Ethan Hawke Movies Ranked 

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Critics Consensus: Thought-provoking and beautifully filmed, Before Sunrise is an intelligent, unabashedly romantic look at modern love, led by marvelously natural performances from Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy.

Adjusted Score: 107418%

Critics Consensus: Building on the first two installments in Richard Linklater’s well-crafted Before trilogy, Before Midnight offers intelligent, powerfully acted perspectives on love, marriage, and long-term commitment.

Adjusted Score: 113107%

Critics Consensus: Epic in technical scale but breathlessly intimate in narrative scope, Boyhood is a sprawling investigation of the human condition.

Adjusted Score: 99538%

Critics Consensus: As lyrical and bittersweet as the music its subject left behind, Blaze takes a decidedly unconventional — yet richly rewarding — approach to the musical biopic.

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Critics Consensus: Brought to life by delicate work from writer-director Paul Schrader and elevated by a standout performance by Ethan Hawke, First Reformed takes a sensitive and suspenseful look at weighty themes.

Adjusted Score: 99865%

Critics Consensus: Filled with engaging dialogue, Before Sunset is a witty, poignant romance, with natural chemistry between Hawke and Delpy.

Adjusted Score: 111509%

Critics Consensus: A bloody revenge epic and breathtaking visual marvel, The Northman finds filmmaker Robert Eggers expanding his scope without sacrificing any of his signature style.

Adjusted Score: 95809%

Critics Consensus: Maudie‘s talented cast — particularly Sally Hawkins in the title role — breathe much-needed depth into a story that only skims the surface of a fascinating life and talent.

Adjusted Score: 96056%

Critics Consensus: A tense and effective thriller, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead marks a triumphant return to form for director Sidney Lumet.

Adjusted Score: 93258%

Critics Consensus: Born to Be Blue benefits from a highlight-reel performance from Ethan Hawke and an impressionistic, non-hagiographic approach to Chet Baker’s life and times.

Adjusted Score: 90969%

Critics Consensus: Beautifully filmed and wonderfully acted, A Midnight Clear is a holiday war film in search of a wider audience.

Adjusted Score: 95352%

Critics Consensus: The Truth may not stand with Hirokazu Kore-eda’s best work, but it finds the writer-director revisiting familiar themes with a typically sensitive touch.

Adjusted Score: 94629%

Critics Consensus: With a typically absorbing performance from Greta Gerwig leading the way, Maggie’s Plan gives rom-com sensibilities a smart, subversive twist.

Adjusted Score: 90660%

Critics Consensus: Affecting performances from the young cast and a genuinely inspirational turn from Robin Williams grant Peter Weir’s prep school drama top honors.

Adjusted Score: 88590%

Critics Consensus: Fun genre fare with uncommon intelligence, Predestination serves as a better-than-average sci-fi adventure — and offers a starmaking turn from Sarah Snook.

Adjusted Score: 91014%

Critics Consensus: Juliet, Naked‘s somewhat familiar narrative arc is elevated by standout work from a charming cast led by a well-matched Rose Byrne and Ethan Hawke.

Adjusted Score: 86164%

Critics Consensus: Intelligent and scientifically provocative, Gattaca is an absorbing sci fi drama that poses important interesting ethical questions about the nature of science.

Adjusted Score: 86044%

Critics Consensus: Waking Life‘s inventive animated aesthetic adds a distinctive visual component to a film that could easily have rested on its smart screenplay and talented ensemble cast.

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Critics Consensus: Powerfully acted and emotionally affecting, The Phenom proves a baseball movie can step away from the mound and still deliver a heater down the middle.

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Critics Consensus: Tape‘s stagebound feel is balanced by the engrossing psychodrama of its storyline, which allows a committed cast to shine.

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Critics Consensus: In a Valley of Violence offers a smartly conceived homage to classic Westerns that transcends pastiche with absurdist humor and a terrific cast.

Adjusted Score: 80681%

Critics Consensus: Thought-provoking, timely, and anchored by a strong performance from Ethan Hawke, Good Kill is a modern war movie with a troubled conscience.

Adjusted Score: 82578%

Critics Consensus: An exceptionally well-acted apocalyptic thriller, Leave the World Behind steadily draws the viewer in despite its leisurely pace and somewhat simplistic messaging.

Adjusted Score: 83376%

Critics Consensus: The Guilty is another Americanized remake overshadowed by the original, but its premise is still sturdy enough to support a tense, well-acted thriller.

Adjusted Score: 80128%

Critics Consensus: The ending may be less than satisfying, but Denzel Washington reminds us why he’s such a great actor in this taut and brutal police drama.

Adjusted Score: 74088%

Critics Consensus: With a terrific young cast (including Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix) and some typically energetic work from director Joe Dante, Explorers soars past its ’80s kiddie flick competitors with wit, good-looking effects, and tons of charm.

