Want to know the best Kevin Spacey movies? How about the worst Kevin Spacey movies? Curious about Kevin Spacey box office grosses or which Kevin Spacey movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Kevin Spacey movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Kevin Spacey (1959-) is a two-time Oscar® winning American actor. His IMDb page shows 83 acting credits from 1986-2017. This page will rank 45 Kevin Spacey movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.
Kevin Spacey Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Kevin Spacey movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Kevin Spacey movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Kevin Spacey movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Kevin Spacey movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Kevin Spacey movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Kevin Spacey movie won.
- Sort Kevin Spacey movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | American Beauty (1999) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Actor Win |
Annette Bening & Chris Cooper |
130.10 | 277.2 | 759.10 | 13 | 71 | 08 / 05 | 99.7 | |
| 2 | L.A. Confidential (1997) AA Best Picture Nom |
Russell Crowe & Kim Basinger |
64.60 | 151.8 | 296.40 | 22 | 93 | 09 / 02 | 99.1 | |
| 4 | Se7en (1995) | Brad Pitt & Morgan Freeman |
100.10 | 248.1 | 811.10 | 9 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 97.9 | |
| 3 | Working Girl (1988) AA Best Picture Nom |
Harrison Ford & Sigourney Weaver |
63.80 | 167.3 | 270.00 | 11 | 77 | 06 / 01 | 97.1 | |
| 5 | Superman Returns (2006) | Brandon Routh | 200.10 | 327.8 | 640.70 | 7 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 96.3 | |
| 7 | Baby Driver (2017) | Jamie Foxx | 107.80 | 129.6 | 272.70 | 28 | 87 | 03 / 00 | 94.5 | |
| 8 | A Bug's Life (1998) Voice Only |
Roddy McDowall | 62.80 | 144.3 | 605.40 | 33 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 94.5 | |
| 6 | A Time to Kill (1996) | Matthew McConaughey & Sandra Bullock |
108.80 | 265.3 | 371.40 | 10 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 94.2 | |
| 9 | Horrible Bosses (2011) | Jason Bateman & Jennifer Aniston |
117.50 | 159.8 | 285.00 | 23 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 91.2 | |
| 10 | Outbreak (1995) | Dustin Hoffman & Morgan Freeman |
67.70 | 167.7 | 470.50 | 24 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 91.0 | |
| 11 | The Usual Suspects (1995) AA Best Supp Actor Win |
Gabriel Bryne | 23.30 | 57.8 | 85.40 | 76 | 87 | 02 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 12 | The Negotiator (1998) | Samuel L. Jackson | 44.50 | 102.4 | 164.70 | 46 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 85.4 | |
| 14 | See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) | Richard Pryor & Gene Wilder |
46.90 | 127.4 | 127.40 | 27 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 83.7 | |
| 15 | 21 (2008) | Jim Sturgess & Josh Gad |
81.20 | 121.9 | 240.00 | 37 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 82.8 | |
| 13 | Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) | Jack Lemmon & Al Pacino |
10.70 | 27.9 | 27.90 | 95 | 89 | 00 / 00 | 82.6 | |
| 16 | K-PAX (2001) | Jeff Bridges | 50.30 | 96.0 | 96.00 | 51 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 75.9 | |
| 17 | Margin Call (2011) | Jeremy Irons & Demi Moore |
5.40 | 7.3 | 26.50 | 156 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 72.1 | |
| 19 | Heartburn (1986) | Jack Nicholson & Meryl Streep |
25.30 | 73.6 | 73.60 | 38 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 70.6 | |
| 18 | Moon (2009) | Sam Rockwell | 5.00 | 7.2 | 7.20 | 163 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 70.3 | |
| 20 | Iron Will (1994) | Brian Cox | 21.00 | 55.5 | 55.50 | 64 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 68.1 | |
| 22 | Dad (1989) | Jack Lemmon & Ted Danson |
22.10 | 60.0 | 74.70 | 46 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 66.4 | |
| 21 | The Ref (1994) | Denis Leary | 11.40 | 30.2 | 30.20 | 104 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 65.6 | |
| 23 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) | John Cusack & Directed by Clint Eastwood |
25.10 | 59.0 | 59.00 | 80 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 64.7 | |
| 25 | Henry & June (1990) | Gary Oldman | 11.60 | 29.5 | 60.10 | 91 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 62.2 | |
| 25 | Fred Claus (2007) | Vince Vaughn | 72.00 | 112.8 | 153.30 | 37 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 61.7 | |
