- Films
- 52
- Avg rating
- 6.28
- Peak run
- 1994’99
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Melanie by the numbers
Average
6.28
37 rated films
Vote weighted
6.38
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.84
rating spread
Career
33y
1994 to 2026
Total votes
2.98M
across every film
Best
7.9
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Worst
4.6
XX
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Don't Say Good Luck | Elizabeth Birenbaum | 6.8 | 8,963 |
| 2025 |  Pike River | Anna Osborne | · | 492 |
| 2024 | Griffin in Summer | Helen | 6.8 | 1,370 |
| 2021 |  Don't Look Up | · | 7.1 | 683K |
| 2021 | Lady of the Manor | Hannah | 5.4 | 2,662 |
| 2018 | Sadie | Rae | · | 511 |
| 2017 | And Then I Go | Janice | 6.4 | 1,249 |
| 2017 | The Changeover | Kate Chant | 5.4 | 2,020 |
| 2017 |  I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore | Ruth | 6.9 | 68,299 |
| 2017 |  XX | Mary (segment: The Birthday Party) | 4.6 | 12,976 |
| 2016 | Folk Hero & Funny Guy | Becky | · | 651 |
| 2016 | Little Boxes | Gina McNulty-Burns | 5.9 | 2,293 |
| 2016 | The Great & The Small | Margaret | · | 368 |
| 2016 | Rainbow Time | Lindsay | · | 847 |
| 2016 |  The Intervention | Annie | 6.0 | 6,932 |
| 2015 |  Digging for Fire | · | 5.8 | 7,231 |
| 2014 |  We'll Never Have Paris | Devon | 4.6 | 3,968 |
| 2014 | Goodbye to All That | Annie Wall | 5.3 | 2,627 |
| 2014 |  Happy Christmas | Kelly | 5.3 | 9,543 |
| 2014 |  They Came Together | · | 5.6 | 26,861 |
Better together?
Melanie Lynskey's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Mark Tapio Kines and Melanie Lynskey movies
Takes