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Critics Consensus: Stockholm can’t quite do justice to its themes or the real-life events it dramatizes, but a light touch and well-chosen cast keep the end results consistently entertaining.

Adjusted Score: 74921%

Critics Consensus: Though it arrives during an unfortunate glut of vampire movies, Daybreakers offers enough dark sci-fi thrills — and enough of a unique twist on the genre — to satisfy filmgoers.

Adjusted Score: 73665%

Critics Consensus: An evolution for director RZA, Cut Throat City overcomes occasionally muddled storytelling on the strength of its raw, infectious energy.

Adjusted Score: 70847%

Critics Consensus: Adopt a Highway might have done more to fill in its sparsely sketched story, but Ethan Hawke’s performance is often enough to fill in the blanks.

Adjusted Score: 68601%

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Critics Consensus: This glossy edition of White Fang shaves off the rough-hewn edges that made Jack London’s epic story so distinct, but gorgeous photography and heartfelt performances make this an appealing adventure.

Adjusted Score: 66007%

Critics Consensus: Reality Bites may be too slick to fulfill its promise as a profound statement on Generation X, but an appealing ensemble and romantic sizzle make for an entertaining dive into the ennui of youth.

Adjusted Score: 66802%

Critics Consensus: The Newton Boys uses a sharp cast and absorbing period detail to help make up for the frustrations of a story puzzlingly short on dramatic tension.

Adjusted Score: 79185%

Critics Consensus: The Magnificent Seven never really lives up to the superlative in its title — or the classics from which it draws inspiration — but remains a moderately diverting action thriller on its own merits.

Adjusted Score: 70073%

Critics Consensus: Its plot hinges on typically implausible horror-movie behavior and recycles countless genre cliches, but Sinister delivers a surprising number of fresh, diabolical twists.

Adjusted Score: 67295%

Critics Consensus: While Lord of War is an intelligent examination of the gun trade, it is too scattershot in its plotting to connect.

Adjusted Score: 65932%

Critics Consensus: This remake has been praised by some as an expertly made B-movie, and dismissed by others as formulaic.

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Critics Consensus: Stiff performances fail to produce any tension onscreen.

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Critics Consensus: Appropriately bold and ambitious, Tesla takes a number of risks that don’t always pay off — but Ethan Hawke’s performance makes those flaws easier to forgive.

Adjusted Score: 58891%

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Critics Consensus: Zeros and Ones is poorly lit and beset by narrative chaos, but Ethan Hawke’s passionate performance is a solid fit for Abel Ferrara’s intriguingly idiosyncratic storytelling.

Adjusted Score: 47680%

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Critics Consensus: Despite some fine performances and memorable scenes, Fast Food Nation is more effective as Eric Schlosser’s eye-opening non-fiction book than as Richard Linklater’s fictionalized, mostly punchless movie.

Adjusted Score: 51803%

Critics Consensus: Ethan Hawke and Ewan McGregor are almost — but not quite — compelling enough to make up for Raymond & Ray‘s listless narrative.

Adjusted Score: 63496%

Critics Consensus: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets uses sheer kinetic energy and visual thrills to overcome narrative obstacles and offer a viewing experience whose surreal pleasures sometimes outweigh its flaws.

Adjusted Score: 49791%

Critics Consensus: It’s appropriately gritty, and soaked in the kind of palpable tension Antoine Fuqua delivers so well, but Brooklyn’s Finest suffers from the comparisons its cliched script provokes.

Adjusted Score: 44632%

Critics Consensus: Well-framed, well-cast, and well-intentioned, The Kid still largely fails to set itself apart from the multitude of other westerns covering similar territory.

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Critics Consensus: Half social allegory, half home-invasion thriller, The Purge attempts to make an intelligent point, but ultimately devolves into numbing violence and tired clichés.

Adjusted Score: 43261%

Critics Consensus: Though Snow Falling on Cedars is beautiful to look at, critics say the story becomes dull and tedious to sit through.

Adjusted Score: 40494%

Critics Consensus: Like many anthologies, New York, I Love You has problems of consistency, but it isn’t without its moments.

Adjusted Score: 40521%

Critics Consensus: Great Expectations is all surface tension: beautiful people shot in beautiful locations without any depth or emotion.

Adjusted Score: 32606%

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Critics Consensus: Despite strong performances and a unique style, The Hottest State is too self-conscious and pretentious to truly succeed.

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Adjusted Score: 27027%

Critics Consensus: A stylish, but predictable thriller where the only thrills are offered by the sensuous Angelina Jolie.

Adjusted Score: 15263%

Critics Consensus: Regression boasts a pair of eminently likable leads — neither of whom are able to dislodge the movie from the mire of psychological thriller mediocrity.

Adjusted Score: 9317%

Critics Consensus: Monotonously fast-paced to the point of exhaustion, Getaway offers a reminder of the dangers in attempting to speed past coherent editing, character development, sensible dialogue, and an interesting plot.