Bryan Singer: reviews, bio, and notable works

The Profile

American film director and producer best known for The Usual Suspects (1995) and for launching the X-Men film franchise. His filmography includes Apt Pupil (1998), X2 (2003), Superman Returns (2006), Valkyrie (2008), and X‑Men: Days of Future Past (2014). He was the original director of Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).

Known for twist-driven thrillers and ensemble superhero films; The Usual Suspects won two Academy Awards; active since 1993 and a key figure in bringing Marvel’s X‑Men to mainstream cinema.

DeBaser’s readers hail The Usual Suspects as a cult thriller with an iconic twist and praise X‑Men for kickstarting modern superhero cinema. Days of Future Past divides opinions, from excellent ensemble action to rhetorical misfires. Bohemian Rhapsody draws consistent criticism for sanitization and imitation over insight. Apt Pupil is deemed interesting but flawed.

Notable Quotes

❝ Allow me then, in a completely personal way, to define it without a shadow of a doubt as the best work of the American director's career.

❝ I am not ashamed to say I had no idea who the hell Keyser Söze was.

❝ A pinnacle in its genre, a genre often snubbed by purists, but at least in this case wrongly so.

❝ This isn’t a film; it’s an extended celebratory music video lasting two hours with tedious dialogued transitions between one song and another.

❝ “X-Men: Days of Future Past” is thus an excellent film, capable of entertaining to the point of overlooking the few flaws (specifically a somewhat stereotypical characterization of 1970s America and some characters that could have been explored more) and generating great anticipation for the next slated film of the saga in 2016, “X-Men: Apocalypse,” with Singer once again directing.