| 25 | Horrible Bosses 2 (2014) | Jason Bateman & Jennifer Aniston |
54.40 | 71.8 | 142.10 | 61 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 61.6 | |
| 26 | Swimming with Sharks (1994) | Frank Whaley | 0.40 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 208 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 60.8 | |
| 26 | Recount (2008) HBO Movie |
Denis Leary | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 434 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 60.4 | |
| 27 | Looking for Richard (1996) | Al Pacino & Alec Baldwin |
1.40 | 3.4 | 3.40 | 189 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 59.8 | |
| 30 | The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) | George Clooney & Jeff Bridges |
32.40 | 46.6 | 99.10 | 84 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 57.3 | |
| 31 | Pay It Forward (2000) | Haley Joel Osment & Jay Mohr |
33.50 | 67.0 | 111.40 | 74 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 56.5 | |
| 32 | The Big Kahuna (1999) | Danny DeVito | 3.20 | 6.7 | 6.70 | 163 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 51.5 | |
| 33 | Elvis & Nixon (2016) | Michael Shannon | 1.10 | 1.3 | 1.30 | 210 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 49.9 | |
| 32 | Consenting Adults (1992) | Kevin Kline | 21.60 | 56.1 | 56.10 | 60 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 45.0 | |
| 34 | The Shipping News (2001) | Judi Dench | 11.40 | 21.8 | 47.10 | 127 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 41.4 | |
| 36 | Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008) Film Festival Circuit Only |
James Corden | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.20 | 339 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 35.2 | |
| 37 | Beyond the Sea (2004) | John Goodman | 6.30 | 11.0 | 14.70 | 157 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 35.0 | |
| 40 | The Life of David Gale (2003) | Kate Winslet | 20.00 | 35.7 | 69.60 | 109 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 33.6 | |
| 38 | Rocket Gibraltar (1988) | Burt Lancaster | 0.20 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 239 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 33.4 | |
| 40 | Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000) | Colin Farrell & Christoph Waltz |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 323 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 33.0 | |
| 40 | Father of Invention (2010) | Johnny Knoxville | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.20 | 332 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 30.8 | |
| 41 | Hurlyburly (1998) | Sean Penn & Meg Ryan |
1.80 | 4.1 | 4.10 | 176 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 29.4 | |
| 43 | Peter Five Eight (2024) Limited Release |
Rebecca De Mornay | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 178 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 26.5 | |
| 42 | The United States of Leland (2003) | Ryan Gosling | 0.30 | 0.6 | 0.60 | 219 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 24.1 | |
| 44 | Casino Jack (2010) | Barry Pepper | 0.90 | 1.3 | 1.30 | 185 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 23.8 | |
| 44 | Albino Alligator (1996) | Matt Dillion & Faye Dunaway |
0.30 | 0.8 | 0.80 | 226 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 19.2 | |
| 45 | Edison/Edison Force (2005) | Morgan Freeman & Justin Timberlake |
0.00 | 0.1 | 7.10 | 387 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 13.8 | |
| 46 | Billionaire Boys Club (2018) | Judd Nelson | 0.10 | 0.1 | 3.20 | 466 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 10.0 | |
| 48 | Rebel in the Rye (2017) | Nicolas Hoult | 0.40 | 0.5 | 1.10 | 203 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 9.8 | |
| 48 | Shrink (2009) | Robin Williams | 0.20 | 0.3 | 0.40 | 255 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 9.5 | |
| 49 | Nine Lives (2016) | Jennifer Garner & Christopher Walken |
19.70 | 24.6 | 72.10 | 114 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 3.8 | |
| 50 | A Show of Force (1990) | Robert Duvall | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 217 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 2.6 |
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Kevin Spacey Table
- Nine Kevin Spacey movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 21.43% of his movies listed. A Bug’s Life (1998) was his biggest box office hit when looking at adjusted domestic box office gross.
