Mike Flanagan

Mike Flanagan

Mike Flanagan (born May 20, 1978) is an American filmmaker best known for his horror work. Flanagan wrote, directed, produced, and edited the horror films Absentia (2011), Oculus (2013), Hush, Before I Wake, Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), Gerald’s Game (2017), and Doctor Sleep (2019). He created, wrote, produced, and served as showrunner on the Netflix horror series The Haunting of Hill House (2018), The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), Midnight Mass (2021), The Midnight Club (2022), and The Fall of the House of Usher (2023), also directing and editing some if not all episodes of each.

Flanagan is married to actress Kate Siegel, who has been featured in most of his works since Oculus. They also wrote the screenplay of Hushtogether. Other frequent collaborators include Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli, Bruce Greenwood, Zach Gilford, Michael Trucco, Annalise Basso, Lulu Wilson, Annabeth Gish, Katie Parker and Alex Essoe.

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Mike Flanagan Movies

Discover the best movies directed by Mike Flanagan. Explore the complete filmography, including critically acclaimed masterpieces, box office hits, and top-rated Mike Flanagan films ranked by score.

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Doctor Sleep (2019)

Fantasy Horror
Decades after surviving the horrors of the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance has spent years trying to dull the memories with alcohol and drifting. Sobriety brings fragile stability, but it also...
Score 7.1
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Hush (2016)

Horror Thriller
Maddie Young retreated to the woods to write in peace, trading the noise of the world for solitude she could actually control. Being deaf was never the problem. Then a...
Score 6.7
3

Absentia (2011)

Horror Mystery
Seven years of silence have worn Tricia down to the point where declaring her missing husband legally dead feels less like giving up and more like survival. Her younger sister...
Score 5.8

Mike Flanagan TV Shows

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The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)

Drama Mystery
Roderick and Madeline Usher turned a pharmaceutical company into a dynasty, accumulating power by any means necessary. Now, one by one, their children are being killed, and the culprit appears...
Score 7.6
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Midnight Mass (2021)

Drama Mystery
Crockett Island is the kind of forgotten place where fishing boats sit idle and young people leave the moment they can. When a magnetic, scripture-quoting priest arrives to tend the...
Score 7.5
3

The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)

Drama Mystery
A young American woman arrives at the sprawling English countryside estate of Bly Manor to look after two quietly unsettling children, following the mysterious death of the previous nanny. Surrounded...
Score 7.6
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The Haunting of Hill House (2018)

Drama Mystery
The Crain siblings grew up in Hill House, a sprawling New England mansion their parents planned to flip for profit. What happened there one summer shattered the family in ways...
Score 8.1

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According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles directed by Mike Flanagan are Doctor Sleep, Hush, and Absentia.
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Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 7 titles directed by Mike Flanagan, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
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Yes! The overall filmography directed by Mike Flanagan maintains a strong average user rating of 7.2 out of 10 across all tracked titles.