989 Cannes Film Festival, Nominated — Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
1991 Kafka
1993 King of the Hill Based on the novel of the same name by A.E. Hotchner, Nominated — Palme d'Or, 1993 Cannes Film Festival
1993Suture
1995 The UnderneathCo-screenwriter (credited as Sam Lowry) with Daniel Fuchs
Based on the novel Criss Cross by Don Tracy
1996 The Daytrippers
Schizopolis All credits are uncredited, Also co-composer (with Cliff Martinez) and actor; roles: Fletcher Munson / Dr. Jeffrey Korchek, Co-edited with Sarah Flack
Gray's Anatomy
1997 Nightwatch Co-screenwriter with Ole Bornedal, Remake of the film Nattevagtenwritten by Ole Bornedal
1998 Out of Sight
Pleasantville
1999 The Limey
2000 Erin Brockovich Nominated — Academy Award for Best Director, Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Director
Traffic Academy Award for Best Director, Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Director, Nominated — Golden Bear, 51st Berlin International Film Festival
2001Who Is Bernard Tapie? Documentary
Tribute
Ocean's Eleven
2002 Insomnia
Full Frontal
Far From Heaven
Welcome to Collinwood
Naqoyqatsi Documentary
Solaris Based on the novel of the same name by Stanisław Lem, Nominated — Golden Bear, 53rd Berlin International Film Festival
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2003 Able Edwards
2004 Eros Segment: "Equilibrium"
Ocean's Twelve
Criminal Co-screenwriter (with Gregory Jacobs) (credited as Sam Lowry)
Based on the film Nueve reinas, written by Fabián Bielinsky
Keane
2005Symbiopsychotaxiplasm

Take 2 1/2

Experimental documentary
The Jacket
Good Night, and Good Luck
Bubble
Syriana
Rumor Has It...
The Big Empty Short film
2006 A Scanner Darkly
Pu-239
The Good German Nominated — Golden Bear, 57th Berlin International Film Festival
Building No. 7 Short film
2007Ocean's Thirteen
Wind Chill
I'm Not There
Michael Clayton
2008 Documentary
Che 2-part film, Nominated — Palme d'Or, 2008 Cannes Film Festival
2009 The Girlfriend Experience
Playground
Solitary Man
The Informant!
2010 And Everything Is Going Fine Documentary
Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs)
2011We Need to Talk About Kevin
Contagion
Haywire
2012 Magic Mike
The Hunger Games Second Unit Director
Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out Documentary
2013 Side Effects Nominated — Golden Bear, 63rd Berlin International Film Festival
2014 PsychosFeature Length Mashup Of Psycho (1960) and (1998)
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Citizenfour Documentary
2015Magic Mike XXLAlso camera operator
2017 Logan Lucky
The KingDocumentary
2018Ocean's 8
Perfect
Unsane
2019Your Life As a SpyShort film, All credits are uncredited
High Flying Bird
The LaundromatNominated — Golden Lion, 76th Venice International Film Festival
Beats
The Report
2020Bill & Ted Face the Music
Let Them All Talk
2021No Sudden Move
2022The ExilesDocumentary
Kimi
IS THAT BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU?!?Documentary
2023Divinity
Magic Mike's Last Dance
Once Within a Time
2024Presence
2025Black Bag

Reception

Critical, public and commercial reception to Soderbergh's directorial feature films as of August 29, 2022.

YearFilmRotten Tomatoes[2] Metacritic[3] CinemaScore[4] BudgetBox office[5]
1989Sex, Lies, and Videotape96% (8.0/10 average rating)
(52 reviews)
86 (17 reviews)$1.2 million$36.7 million
1991Kafka50% (5.4/10 average rating)
(24 reviews)
46 (17 reviews)$11 million$1.1 million
1993King of the Hill91% (7.8/10 average rating)
(33 reviews)
86 (12 reviews)$8 million$1.2 million
1995The Underneath62% (6.1/10 average rating)
(26 reviews)
69 (11 reviews)$6.5 million$536,023
1996Schizopolis65% (6.5/10 average rating)
(20 reviews)
44 (10 reviews)$250,000$10,580
Gray's Anatomy59% (6.3/10 average rating)
(22 reviews)
60 (14 reviews)$350,000$29,090
1998Out of Sight94% (7.9/10 average rating)
(99 reviews)
85 (30 reviews)$48 million$77.7 million
1999The Limey92% (7.4/10 average rating)
(84 reviews)
73 (32 reviews)$10 million$3.2 million
2000Erin Brockovich85% (7.5/10 average rating)
(149 reviews)
73 (36 reviews)$52 million$256.3 million
Traffic92% (8.0/10 average rating)
(161 reviews)
86 (34 reviews)$48 million$207.5 million
2001Ocean's Eleven83% (7.0/10 average rating)
(182 reviews)
74 (35 reviews)$85 million$450.7 million
2002Full Frontal39% (5.2/10 average rating)
(145 reviews)
45 (37 ratings)$2 million$3.4 million
Solaris66% (6.6/10 average rating)
(209 reviews)
65 (38 reviews)$47 million$30 million
2004Ocean's Twelve 54% (5.9/10 average rating)
(184 reviews)
58 (39 reviews)$110 million$362.7 million
2005Bubble71% (6.3/10 average rating)
(106 reviews)
63 (32 reviews)$1.6 million$261,966
2006The Good German34% (5.1/10 average rating)
(153 reviews)
49 (34 reviews)$30 million$5.9 million
2007Ocean's Thirteen70% (6.4/10 average rating)
(200 reviews)
62 (37 reviews)$85 million$311.3 million
2008Che: Part One
(The Argentine)

