Yorgos Lanthimos Movies
My Best Friend – 2001
Two best friends, accustomed to mutual torment and crude pranks, see their lifelong bond and respective marriages disintegrate after one catches the other sleeping with his wife. The ensuing chaos unfolds through layers of betrayal, vicious lies, sexual humiliation, and pitch-black comedy that refuses to offer any genuine reconciliation or moral clarity.
Kinetta – 2005
During the quiet off-season at a desolate Greek coastal hotel, a lonely chambermaid, a car-obsessed repairman, and a quiet photo-lab employee form a strange alliance. They compulsively reenact real local murders on camera with meticulous yet awkward detail, merging performance art, voyeurism, and repressed desires into a haunting, almost silent psychological puzzle.
Dogtooth – 2009
A domineering father and complicit mother keep their three grown children completely isolated inside a large fenced family compound, inventing a warped vocabulary and bizarre rules to maintain total control. When a young woman from the outside world infiltrates their lives, the fragile constructed reality begins to fracture violently.
Alps – 2011
A clandestine organization named Alps provides an unusual therapeutic service: trained members impersonate recently deceased loved ones, meticulously copying gestures, speech patterns, and memories to comfort the bereaved. One dedicated nurse grows dangerously attached to her roles, crossing boundaries between professional detachment, genuine empathy, and disturbing personal obsession.
The Lobster – 2015
In a rigidly dystopian world, every single adult is confined to a luxurious yet oppressive hotel where they have exactly forty-five days to find a compatible romantic partner, or else they will be surgically transformed into the animal of their choosing. A desperate man eventually joins a secretive group of loners.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer – 2017
A skilled cardiac surgeon develops an unsettling friendship with a quiet, intense teenage boy who gradually inserts himself into the doctor's perfect family life. When the teenager reveals a chilling curse tied to a past surgical tragedy, the surgeon faces an impossible, horrifying moral decision involving sacrifice and retribution.
The Favourite – 2018
In the early eighteenth century, the physically frail and emotionally fragile Queen Anne depends heavily on her shrewd, manipulative confidante Lady Sarah for both governance and affection. The arrival of cunning, opportunistic servant Abigail ignites a ruthless, seductive power struggle that reshapes the court amid ongoing war and personal betrayals.
Poor Things – 2023
After being brought back to life by an eccentric, god-complex scientist who implants the brain of her own unborn fetus, a young woman embarks on an extraordinary odyssey of sexual liberation, intellectual awakening, and fierce defiance against patriarchal constraints, traveling across continents while developing a radically independent worldview.
Kinds of Kindness – 2024
This anthology film presents three loosely connected, darkly humorous stories that probe themes of extreme control, blind obedience, and warped devotion. One features a man following his boss's every command; another a policeman doubting his resurrected wife's identity; the third a cult member searching for a messianic figure.
Bugonia – 2025
Two deeply paranoid young men, convinced that a successful female pharmaceutical executive is actually an extraterrestrial invader intent on destroying humanity, abduct her in a misguided attempt to save the world. Their tense, increasingly unhinged interrogation descends into psychological games, class resentment, and unsettling revelations about belief and reality.