Although it is just plain fun to rank a director's movies, it may also help me think about the director's oeuvre of work as a whole. Comparisons can help me to discover elements of film that I am drawn to, what the director finds value in revealing through their movies and possibly how the director has grown artistically.
There is a definite bleakness in Inarritu's films. Characters suffer great turmoil, usually because of others' selfishness or carelessness. Often there are terrible consequences to human actions they clearly never saw coming. Also, in dealing with these difficult situations, characters often make poor decisions to deal with them, further spreading the tumult to others around them.
He also often depicts worlds that…
