85% Drugstore Cowboy 102 min, R, [Crime, Drama] [Gus Van Sant] [20 Oct 1989]Ratings: IMDB 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, Metacritic 82/100, External Reviews
Awards: 12 wins & 11 nominations.
Actors: Heather Graham, James Le Gros, Kelly Lynch, Matt Dillon
Plot: A pharmacy-robbing dope fiend and his crew pop pills and evade the law.
Writer: James Fogle (novel), Gus Van Sant (screenplay), Daniel Yost (screenplay)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
84% Milk 128 min, R, [Biography, Drama] [Gus Van Sant] [30 Jan 2009]Ratings: IMDB 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, Metacritic 84/100, External Reviews
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 61 wins & 141 nominations.
Actors: Diego Luna, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Sean Penn
Plot: The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.
Writer: Dustin Lance Black
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB
83% Good Will Hunting 126 min, R, [Drama] [Gus Van Sant] [09 Jan 1998]Ratings: IMDB 8.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 97%, Metacritic 70/100, External Reviews
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 57 nominations.
Actors: Ben Affleck, John Mighton, Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsgård
Plot: Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.
Writer: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB
81% Mala Noche 78 min, [Drama] [Gus Van Sant] [19 Jun 1987]Ratings: IMDB 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, External Reviews
Awards: 2 wins.
Actors: Doug Cooeyate, Nyla McCarthy, Ray Monge, Tim Streeter
Plot: A story of amour fou. Walt is madly in love/lust with a young illegal Mexican immigrant. However, the object of his unrequited affection doesn't even speak any English and finds Walt really...
Writer: Walt Curtis (story), Gus Van Sant (screenplay)
Language: English, Spanish Country: USA More Info: IMDB
80% To Die For 106 min, R, [Comedy, Crime, Drama] [Gus Van Sant] [06 Oct 1995]Ratings: IMDB 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 87%, Metacritic 86/100, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 12 nominations.
Actors: Casey Affleck, Joaquin Phoenix, Matt Dillon, Nicole Kidman
Plot: A beautiful but naïve aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive.
Writer: Joyce Maynard (book), Buck Henry (screenplay)
Language: English Country: USA, UK, Canada More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
76% My Own Private Idaho 104 min, R, [Drama] [Gus Van Sant] [20 Jul 1991]Ratings: IMDB 7.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic 77/100, External Reviews
Awards: 9 wins & 8 nominations.
Actors: James Russo, Keanu Reeves, River Phoenix, William Richert
Plot: Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.
Writer: Gus Van Sant (screenplay)
Language: English, Italian, German Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
71% Elephant 81 min, R, [Crime, Drama, Thriller] [Gus Van Sant] [14 Nov 2003]Ratings: IMDB 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, Metacritic 70/100, External Reviews
Awards: 8 wins & 11 nominations.
Actors: Alex Frost, Elias McConnell, Eric Deulen, John Robinson
Plot: Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
Writer: Gus Van Sant
Language: English, German Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
69% Finding Forrester 136 min, PG-13, [Drama] [Gus Van Sant] [12 Jan 2001]Ratings: IMDB 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 74%, Metacritic 62/100, External Reviews
Awards: 5 wins & 13 nominations.
Actors: Anna Paquin, F. Murray Abraham, Rob Brown, Sean Connery
Plot: A young writing prodigy finds a mentor in a reclusive author.
Writer: Mike Rich
Language: English, German Country: USA More Info: IMDB
57% Promised Land 106 min, R, [Drama] [Gus Van Sant] [04 Jan 2013]Ratings: IMDB 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 51%, Metacritic 55/100, External Reviews
Awards: 3 wins & 6 nominations.
Actors: Benjamin Sheeler, Carla Bianco, Frances McDormand, John Krasinski, Matt Damon, Terry Kinney
Plot: A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.
Writer: John Krasinski (screenplay), Matt Damon (screenplay), Dave Eggers (story)
Language: English Country: USA, United Arab Emirates More Info: IMDB
50% Restless 91 min, PG-13, [Drama, Romance] [Gus Van Sant] [06 Apr 2011]Ratings: IMDB 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 35%, Metacritic 47/100, External Reviews
Awards: 1 nomination.
Actors: Henry Hopper, Mia Wasikowska, Ryo Kase, Schuyler Fisk
Plot: The story of a terminally ill teenage girl who falls for a boy who likes to attend funerals and their encounters with the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot from WWII.
Writer: Jason Lew
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
43% Psycho 105 min, R, [Horror, Mystery, Thriller] [Gus Van Sant] [04 Dec 1998]Ratings: IMDB 4.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 37%, Metacritic 47/100, External Reviews
Awards: 4 wins & 5 nominations.
Actors: Anne Heche, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Vince Vaughn
Plot: A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.
Writer: Robert Bloch (novel), Joseph Stefano (screenplay)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
31% The Sea of Trees 110 min, PG-13, [Drama] [Gus Van Sant] [26 Aug 2016]Ratings: IMDB 6.0/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 11%, Metacritic 23/100, External Reviews
Awards: 2 nominations.
Actors: Ken Watanabe, Matthew McConaughey, Naoko Marshall, Naomi Watts, Ryoko Seta, Sienna Tow
Plot: A suicidal American befriends a Japanese man lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji and the two search for a way out.
Writer: Chris Sparling
Language: English, Japanese Country: USA More Info: IMDB