From Dawson's Creek to the Arrowverse, You, and Love, Simon, Greg Berlanti has left his mark across the media landscape.
Mega-producer Greg Berlanti is, for all intents and purposes, the king of modern-day media. On TV, his prolificity is unmatched — this past season, he had 21 live-action scripted originals on the air across seven outlets. He's also had a hand in his fair share of feature films. With the last two decades so dominated by Berlanti (whther it be as writer, director, or, increasingly, producer), thoughts inevitably to drift towards what's the best of the bunch.
This week, the latest film from the Greg Berlanti production wing, Unpregnant, premieres on HBO Max. In the film, Primetimer favorite Haley Lu Richardson finds herself unhappily pregnant and, due to restrictive anti-choice laws, has to drive out of state — along with her former best friend (Barbie Ferreira) — to get an abortion. Berlanti is producing the film for writer/director Rachel Lee Goldenberg.
All told, 39 films and TV shows — previous to Unpregnant — have had Berlanti's name attached to them. Some have been great, some terrible, some gone before their time, some gone at exactly the right time. Quite a few are still going strong on our television screens. The following is our Ultimate Berlanti Ranking, where we determine once and for all which Berlanti projects reign supreme.
39. Life As We Know It
Year: 2010
Role: Director
Berlanti's first directorial effort in a decade, this Katherine Heigl/Josh Duhamel rom-com came with a surprisingly high concept: Holly (Heigl) and Eric (Duhamel) hate each other, but when their mutual couple friends die tragically, they're both named legal guardians of their infant child, who they now have to raise together. It's very "car accident judgment leads to man being forced to be someone's butler" on the in-show Seinfeld pilot. It's also not a very good romantic comedy.
38. Wrath of the Titans
Year: 2012
Role: "Story by" credit
Berlanti was merely a co-writer/consultant on this sequel to the Clash of the Titans remake, and while it's hard to say how much better it might've been if Berlanti had more control, the actual finished product was an uninspired effort, even for a movie that stars Liam Neeson as Zeus and Ralph Fiennes as Hades.
