Every Ben Affleck-Directed Movie Ranked (Including Animals)

Here’s how Cinephile Corner ranks every movie directed by Ben Affleck from worst to best, including Animals:

6. Live by Night (2016)

5. Animals (2026)

I wouldn’t call Animals a disaster, nor would I rank it among Affleck’s more embarrassing directorial efforts. This is perfectly serviceable as a modern thriller, even if its ideas are more familiar than provocative. If this is what a contemporary Netflix original looks like, we could certainly do a lot worse. But that’s a pretty low bar to clear, and a film like this needs more than basic competence to justify itself alongside two versions of the same story that already have considerably more to offer.

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4. Gone Baby Gone (2007)

3. Air (2023)

Adequately titled Air, Ben Affleck‘s newest directing effort sits in the clouds as it enjoys rummaging through the events that led to Michael Jordan’s lucrative “Air Jordan” shoe deal with Nike. Told from the perspective of blazing Sonny Vaccaro, Air enjoys living in the small details of nostalgia and sports branding.

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