The Best David Cronenberg Movies Ranked And Where to Watch them

If you're looking for the best David Cronenberg movies of all time then here is a definitive list. We rank every movie directed by David Cronenberg based on their popularity score from IMDB from best to worst. Click on the ‘see more’ button to find out where to watch them in Australia covering all streaming services. In April 2024 there are 18 films in this list.

List of the Best Movies Directed by David Cronenberg In Order of Popularity

  1. The Fly
  2. Eastern Promises
  3. A History of Violence
  4. Videodrome
  5. The Dead Zone
  6. Dead Ringers
  7. Naked Lunch
  8. The Brood
  9. Spider
  10. eXistenZ
  11. M. Butterfly
  12. Crash
  13. A Dangerous Method
  14. Shivers
  15. Maps to the Stars
  16. Crimes of the Future
  17. Rabid
  18. Cosmopolis

Stream the top 18 Movies directed by David Cronenberg

1. The Fly

Rated: R

7.6/10

When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

2. Eastern Promises

Rated: R

7.6/10

A Russian teenager, living in London, dies during childbirth but leaves clues to a midwife in her journal, that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

3. A History of Violence

Rated: R

7.4/10

An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.

4. Videodrome

Rated: R

7.2/10

As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.

5. The Dead Zone

Rated: R

7.2/10

Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.

6. Dead Ringers

Rated: R

7.2/10

Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.

7. Naked Lunch

Rated: R

6.9/10

Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bill gets a drug made from a centipede. Upon indulging, he accidentally kills Joan, takes orders from his typewriter-turned-cockroach, ends up in a constantly mutating Mediterranean city and learns that his hip friends have published his work -- which he doesn't remember writing.

8. The Brood

Rated: R

6.8/10

A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, while a series of brutal attacks committed by a brood of mutant children coincides with the husband's investigation.

9. Spider

Rated:

6.8/10

A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.

10. eXistenZ

Rated: R

6.8/10

A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.

11. M. Butterfly

Rated: R

6.7/10

In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling - but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.

12. Crash

Rated: R18+

6.4/10

After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.

13. A Dangerous Method

Rated: R

6.4/10

Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s spell.

14. Shivers

Rated: R

6.3/10

The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are being infected by a strain of parasites that turn them into mindless, sex-crazed fiends out to infect others by the slightest sexual contact.

15. Maps to the Stars

Rated: R

6.2/10

Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.

16. Crimes of the Future

Rated: MA15+

5.8/10

Humans adapt to a synthetic environment, with new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice, Saul Tenser, celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances.

17. Rabid

Rated: R

5.2/10

The quiet Rose works in women's fashion clothing, hoping to be a designer. A traffic accident damages her face. She gets experimental stem cell treatment, leaving her stronger and prettier than ever - but there's a side effect.

18. Cosmopolis

Rated: R

5.1/10

Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.