Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant films, ranked by your taste

Director and actor · 17 films on Boxlist

Known for Good Will Hunting, My Own Private Idaho and Milk.

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Directed by Gus Van Sant

  1. Good Will Hunting

    Good Will Hunting

    1997 · Film

    8.1/10 · TMDB

    Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his...

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  2. My Own Private Idaho

    My Own Private Idaho

    1991 · Film

    7.0/10 · TMDB

    In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of...

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  3. Milk

    Milk

    2008 · Film

    7.3/10 · TMDB

    The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that...

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  4. To Die For

    To Die For

    1995 · Film

    6.6/10 · TMDB

    Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with...

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  5. Paranoid Park

    Paranoid Park

    2007 · Film

    6.6/10 · TMDB

    Alex, a teenaged skateboarder, is interviewed by Detective Richard Lu about the death of a security guard severed by a train who was apparently hit by a skateboard. While dealing with the separation process of his parents and the sexual...

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  6. Finding Forrester

    Finding Forrester

    2000 · Film

    7.1/10 · TMDB

    Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing...

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  7. Paris, Je T'Aime

    Paris, Je T'Aime

    2006 · Film

    6.8/10 · TMDB

    Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this...

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  8. Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

    Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

    2018 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

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  9. Dead Man's Wire

    Dead Man's Wire

    2025 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    In 1977, former real estate developer Tony Kiritsis puts a dead man's switch on himself and the mortgage banker who did him wrong, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.

  10. Last Days

    Last Days

    2005 · Film

    5.6/10 · TMDB

    The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial aid and favors, inspired by rock music legend Kurt Cobain and his final hours.

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  11. Promised Land

    Promised Land

    2012 · Film

    6.3/10 · TMDB

    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.

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  12. Restless

    Restless

    2011 · Film

    6.5/10 · TMDB

    Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.

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  13. Psycho

    Psycho

    1998 · Film

    5.1/10 · TMDB

    A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own. Although this version is in color, features a different cast, and is set in 1998, it is closer to a shot-for-shot remake than most remakes, Gus Van...

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  14. The Sea of Trees

    The Sea of Trees

    2016 · Film

    6.3/10 · TMDB

    A suicidal American befriends a Japanese man lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji and the two search for a way out.

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