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Billy Bob Thornton (1955-) is an Oscar®-winning American actor, writer and director. Thornton gained international attention after writing, directing, and starring 1996’s Sling Blade. Sling Blade earned him an Academy Award® for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Actor. His IMDb page shows over 120 credits since 1986. This page will rank Billy Bob Thornton movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings. And there are a lot of those movies.
Billy Bob Thornton 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
2011
Puss in Boots (2011)
1993
Tombstone (1993)
1998
Armageddon (1998)
1996
Sling Blade (1996)
AA Best Actor Nom
2004
Friday Night Lights (2004)
2003
Bad Santa (2003)
1993
Indecent Proposal (1993)
2008
Eagle Eye (2008)
1998
Primary Colors (1998)
2003
Love Actually (2003)
1997
The Apostle (1997)
2001
Monster's Ball (2001)
1998
A Simple Plan (1998)
AA Best Supp Actor Nom
2003
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
2001
Bandits (2001)
1997
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Voice Only
1992
One False Move (1992)
2001
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
1993
Bound by Honor (1993)
2014
The Judge (2014)
2005
Bad News Bears (2005)
2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
1994
On Deadly Ground (1994)
1995
Dead Man (1995)
2004
Chrystal (2004)
1993
Blood In, Blood Out (1993)
1997
U Turn (1997)
2022
The Gray Man (2022)
Netflix
2006
The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
2005
The Ice Harvest (2005)
2014
Cut Bank (2014)
1991
For the Boys (1991)
2012
The Baytown Outlaws (2012)
2010
Faster (2010)
2015
Entourage (2015)
2018
A Million Little Pieces (2018)
1986
Hunter's Blood (1986)
2000
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
2004
The Alamo (2004)
2013
Parkland (2013)
2006
School for Scoundrels (2006)
1999
Pushing Tin (1999)
2002
The Badge (2002)
1994
Floundering (1994)
1993
Trouble Bound (1993)
2001
Daddy and Them (2001)
1998
Homegrown (1998)
2016
Bad Santa 2 (2016)
2015
Our Brand Is Crisis (2015)
1997
A Gun a Car a Blonde (1997)
2012
Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012)
2015
Into the Grizzly Maze (2015)
2003
Levity (2003)
1995
The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)
2007
Mr. Woodcock (2007)
2023
Devil's Peak (2023)
2009
The Smell of Success (2009)
2017
Tall Tales from the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings (2017)
Limited Release
Voice Only
1993
Grey Knight (1993)
2018
London Fields (2018)
2008
The Informers (2008)
1996
The Winner (1996)
1989
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989)
Film Festival Circuit Only
2002
Waking Up in Reno (2002)
2000
South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000)
1989
Going Overboard (1989)
Billy Bob Thornton Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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- Sort John Mills 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Puss in Boots (2011) | Antonio Banderas & Salma Hayek |
149.30 | 202.9 | 754.40 | 16 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 96.7 | |
| 2 | Tombstone (1993) | Kurt Russell & Val Kilmer |
56.50 | 147.1 | 190.60 | 20 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 3 | Armageddon (1998) | Bruce Willis & Ben Affleck |
201.60 | 463.3 | 1,272.70 | 2 | 48 | 04 / 00 | 89.3 | |
| 4 | Sling Blade (1996) AA Best Actor Nom |
Robert Duvall & Directed by Billy Bob Thornton |
24.40 | 59.6 | 59.60 | 67 | 90 | 02 / 01 | 88.3 | |
| 6 | Friday Night Lights (2004) | Derek Luke & Lucas Black |
61.30 | 106.3 | 107.50 | 48 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 88.1 | |
| 7 | Bad Santa (2003) | Bernie Mac & John Ritter |
60.10 | 107.4 | 107.40 | 48 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 87.6 | |
| 5 | Indecent Proposal (1993) | Robert Redford & Woody Harrelson |
106.60 | 277.6 | 694.20 | 6 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 86.5 | |
| 9 | Eagle Eye (2008) | Shia LaBeouf & Rosario Dawson |
101.40 | 152.3 | 267.30 | 28 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 86.4 | |
| 9 | Primary Colors (1998) | John Travolta & Kathy Bates |
39.00 | 89.6 | 119.70 | 52 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 85.5 | |
| 8 | Love Actually (2003) | Hugh Grant & Liam Neeson |
59.70 | 106.7 | 441.50 | 49 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 85.2 | |
| 10 | The Apostle (1997) | Robert Duvall | 19.90 | 46.7 | 46.70 | 88 | 85 | 01 / 00 | 83.9 | |
| 11 | Monster's Ball (2001) | Halle Berry | 31.30 | 59.7 | 85.70 | 76 | 78 | 02 / 01 | 83.4 | |
| 13 | A Simple Plan (1998) AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Bill Paxton & Bridget Fonda |
16.30 | 37.5 | 37.50 | 94 | 82 | 02 / 00 | 81.5 | |
| 14 | Intolerable Cruelty (2003) | George Clooney & Catherine Zeta-Jones |
35.30 | 63.2 | 214.90 | 79 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 79.5 | |
| 16 | Bandits (2001) | Bruce Willis & Cate Blanchett |
41.60 | 79.3 | 129.00 | 58 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 78.4 | |
| 16 | Princess Mononoke (1997) Voice Only |
Minnie Driver | 2.40 | 5.6 | 353.10 | 164 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 74.1 | |
| 18 | One False Move (1992) | Bill Paxton | 1.50 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 159 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 73.4 | |