- An average Kevin Spacey movie grosses $64.60 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 27 of Kevin Spacey movies are rated as good movies…or 64.28% of his movies. L.A. Confidential (1997) is his highest rated movie while Nine Lives (2017) was his lowest rated movie.
- Ten Kevin Spacey movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 23.80% of his movies.
- Three Kevin Spacey movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 7.14% of his movies.
- An average Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 40.00. 15 Kevin Spacey movies scored higher than that average….or 35.71% of his movies. American Beauty (1999) got the the highest UMR Score while A Show of Force (1990) got the lowest UMR Score.
Ten Possibly Interesting Facts About Kevin Spacey
1. Kevin Spacey Fowler was born in South Orange, New Jersey in 1959.
2. Kevin Spacey went to high school with Val Kilmer and Mare Winningham.
3. Kevin Spacey’s Spacey’s first professional stage appearance was as a spear carrier in a performance of Henry VI, Part 1 in 1981. He made his film debut in 1986’s Heartburn…he played a subway thief.
4. Kevin Spacey’s acting idols: Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, and Jason Robards.
5. Kevin Spacey has never married or had children. He does have a labrador named Legacy.
6. Kevin Spacey is 2 for 2 when it goes to Oscars®. Two nominations and two wins.
7. As of 2013, he is only one of 6 actors who have a 2-0 winning record when nominated for an acting Oscar. The others are Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Good Earth (1937); Vivien Leigh for Gone with the Wind (1939) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1951); Helen Hayes for The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) and Airport (1970); Hilary Swank for Boys Don’t Cry (1999) and Million Dollar Baby (2004); and Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django Unchained (2012)
8. Kevin Spacey won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar® for 1997’s The Usual Suspects and a Best Actor Oscar® for 1995’s American Beauty.
9. Roles Kevin Spacey either turned down or was seriously considered for: Richard Gere role in Chicago, Bill Pullman role in Independence Day, Jim Carrey role in Man on the Moon and Steve Martin role in The Pink Panther.
10. Check out Kevin Spacey’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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This morning I lost alot of respect for Kevin Spacey!
Hey Carl…I think many people feel the same way.
Hello Bruce,
Just watched “Elvis and Nixon”
Very very good picture, i like so much Rock and Roll and Elvis “the King”
Amazing actors, i go to the web just to see the pictures of those days with Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley and his gards …and in black and white….
Kevin Spacey Is always great in any part..so it Is always pleasure to see him in film or his great série TV.
Bye
Pierre
Hey Pierre…glad you liked Elvis and Nixon….if memory serves me correctly….Bob also really enjoyed that one. I agree Spacey is one of those performers that makes a movie better just by being in the movie. Good stuff.
Hey Chris your comment has me thinking I should start watching House of Cards right away. His return to the big screen has to be better than last year’s Nine Lives….now that was a bad movie. Though it did entertain my 8 and 10 year olds. I think Glengary Glen Ross is one of Stacey’s favorites as well….he got to work with two of his acting heroes in that one…Al Pacino and Jack Lemmon. Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the comment.
Hi
He must be one of the best actors of his generation. His list of films in the 90’s, LA Confidential, Usual Suspects, Seven, American Beauty and one of my favourites, Glengarry Glenross. Just a superb villain. But anything he has achieved on the big screen or the theatre has been truly surpassed by his role of Francis Underwood in House of Cards. It makes West Wing look like a Sunday School outing, and it is done so well that you wonder where the truth end and fantasy begins.
I’ve watched him on T.V. do great impersonations of Katharine Hepburn and Clint Eastwood. I hope he returns to the big screen in a big way soon. .