Lynne Ramsay (born 5 December 1969) is a Scottish film director, screenwriter, producer, and cinematographer, best known for the feature films Ratcatcher (1999), Morvern Callar (2002), We Need to Talk about Kevin (2011), and You Were Never Really Here (2017).
Biography from TMDB.
- December 5, 1969 (56)
- Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
- Director, writer and producer, also composer and actor
- 5 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Lynne Ramsay's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 4
Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 4
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Lynne Ramsay's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Lynne Ramsay's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
18 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Die My Love(2025)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Brigitte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Swimmer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Cinema16: British Short Films (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Morvern Callar(2002)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Ratcatcher(1999)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all filmsRenegade TV Gets Dazed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Gasman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Kill the Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Small Deaths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Magic Cottage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
A Stitch of Vintage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Polaris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Stone Mattress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Lynne Ramsay Vampire Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 18 titles, 14 of them dated from 1993 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Die My Love (2025)
Highest rated
Ratcatcher (1999)
Most popular right now
Die My Love (2025)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
2 BAFTA Awards and 5 other major awards from 22 major nominations, 1996–2026.
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Outstanding British Film of the Year
- Cannes award, nominated
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Outstanding British Film of the Year
+1 other major body · 2 nominations
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Director
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Feature
- Cannes award, won
- Cannes award, nominated
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Short Film
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Director
- BAFTA Award, nominated
- Cannes award, nominated
- Cannes award, won · Foreign Film
- Cannes award, won
- Cannes award, nominated · Directors' Fortnight
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- BAFTA Award, won
- BAFTA Award, nominated
- Cannes award, nominated
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Short Film
+1 other major body · 1 win and 1 nomination
- Cannes award, won · Best Short Film
- Cannes award, nominated
- Cannes award, won · Best Short Film
- Cannes award, nominated
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Lynne Ramsay's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 3 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 80/100 and the pacing 32/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Lynne Ramsay's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Lynne Ramsay work with?
People who share at least 2 of Lynne Ramsay's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tilda Swinton shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Tilda SwintonShared titles: Cannes Uncut (2023), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Tilda Swinton
- Alex ManetteShared titles: You Were Never Really Here (2017), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Alex Manette
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Seamus McGarveyShared titles: Die My Love (2025), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Seamus McGarvey
- Joe BiniShared titles: You Were Never Really Here (2017), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Joe Bini
- Jonny GreenwoodShared titles: You Were Never Really Here (2017), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Jonny Greenwood
- Alwin H. KüchlerShared titles: Morvern Callar (2002), Ratcatcher (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Alwin H. Küchler
Producers
- Andrea CalderwoodShared titles: Die My Love (2025), Ratcatcher (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Andrea Calderwood
- Barbara McKissackShared titles: Morvern Callar (2002), Ratcatcher (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Barbara McKissack
Mixed roles
- James WilsonShared titles: You Were Never Really Here (2017), Morvern Callar (2002)See all 2 shared titles with James Wilson