Che: Part Two
(Guerrilla)
68% (6.5/10 average rating)
(142 reviews)
79% (6.7/10 average rating)
(53 reviews)
64 (24 reviews)$59 million$40.8 million
2009The Girlfriend Experience67% (6.4/10 average rating)
(141 reviews)
66 (26 reviews)$1.7 million$1 million
The Informant!79% (6.8/10 average rating)
(231 reviews)
66 (37 reviews)$22 million$41.8 million
2010And Everything is Going Fine91% (7.8/10 average rating)
(34 reviews)
76 (11 reviews)$22,080
2011Contagion 85% (7.1/10 average rating)
(281 reviews)
70 (38 reviews)$60 million$135.5 million
2012Haywire 80% (6.8/10 average rating)
(200 reviews)
67 (40 reviews)$23 million$34.5 million
Magic Mike78% (6.8/10 average rating)
(217 reviews)
72 (38 reviews)$7 million$167.2 million
2013Side Effects81% (7.3/10 average rating)
(223 reviews)
75 (40 reviews)$30 million$66.7 million
Behind the Candelabra94% (8.1/10 average rating)
(108 reviews)
83 (30 reviews)$23 million
2017Logan Lucky92% (7.5/10 average rating)
(290 reviews)
78 (51 reviews)$29 million$48.5 million
2018Unsane80% (6.7/10 average rating)
(239 reviews)
63 (45 reviews)$1.5 million$14.3 million
2019High Flying Bird91% (7.4/10 average rating)
(137 reviews)
78 (23 reviews)$2 million
The Laundromat41% (5.5/10 average rating)
(174 reviews)
57 (37 reviews)
2020Let Them All Talk87% (7.1/10 average rating)
(119 reviews)
72 (31 reviews)
2021No Sudden Move92% (7.8/10 average rating)
(140 reviews)
76 (38 reviews)
2022Kimi92% (7.5/10 average rating)
(120 reviews)
79 (27 reviews)
2023Magic Mike's Last Dance48% (5.4/10 average rating)
(222 reviews)
52 (54 reviews) $45 million$56.3 million

As of 2018, Soderbergh's entire feature filmography has grossed over US$2.2 billion worldwide in sales.[6] Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Thirteen, Out of Sight, Logan Lucky and No Sudden Move were named among the "88 Best Heist Movies of All Time" by Rotten Tomatoes.[7] His film Out of Sight was listed as one of the best movies of the 1990s by Rolling Stone.[8]

Television

YearTitleDirectorExecutive
Producer
DoPEditorNetworkNotes
1993, 1995Fallen AngelsShowtimeEpisodes: "The Quiet Room" and "The Professional Man"
2003K StreetHBO
2005Unscripted
2011His Way TV documentary
2013Behind the Candelabra TV movie
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
Nominated — Palme d'Or, 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Nominated — Queer Palm, 2013 Cannes Film Festival
2014–2015The KnickCinemax
2014–2017Red Oaks Amazon Prime Video
2016-PresentThe Girlfriend ExperienceStarz
2017Godless Netflix
2018MosaicHBOAlso a mobile app
2019Now Apocalypse Starz
Leavenworth
2020Wireless Quibi
202193rd Academy AwardsABCCredited as Producer with Jesse Collins & Stacey Sher
Finding Magic MikeHBO Max
2023Full Circle
Command Z

Audio commentaries

On his own films

On other films

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Steven Soderbergh Movie Box Office Results. Box Office Mojo. en. April 12, 2018. October 22, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121022142149/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=stevensoderbergh.htm. live.
  2. Web site: Steven Soderbergh. Rotten Tomatoes. en. April 12, 2018. November 26, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171126152747/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/steven_soderbergh/. live.
  3. Web site: Steven Soderbergh. Metacritic. April 12, 2018. April 22, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180422114618/http://www.metacritic.com/person/steven-soderbergh. live.
  4. Web site: CinemaScore. cinemascore.com. June 30, 2017. January 19, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150119025202/http://www.cinemascore.com/. live.
  5. Web site: Steven Soderbergh Movie Box Office Results. Box Office Mojo. en. April 12, 2018. April 23, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180423214501/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Director&id=stevensoderbergh.htm. live.
  6. Web site: Steven Soderbergh Movie Box Office Results. Box Office Mojo. en. April 13, 2018. April 23, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180423214501/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Director&id=stevensoderbergh.htm. dead.
  7. News: 75 Best Heist Movies of All Time. Rotten Tomatoes. April 14, 2018. en-US. December 22, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201222153527/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-heist-movies-of-all-time/. live.
  8. The 100 Greatest Movies of the Nineties. Krepps. Daniel. July 12, 2017. Rolling Stone. April 14, 2018. March 20, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210320104429/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/the-100-greatest-movies-of-the-nineties-195513/out-of-sight-1998-196245/. live.