LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH: DAVID CRONENBERG RANKED

By: Matt Burgess

One of my all time favourite filmmakers and a huge inspiration in my perspectives on sex, death, disease and technology. The top eleven films ranked here are ALL major or minor masterpieces in their own unique way and deserve to be seen – coldly erotic dramas (Crash, Dead Ringers, Cosmopolis), visceral body horror (Videodrome, The Brood, eXistenZ, The Fly, Shivers, Rabid) & quiet, mediative character studies (The Dead Zone, Spider). The films ranked from 12 onwards are on the other hand mostly disappointing and not essential Cronenberg, either too conventional (A History Of Violence, M. Butterfly, Eastern Promises) or just feel like empty, cheap spectacles (Scanners, Naked Lunch).

Still need to watch: Transfer, From The Drain, Stereo, Crimes Of The Future, Fast Company, A Dangerous Method, Cosmopolis.

• 01
  Crash
  David Cronenberg
• 02
  Videodrome
  David Cronenberg
• 03
  Dead Ringers
  David Cronenberg
• 04
  The Brood
  David Cronenberg
• 05
  eXistenZ
  David Cronenberg
• 06
  Cosmopolis
  David Cronenberg
• 07
  The Fly
  David Cronenberg
• 08
  Shivers
  David Cronenberg
• 09
  Rabid
  David Cronenberg
• 10
  The Dead Zone
  David Cronenberg
• 11
  Spider
  David Cronenberg
• 12
  A History of Violence
  David Cronenberg
• 13
  Scanners
  David Cronenberg
• 14
  M. Butterfly
  David Cronenberg
• 15
  Naked Lunch
  David Cronenberg
• 16
  Eastern Promises
  David Cronenberg
• 17
  Camera
  David Cronenberg