Want to know the best Ben Affleck movies? How about the worst Ben Affleck movies? Curious about Ben Affleck’s box office grosses or which Ben Affleck movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Ben Affleck movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
When Ben Affleck (1972-) failed to get a Best Director Oscar® nomination for Argo, it became one of the biggest Oscar® snubs of all-time. The uproar of the snub seems to be one of the reasons that Argo was able to easily beat Lincoln and win 2012’s Best Picture Oscar®. Since the snub my mom has become a big Ben Affleck fan…..so I figured I would do a page on him for my mom….so here you go mom….a Ben Affleck page.
His IMDb page shows 64 acting credits from 1982-2017. This page will rank 41 Ben Affleck movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Cameos, television appearances, straight to DVD movies and shorts were not included in the rankings.
Ben Affleck Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
2012
Argo (2012)
AA Best Picture Win
1998
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
AA Best Picture Win
1997
Good Will Hunting (1997)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Writing Win
2014
Gone Girl (2014)
2010
The Town (2010)
2017
Justice League (2017)
2002
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
1998
Armageddon (1998)
2002
Changing Lanes (2002)
2016
Suicide Squad (2016)
2001
Pearl Harbor (2001)
2023
The Flash (2023)
2003
Daredevil (2003)
2023
Air (2023)
2016
The Accountant (2016)
2007
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
2009
He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
1993
Dazed and Confused (1993)
2009
State of Play (2009)
1997
Chasing Amy (1997)
1999
Dogma (1999)
1999
Forces of Nature (1999)
2006
Clerks II (2006)
2021
The Last Duel (2021)
1992
School Ties (1992)
2020
The Way Back (2020)
2000
Boiler Room (2000)
2000
Bounce (2000)
2001
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
HBO Max
2022
Clerks III (2022)
2006
Hollywoodland (2006)
2003
Paycheck (2003)
2010
The Company Men (2010)
2019
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)
2009
Extract (2009)
2006
Smokin' Aces (2006)
2004
Jersey Girl (2004)
1997
Going All the Way (1997)
2019
Triple Frontier (2019)
Netflix
2016
Live by Night (2016)
1995
Mallrats (1995)
2002
The Third Wheel (2002)
2012
To The Wonder (2012)
2000
Reindeer Games (2000)
2006
Man About Town (2006)
2024
This Is Me…Now: A Love Story (2024)
Amazon
2021
The Tender Bar (2021)
Amazon
2023
Hypnotic (2023)
1996
Glory Daze (1996)
1999
200 Cigarettes (1999)
2022
Deep Water (2022)
Hulu
2013
Runner Runner (2013)
1998
Phantoms (1998)
2020
The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)
Netflix
2004
Surviving Christmas (2004)
2003
Gigli (2003)
Ben Affleck 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 by Ben Affleck movies by his co-stars
- Sort Ben Affleck movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost…(in millions)
- Sort Ben Affleck movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost…(in millions)
- Sort Ben Affleck movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Ben Affleck movie received.
- Sort Ben Affleck 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.
