Every Edgar Wright Film, Ranked: From ‘Scott Pilgrim’ to ‘Hot Fuzz’
With The Running Man just weeks away, we rank every film Edgar Wright has directed from worst to best.
Few contemporary directors have as distinctive a style as Edgar Wright. For nearly 30 years, he has crafted a career through his unique, energetic direction, blending sound, visuals, and timing to create captivating cinema.
Now, Wright is venturing into new territory. The Running Man, an adaptation of Stephen King's dystopian novel and a reimagining of the 1987 Schwarzenegger classic, debuts this week. This marks Wright's most ambitious effort yet: a large-scale, near-future action thriller. Though he's known primarily for fast-paced comedies and pop culture homages, Wright defies convention and embraces versatility.
As excitement grows for The Running Man, we take a look back at the director's filmography and rank his work from least to greatest.
Early Work: A Fistful of Fingers
Before creating the famed Cornetto Trilogy, Wright made A Fistful of Fingers, a low-budget Western spoof shot with a borrowed camera at age 20. The story follows a cowboy pursuing the man who killed his horse. Though rough and unpolished, the film reveals key elements of Wright's signature style: a passion for genre, rapid cuts, and visual humor.
“It’s essentially a Western spoof about a cowboy tracking down the wanted man who killed his horse.”
Summary: Edgar Wright’s bold, genre-blending style shines through his early and later films, culminating in his ambitious new thriller The Running Man.