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Ranking All Of Director Darren Aronofsky’s Movies

“What are Darren Aronofsky’s Best Movies?” We looked at all of Aronofsky’s directed filmography and ranked them against one another to answer that very question!

We took all of the movies directed by Darren Aronofsky and looked at their Rotten Tomato Critic, Rotten Tomato User, Metacritic, Metacritic User, IMDB, and Letterboxd scores, ranking them against one another to see which movies came out on top. The movies are ranked in our list below based on which movies have the highest overall score between all 6 review sites in comparison with all of the other movies by the same director. The process is all very scientific with no flaws at all.

The full ranking chart is also included below the countdown on the bottom of the page.

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The Top Film’s Of Darren Aronofsky



7 ) Noah (2014)

Noah (2014)

Review Website Ranks:

  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 5
  • Rotten Tomatoes Users: 7
  • Metacritc Critic Score: 6
  • Metacritic User Score: 7
  • IMDB User Review Score: 7
  • Letterboxd User Score: 7

A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.



6 ) mother! (2017)

mother! (2017)

Review Website Ranks:

  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 6
  • Rotten Tomatoes Users: 6
  • Metacritc Critic Score: 4
  • Metacritic User Score: 6
  • IMDB User Review Score: 6
  • Letterboxd User Score: 5

A couple’s relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.



5 ) The Fountain (2006)

The Fountain (2006)

Review Website Ranks:

  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 7
  • Rotten Tomatoes Users: 5
  • Metacritc Critic Score: 2
  • Metacritic User Score: 4
  • IMDB User Review Score: 5
  • Letterboxd User Score: 5

Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.



4 ) Pi (1998)

Pi (1998)

Review Website Ranks:

  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 2
  • Rotten Tomatoes Users: 3
  • Metacritc Critic Score: 5
  • Metacritic User Score: 5
  • IMDB User Review Score: 4
  • Letterboxd User Score: 4

The debut film from Darren Aronofsky in which a mathematical genius Maximilian Cohen discovers a link in the connection between numbers and reality and thus believes he can predict the future.



3 ) Black Swan (2010)

Black Swan (2010)

Review Website Ranks:

  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 3
  • Rotten Tomatoes Users: 4
  • Metacritc Critic Score: 3
  • Metacritic User Score: 3
  • IMDB User Review Score: 2
  • Letterboxd User Score: 1

A journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.



2 ) Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Review Website Ranks:

  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 4
  • Rotten Tomatoes Users: 1
  • Metacritc Critic Score: 6
  • Metacritic User Score: 1
  • IMDB User Review Score: 1
  • Letterboxd User Score: 1

The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.



1 ) The Wrestler (2008)

The Wrestler (2008)

Review Website Ranks:

  • Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 1
  • Rotten Tomatoes Users: 2
  • Metacritc Critic Score: 1
  • Metacritic User Score: 2
  • IMDB User Review Score: 3
  • Letterboxd User Score: 3

Aging wrestler Randy “The Ram” Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin’ to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can’t resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.



Darren Aronofsky’s Best Movies



Darren Aronofsky Review Website Filmography Rankings

FilmRT CriticRT UserMC CriticMC UserIMDBLetterboxdOveral Rank
The Wrestler (2008) 1 2 1 2 3 3 1
Requiem for a Dream (2000) 4 1 6 1 1 1 2
Black Swan (2010) 3 4 3 3 2 1 3
Pi (1998) 2 3 5 5 4 4 4
The Fountain (2006) 7 5 2 4 5 5 5
mother! (2017) 6 6 4 6 6 5 6
Noah (2014) 5 7 6 7 7 7 7