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CreditRank | 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 | S | UMR Score |
| 2 | Argo (2012) AA Best Picture Win |
John Goodman & Alan Arkin |
136.00 | 184.2 | 314.6 | 22 | 90 | 07 / 03 | 99.8 | |
| 1 | Shakespeare in Love (1998) AA Best Picture Win |
Gwyneth Paltrow | 100.30 | 230.6 | 665.0 | 17 | 70 | 13 / 07 | 99.7 | |
| 3 | Good Will Hunting (1997) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Writing Win |
Matt Damon & Robin Williams |
138.40 | 325.1 | 530.6 | 7 | 83 | 09 / 02 | 99.4 | |
| 4 | Gone Girl (2014) | Rosamund Pike & Directed by David Fincher |
167.80 | 221.4 | 487.3 | 18 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 98.0 | |
| 6 | The Town (2010) | Jeremy Renner | 92.20 | 126.0 | 210.4 | 36 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 93.2 | |
| 5 | Justice League (2017) | Amy Adams & Jeremy Irons |
229.00 | 275.2 | 790.7 | 10 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 93.0 | |
| 8 | The Sum of All Fears (2002) | Morgan Freeman | 118.90 | 221.0 | 360.4 | 22 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 91.6 | |
| 7 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) | Henry Cavill & Amy Adams |
330.40 | 411.7 | 1,088.3 | 8 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 90.6 | |
| 9 | Armageddon (1998) | Bruce Willis & Liv Tyler |
201.60 | 463.3 | 1,272.7 | 2 | 48 | 04 / 00 | 89.3 | |
| 12 | Changing Lanes (2002) | Samuel L. Jackson | 66.80 | 124.2 | 176.4 | 40 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 88.9 | |
| 10 | Suicide Squad (2016) | Will Smith & Jaime FitzSimons |
325.10 | 405.2 | 929.2 | 9 | 47 | 01 / 01 | 88.5 | |
| 12 | Pearl Harbor (2001) | Josh Hartnett & Kate Beckinsale |
198.50 | 378.8 | 857.1 | 7 | 44 | 04 / 01 | 88.4 | |
| 12 | The Flash (2023) | Ezra Miller & Michael Keaton |
108.10 | 108.1 | 268.0 | 24 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 14 | Daredevil (2003) | Jennifer Garner | 102.50 | 183.3 | 320.3 | 27 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 86.7 | |
| 13 | Air (2023) | Matt Damon & Jason Bateman |
52.50 | 52.5 | 89.4 | 48 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 85.0 | |
| 18 | The Accountant (2016) | Anna Kendrick & J.K. Simmons |
86.30 | 107.5 | 193.4 | 37 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 82.0 | |
| 16 | Gone Baby Gone (2007) | Morgan Freeman & Casey Affleck |
20.30 | 31.8 | 54.2 | 105 | 85 | 01 / 00 | 81.5 | |
| 18 | He's Just Not That Into You (2009) | Bradley Cooper & Jennifer Aniston |
94.00 | 135.0 | 257.1 | 33 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 79.8 | |
| 17 | Dazed and Confused (1993) | Matthew McConaughey & Milla Jovovich |
8.00 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 119 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 79.7 | |
| 19 | State of Play (2009) | Russell Crowe & Jason Bateman |
37.00 | 53.2 | 126.2 | 77 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 79.1 | |
| 20 | Chasing Amy (1997) | Jason Lee & Directed by Kevin Smith |
12.00 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 108 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 77.9 | |
| 22 | Dogma (1999) | Matt Damon & Chris Rock |
30.70 | 65.3 | 87.2 | 66 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 76.2 | |
| 24 | Forces of Nature (1999) | Sandra Bullock | 52.90 | 112.7 | 200.0 | 45 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 74.3 | |
| 25 | Clerks II (2006) | Jason Lee & Directed by Kevin Smith |
24.10 | 39.6 | 44.2 | 102 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 70.3 | |
| 23 | The Last Duel (2021) | Matt Damon & Adam Driver |
10.90 | 11.5 | 31.9 | 61 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 69.6 | |
| 27 | School Ties (1992) | Matt Damon | 14.70 | 38.2 | 38.2 | 79 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 68.8 | |
| 26 | The Way Back (2020) | Janina Gavankar & & Basketball Movies |
13.60 | 16.0 | 17.1 | 24 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 67.5 | |
| 28 | Boiler Room (2000) | Vin Diesel | 17.00 | 33.9 | 57.6 | 104 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 66.7 | |
| 30 | Bounce (2000) | Gwyneth Paltrow | 36.80 | 73.6 | 106.9 | 66 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 64.5 | |
| 31 | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) | Matt Damon & Will Ferrell |
30.10 | 57.4 | 64.5 | 79 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 64.5 | |
| 29 | Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) HBO Max |
Gal Gadot & Henry Cavill |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 332 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 64.1 | |
| 30 | Clerks III (2022) | Kevin Smith & Justin Long |
3.70 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 93 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 63.8 | |
| 32 | Hollywoodland (2006) | Diane Lane & Bob Hoskins |
14.40 | 23.6 | 27.5 | 137 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 62.1 | |
| 35 | Paycheck (2003) | Uma Thurman | 53.80 | 96.2 | 172.1 | 54 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 60.5 | |
