# The best Tilda Swinton movies

From Derek Jarman's films and Orlando to Michael Clayton, We Need to Talk About Kevin and Wes Anderson: Tilda Swinton's best work according to Collider's Rotten Tomatoes ranking and The Guardian's list.

- 74 votes · 14 items
- Dec 20, 2024 · courtney_filmbuff
- https://even.best/en/l/4388/the-best-tilda-swinton-movies

## Top 14

1. **Orlando (1992)** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Sally Potter. Four centuries in the life of Virginia Woolf's hero.
2. **We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — Lynne Ramsay. A mother facing what her son has done.
3. **Edward II (1991)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Derek Jarman. Marlowe's play in modern dress; Volpi Cup at Venice.
4. **Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Jim Jarmusch. A centuries-old vampire couple.
5. **Michael Clayton (2007)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Tony Gilroy. A corporate lawyer under pressure; her Oscar.
6. **The Garden (1990)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Derek Jarman. A dreamlike film shot around his garden at Dungeness.
7. **War Requiem (1989)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Derek Jarman. Britten's requiem set to images of war.
8. **I Am Love (2009)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Luca Guadagnino. The matriarch of a Milanese industrial family.
9. **Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson. She voices the Wood Sprite and Death.
10. **Suspiria (2018)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Luca Guadagnino. A dance academy in 1977 Berlin.
11. **Snowpiercer (2013)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Bong Joon-ho. Minister Mason on the eternal train.
12. **The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Wes Anderson. Madame D., in heavy make-up.
13. **The Eternal Daughter (2022)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Joanna Hogg. A mother and daughter, both played by her, in a Welsh hotel.
14. **Moonrise Kingdom (2012)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Wes Anderson. Social Services.

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