Ari Aster

Born 1986 · American film director and screenwriter

Ari Aster is an American filmmaker. His films are noted for their unsettling combination of dark humor, horror, and graphic violence. After garnering some recognition for writing and directing the short horror film The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011) as part of his studies at the AFI Conservatory, he became widely known for writing and directing the horror films Hereditary (2018) and Midsommar (2019), establishing himself in the genre of elevated horror.

Ari Aster, in order

1. 2011 The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (short film): directed
2. 2013 Munchausen: directed
3. 2014 Basically: directed
4. 2014 The Turtle's Head: directed, wrote, produced
5. 2016 C'est la vie (short film): directed
6. 2018 Hereditary: directed, wrote · critics 90%, audiences 72% · streaming on Prime Video, HBO Max, Kanopy
7. 2019 Midsommar: directed, wrote · critics 83%, audiences 63% · streaming on Prime Video, HBO Max, Kanopy
8. 2023 Beau Is Afraid: directed, wrote, produced · critics 67%, audiences 71% · streaming on Kanopy, Fandango at Home (free), Plex
9. 2023 Dream Scenario: produced · directed by Kristoffer Borgli · critics 91%, audiences 69%
10. 2025 Bugonia: produced · directed by Yorgos Lanthimos · critics 87%, audiences 84% · streaming on Netflix
11. 2025 Death of a Unicorn: produced · directed by Alex Scharfman · critics 52%, audiences 76% · streaming on HBO Max
12. 2025 Eddington: directed, wrote, produced · critics 69%, audiences 66% · streaming on HBO Max
13. 2026 Primetime: produced · directed by Lance Oppenheim · critics 86%, audiences 79%
14. 2026 The Drama: produced · directed by Kristoffer Borgli · critics 76%, audiences 78% · streaming on HBO Max
15. Enemies: produced · directed by Henry Dunham · streaming on Fawesome, Tubi