Joker director Todd Phillips’ 10 films ranked, from worst to best, following his Venice Golden Lion win
- Best known for The Hangover trilogy, Phillips was a peer of Will Ferrell, Luke Wilson and Vince Vaughn – all of whom he’s worked with
- You’d never have predicted his Golden Lion triumph from this collection of films
Not bad for a New York University Film School drop-out who started his career in music documentaries such as Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies (1993) and Bittersweet Motel (2000).
A switch to comedy led to a very successful career and even an Oscar nomination for co-writing Borat, a film he was originally set to direct until he quit the project.
Excluding this and his non-fiction work, we rank Phillips’ features films to date, from worst to best.
10. The Hangover Part III (2013)
The third part of a trilogy can often suffer by comparison to its predecessors, but this cynical final instalment about the adventures of the so-called “Wolfpack” was a dud. “Has a claim to be the year’s worst star-driven movie,” wrote The New York Times, an assessment that is not far wrong, with Phillips and company on autopilot.