| 34 | The Company Men (2010) | Tommy Lee Jones | 4.40 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 141 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 55.3 | |
| 36 | Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019) | Kevin Smith & Ben Affleck |
3.40 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 152 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 52.1 | |
| 37 | Extract (2009) | Jason Bateman | 10.80 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 133 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 49.7 | |
| 38 | Smokin' Aces (2006) | Jeremy Piven & Ryan Reynolds |
35.80 | 58.6 | 93.6 | 86 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 45.7 | |
| 40 | Jersey Girl (2004) | Liv Tyler & Jennifer Lopez |
25.30 | 43.9 | 62.7 | 93 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 37.4 | |
| 39 | Going All the Way (1997) | Jeremy Davies | 0.10 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 248 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 36.1 | |
| 41 | Triple Frontier (2019) Netflix |
Oscar Isaac | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 294 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 29.7 | |
| 42 | Live by Night (2016) | Zoe Saldana | 10.40 | 12.9 | 28.3 | 140 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 29.6 | |
| 43 | Mallrats (1995) | Jason Lee & Directed by Kevin Smith |
2.10 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 175 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 27.6 | |
| 44 | The Third Wheel (2002) | Ben Affleck & Matt Damon |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 310 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 24.4 | |
| 45 | To The Wonder (2012) | Javier Bardem | 0.60 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 216 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 24.0 | |
| 48 | Reindeer Games (2000) | Charlize Theron | 23.40 | 46.7 | 64.3 | 90 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 21.6 | |
| 46 | Man About Town (2006) | Ben Affleck & Rebecca Romijn |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 363 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 21.4 | |
| 47 | This Is Me…Now: A Love Story (2024) Amazon |
Jennifer Lopez | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 195 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 21.2 | |
| 47 | The Tender Bar (2021) Amazon |
Directed by George Clooney | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 203 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 20.7 | |
| 49 | Hypnotic (2023) | Directed by Robert Rodriguez | 4.50 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 124 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 16.1 | |
| 50 | Glory Daze (1996) | Sam Rockwell | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 254 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 13.1 | |
| 51 | 200 Cigarettes (1999) | Casey Affleck | 6.90 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 137 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 8.6 | |
| 52 | Deep Water (2022) Hulu |
Ana de Armas | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 308 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 5.4 | |
| 53 | Runner Runner (2013) | Justin Timberlake | 17.50 | 23.3 | 80.7 | 115 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 5.2 | |
| 54 | Phantoms (1998) | Peter O'Toole | 5.60 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 142 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 2.2 | |
| 55 | The Last Thing He Wanted (2020) Netflix |
Anne Hathaway & Willem Dafoe |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 217 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 1.6 | |
| 56 | Surviving Christmas (2004) | James Gandolfini | 11.70 | 20.2 | 26.2 | 135 | 26 | 00 / 00 | 1.2 | |
| 57 | Gigli (2003) | Jennifer Lopez & Al Pacino |
6.10 | 10.9 | 13.0 | 139 | 15 | 00 / 00 | 0.0 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Ben Affleck
1. Ben Affleck (1972-) was born in California and raised in Massachusetts. His younger brother Casey Affleck is also an actor. Affleck is married to actress Jennifer Garner and they have three children.
2. Ben Affleck has won two Oscars® in his career. The first Oscar® was for writing the screenplay for 1997’s Good Will Hunting. The second Oscar® was for producing 2012’s Best Picture…Argo. His only major acting nomination was a Golden Globe® nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 2006’s Hollywoodland.
3. Three of Ben Affleck’s movies have been nominated for Best Picture Oscars®. Argo (2012) and Shakespeare in Love (1998) won….with Good Will Hunting being the third film.
4. Roles turned down or seriously considered for…..Live Free or Die Hard, Brokeback Mountain, Cinderella Man, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Glory Road, and Runaway Bride.
5. Cogerson Movie Score® database has ranked over 7,000 movies….Argo is Affleck’s highest ranked movie…coming in at number 121….on the other end of the spectrum….2003’s Gigli is the 6th worst movie….as it is ranked 7,123 of 7,129 movies.
6. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have been friends since little league baseball. Over the years they have produced, written or starred in 9 movies together. Their Good Will Hunting screenplay is probably the pinnacle of this friendship
7. Ben Affleck has appeared in 6 Kevin Smith movies….Mallrats, Dogma, Chasing Amy, Clerks II, Jersey Girl and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Kevin Smith is one of the main reasons Good Will Hunting ended up at Miramax and Damon and Affleck were the stars of the movie.
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you are more than welcome Cogerson and I really do hope to hear more from you in the future.
Thanks for the support and compliment torrilynn
Hi Cogerson
I really did like Ben Affleck in Armageddon.
I havent seen him in Argo but I’ve heard that it is good.
I also like Ben in Daredevil despite some of the negative
feedback he has received for that movie role.
thanks. Voted up and Shared.
Hey torrilynn….writing this page got me motivated to watch Armageddon again myself….this time I was watching it with my 6 year old daughter….so the ending with Bruce and Liv Tyler was actually kinda of emotional(in a manly type of way….lol). Ben does a good job as well in the movie…especially in his last seen with Bruce.
I have heard lots of great things about Argo….it has been sitting on my dvd shelf for over two weeks now just waiting to be watched. I liked Daredevil as well….it made some decent money….too bad they did not make a sequel with Daredevil….I do not count Elektra as a sequel.
Not really a fan but I have to admit Affleck has turned into a damn good director. I really liked Gone Baby Gone and The Town, Argo was pretty good too though in my opinion it was far from being the greatest film of 2012! Did the Oscar voters actually see the film?
Excellent work as usual Bruce, looking at your lists I’ve seen 17 of the 35 films on the chart. 9 from the box office 10 and 7 from the critics 10.
Films I haven’t seen include Jersey Girl, Gigli, He’s Just No That Into You and Dazed and Confused.
Armageddon is a guilty pleasure, which looks great on Blu-ray. With Pearl Harbor I usually skip chapters to get to the bombing raid which goes on for nearly an hour and gives my sound system a good work out.
I watched Paycheck again recently, not one of John Woo’s best.
Hey Steve….thanks for the visit and the comment. I have actually seen both of his Top 10s….for a total of 25 of his movies…with number 26, Argo, being any day now.
I agree with you about Affleck….as I am not the biggest fan…but it is hard to argue that he is not directing some of the better movies these days…..and now he has the Oscar hardware to prove it.
Of the 4 movies you mentioned….I would recommend Jersey Girl as the one to see…..Jennifer Lopez is barely in the movie….with Liv Tyler being the main female love interest….a Armageddon reunion for the two of them….plus George Carlin is outstanding in a supporting role…and look for a Will Smith cameo as well.
As for Gigli….a truly horrible movie…..and like Jack and Jill you wonder what was Al Pacino thinking.
Good to see that we seem to have the same thoughts on Ben Affleck’s movie career.
Armageddon is my favorite Ben Affleck movie. I never saw Argo, but it seemed like a popular movie at the Oscars. Fantastic tribute to Ben!!!
Hey Sunshine….glad to see you like Armageddon as well. Amazingly they filmed much of the movie around the actually NASA equipment…it least the first half of the movie. Love the ending of that movie….it still brings a tear(a manly tear of course….lol) whenever I see the ending.
I like you have not seen Argo yet….but I am looking forward to it….thanks for the visit and the comment.
Well, I have enjoyed Ben Affleck’s site Cogerson. I think I have seen about 98% of his movies. He is a good actor – recently saw The Company Men on TV and really enjoyed the movie and the story line of how it affects people being laid off from Jobs and not able to get another one – it would be interesting to see Movie #2 of Good Will Hunting as to where the friends are now after so many years. ENJOYED READING THIS. GREAT JOB1
Hey BERN1960….glad to see you like my latest movie….it was a long time coming….but I figured with how much he is in the news these days that the timing was right. I could not believe that he already has so many movies in his career…I also could not believe how many of them that I have seen.
I am looking forward to Argo as well. I actually just watched The Sum of All Fears the other day for the first time….it was much better than I thought it would be. Thanks for the comments they are greatly appreciated.