Ranking All Of Director Noah Bambach’s Movies
“What are Noah Bambach’s Best Movies?” We looked at all of Bambach’s directed filmography and ranked them against one another to answer that very question!
We took all of the movies directed by Noah Bambach and looked at his 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. We will update the article if/when a new movie by Noah Bambach is released. Although it probably won’t be immediate so the scores on each site have time to settle and aren’t overly influenced by the early, usually much more opinionated, users.
Happy Viewing!
The Top Film’s Of Noah Bambach
12 ) Highball
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 11
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 11
- Metacritc Critic Score: 11
- Metacritic User Score: 10
- IMDB User Review Score: 10
- Letterboxd User Score: 12
A newly-married couple tries to build their social life.
11 ) Conrad & Butler Take a Vacation
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 11
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 12
- Metacritc Critic Score: 11
- Metacritic User Score: 10
- IMDB User Review Score: 6
- Letterboxd User Score: 11
Two friends take a vacation that doesn’t go as planned.
10 ) Margot at the Wedding
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 10
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 10
- Metacritc Critic Score: 9
- Metacritic User Score: 8
- IMDB User Review Score: 11
- Letterboxd User Score: 7
Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married to less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed family secrets.
9 ) Mr. Jealousy
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 8
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 7
- Metacritc Critic Score: 10
- Metacritic User Score: 10
- IMDB User Review Score: 8
- Letterboxd User Score: 7
After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriends with jealousy and suspicion. While dating Ramona Ray, paranoia gets the best of him when he discovers that her most recent ex is successful novelist Dashiell Frank. Lester begins attending the same group therapy sessions as Dashiell to learn about Ramona’s past with him.
8 ) Greenberg
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 7
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 9
- Metacritc Critic Score: 6
- Metacritic User Score: 9
- IMDB User Review Score: 11
- Letterboxd User Score: 7
A New Yorker moves to Los Angeles in order to figure out his life while he housesits for his brother, and he soon sparks with his brother’s assistant.
7 ) While We’re Young
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 5
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 8
- Metacritc Critic Score: 5
- Metacritic User Score: 7
- IMDB User Review Score: 9
- Letterboxd User Score: 7
An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple.
6 ) Mistress America
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 6
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 6
- Metacritc Critic Score: 7
- Metacritic User Score: 6
- IMDB User Review Score: 7
- Letterboxd User Score: 5
Tracy, a lonely college freshman in New York, is rescued from her solitude by her soon-to-be stepsister Brooke, an adventurous gal about town who entangles her in alluringly mad schemes. Mistress America is a comedy about dream-chasing, score-settling, makeshift families, and cat-stealing.
5 ) Kicking and Screaming
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 9
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 4
- Metacritc Critic Score: 7
- Metacritic User Score: 1
- IMDB User Review Score: 4
- Letterboxd User Score: 6
After college graduation, Grover’s girlfriend Jane tells him she’s moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can’t quite work up the inertia to escape their university’s pull. Nobody wants to make any big decisions that would radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, the professional student who tends bar and is in his tenth year of university studies.
4 ) The Meyerowitz Stories
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 2
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 5
- Metacritc Critic Score: 4
- Metacritic User Score: 5
- IMDB User Review Score: 4
- Letterboxd User Score: 2
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
3 ) The Squid and the Whale
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 2
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 2
- Metacritc Critic Score: 2
- Metacritic User Score: 4
- IMDB User Review Score: 1
- Letterboxd User Score: 2
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980’s.
2 ) Frances Ha
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 2
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 3
- Metacritc Critic Score: 2
- Metacritic User Score: 2
- IMDB User Review Score: 1
- Letterboxd User Score: 1
An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.
1 ) De Palma
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 1
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 1
- Metacritc Critic Score: 1
- Metacritic User Score: 2
- IMDB User Review Score: 1
- Letterboxd User Score: 2
An intimate conversation between filmmakers, chronicling De Palma’s 55-year career, his life, and his filmmaking process, with revealing anecdotes and, of course, a wealth of film clips.
Noah Bambach’s Best Movies
Noah Baumbach Review Website Filmography Rankings
| Film | RT Critic | RT User | MC Critic | MC User | IMDB | Letterboxd | Overal Rank |
| De Palma | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Frances Ha | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| The Squid and the Whale | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| The Meyerowitz Stories | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Kicking and Screaming | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Mistress America | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| While We’re Young | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| Greenberg | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
| Mr. Jealousy | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Margot at the Wedding | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 10 |
| Conrad & Butler Take a Vacation | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 11 |
| Highball | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
