It feels extremely odd to say a director as prolific as Steven Soderbergh might be underrated, and yet, here we are. Here’s a quick roundup of everything the director has done in the intervening years since Ocean’s 13, The Girlfriend Experience, The Informant!, Contagion (more on that in a bit), Haywire, Magic Mike, Side Effects, Behind the Candelabra, Logan Lucky, Unsane, High Flying Bird, and The Laundromat.
The two most recognizable films out of the eleven listed are arguably The Girlfriend Experience and Magic Mike (starring Sasha Grey and Channing Tatum respectively). But look take a look at some of the actors involved in those movies—Matt Damon, Rooney Mara, Adam Driver, Jude Law, Antonio Banderas, Andre Holland, and Meryl Streep to name a few—and it might shock you to know they were in a Soderbergh project. Hell, Logan Lucky had James Bond in it for Christ’s sake and no one saw it!