Robert Eggers movies in order, from The Witch to Werwulf on Christmas Day

Robert Eggers’s new film, Werwulf, opens on Christmas Day. Focus Features lists it in theaters on Friday, December 25, 2026, under the line “Only In Theaters This Christmas,” and is already selling tickets for 35mm showings. Eggers wrote it with Sjón, and the cast is led by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe and Lily-Rose Depp. Focus calls it “a harrowing tale of devotion, damnation and the devil within.” Below, in release order, are earlier features he directed, with what the studios and the film rating board list for each.

The films, in order

The Witch (2016)

Eggers wrote and directed The Witch. In A24’s summary, a man moves his family somewhere remote, odd events begin, and growing paranoia puts the family’s faith under strain. Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie lead the cast. A24 released it on February 19, 2016, and it runs 1 hour 32 minutes. The rating board rated it R for disturbing violent content and graphic nudity.

The Lighthouse (2019)

A24 lists just two cast members, Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe, as the keepers of a lighthouse on an isolated New England island in the 1890s who turn on each other as they struggle to survive and stay sane. Eggers wrote it with Max Eggers. A24 released it on October 18, 2019, at 1 hour 49 minutes, rated R for sexual content, nudity, violence, disturbing images and some language. At the 92nd Academy Awards on February 9, 2020, Jarin Blaschke was nominated for cinematography; the award went to Roger Deakins for 1917.

The Northman (2022)

Focus calls The Northman an “action-filled epic”: a young Viking prince sets out for revenge after his father is murdered. Sjón co-wrote it, and the cast includes Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe. At 2 hours 17 minutes it is the longest of the films with a listed runtime, and Focus gives its rating as R.

Nosferatu (2024)

Focus sums up Nosferatu as gothic horror: a vampire’s fixation on a troubled young woman, and the terror that follows. Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and Willem Dafoe star, and Eggers wrote it alone. Focus opened it on December 25, 2024. It is rated R for bloody violent content, graphic nudity and some sexual content.

At the 97th Academy Awards on March 2, 2025, Nosferatu had four nominations: cinematography (Jarin Blaschke), costume design (Linda Muir), makeup and hairstyling (David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton) and production design (Craig Lathrop, with set decoration by Beatrice Brentnerová). It won none; the Academy’s records give those awards to The Brutalist, Wicked, The Substance and Wicked.

The people who keep coming back

Reading the studios’ cast and writing credits side by side shows a small company around Eggers:

• Willem Dafoe is in four of the five films: The Lighthouse, The Northman, Nosferatu and Werwulf.
• Lily-Rose Depp and Aaron Taylor-Johnson both move from Nosferatu to Werwulf.
• Anya Taylor-Joy is in The Witch and The Northman, and Ralph Ineson in The Witch and Nosferatu.
• Sjón co-wrote The Northman and Werwulf, and Focus also lists him among Werwulf’s producers.
• Jarin Blaschke was the cinematography nominee for both The Lighthouse and Nosferatu.

Werwulf’s rating, and watching the earlier films

The rating board has rated Werwulf R for strong bloody/disturbing violent content, gore, sexual assault, graphic nudity and strong sexual content.

For the earlier films at home, A24 says The Lighthouse can be rented or bought in its A24 app, which plays on phones, laptops, Apple TV and Roku, and it sells the film on Blu-ray with app access included. Its page for The Witch also offers a rent-or-buy option. Focus’s pages for The Northman and Nosferatu point to “Watch at Home” options. Watched back to back, the three films with listed runtimes take 5 hours 38 minutes by our arithmetic.