| 18 | The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) | Frances McDormand | 7.50 | 14.3 | 36.10 | 136 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 73.2 | |
| 19 | Bound by Honor (1993) | Brendan Gleeson | 4.50 | 11.7 | 11.70 | 144 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 72.5 | |
| 20 | The Judge (2014) | Robert Downey Jr. & Robert Duvall |
47.10 | 62.2 | 111.40 | 73 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 67.7 | |
| 21 | Bad News Bears (2005) | Greg Kinnear & Marcia Gay Harden |
32.90 | 55.4 | 55.40 | 84 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 62.5 | |
| 22 | Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) | Tina Fey | 23.10 | 28.8 | 31.10 | 106 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 60.6 | |
| 24 | On Deadly Ground (1994) | Michael Caine & Steven Seagal |
38.60 | 102.0 | 102.00 | 37 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 60.0 | |
| 23 | Dead Man (1995) | Johnny Depp & Robert Mitchum |
1.00 | 2.6 | 2.60 | 188 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 55.9 | |
| 25 | Chrystal (2004) | Lisa Blount | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 286 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 49.7 | |
| 26 | Blood In, Blood Out (1993) | Ving Rhames | 1.00 | 2.6 | 11.70 | 186 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 47.9 | |
| 27 | U Turn (1997) | Sean Penn & Jennifer Lopez |
6.70 | 15.7 | 15.70 | 130 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 46.8 | |
| 28 | The Gray Man (2022) Netflix |
Ryan Gosling & Chris Evans |
0.30 | 0.3 | 0.30 | 136 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 45.5 | |
| 29 | The Astronaut Farmer (2006) | Bruce Dern & Bruce Willis |
11.00 | 18.0 | 18.30 | 155 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 42.6 | |
| 31 | The Ice Harvest (2005) | John Cusack & Directed by Harold Ramis |
9.00 | 15.2 | 15.20 | 152 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 38.2 | |
| 30 | Cut Bank (2014) | John Malkovich | 0.30 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 206 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 38.2 | |
| 34 | For the Boys (1991) | Bette Midler & James Caan |
17.90 | 45.7 | 59.40 | 67 | 48 | 01 / 00 | 35.9 | |
| 32 | The Baytown Outlaws (2012) | Eva Longoria | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 399 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 35.2 | |
| 35 | Faster (2010) | Dwayne Johnson | 23.20 | 31.8 | 48.70 | 110 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 34.4 | |
| 36 | Entourage (2015) | Martin Landau & Jeremy Piven |
32.40 | 41.4 | 63.00 | 76 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 34.3 | |
| 37 | A Million Little Pieces (2018) | Aaron Taylor-Johnson | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.20 | 346 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 33.2 | |
| 36 | Hunter's Blood (1986) | Sam Bottoms | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 259 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 31.0 | |
| 39 | All the Pretty Horses (2000) | Matt Damon & Directed by Billy Bob Thornton |
15.50 | 31.1 | 36.30 | 108 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 29.5 | |
| 42 | The Alamo (2004) | Dennis Quaid | 22.40 | 38.9 | 44.80 | 100 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 28.5 | |
| 41 | Parkland (2013) | Zac Efron & Tom Welling |
0.70 | 0.9 | 0.90 | 189 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 28.3 | |
| 41 | School for Scoundrels (2006) | Ben Stiller & Jon Heder |
17.80 | 29.2 | 39.20 | 121 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 28.3 | |
| 43 | Pushing Tin (1999) | Angelina Jolie & John Cusack |
8.40 | 17.9 | 17.90 | 133 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 28.3 | |
| 45 | The Badge (2002) | Patricia Arquette | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 276 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 21.6 | |
| 43 | Floundering (1994) | John Cusack & Steve Buscemi |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 276 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 21.5 | |
| 44 | Trouble Bound (1993) | Michael Madsen | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 278 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 21.3 | |
| 46 | Daddy and Them (2001) | Laura Dern & Directed by Billy Bob Thornton |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 322 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 18.3 | |
| 47 | Homegrown (1998) | Hank Azaria | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 249 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 17.6 | |
| 48 | Bad Santa 2 (2016) | Kathy Bates & Tony Cox |
17.80 | 22.2 | 29.10 | 117 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 17.1 | |
| 49 | Our Brand Is Crisis (2015) | Sandra Bullock | 7.00 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 131 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 15.5 | |
| 50 | A Gun a Car a Blonde (1997) | John Ritter | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 289 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.2 | |
| 51 | Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012) | Kevin Bacon & Directed by Billy Bob Thornton |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 292 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 13.9 | |
| 52 | Into the Grizzly Maze (2015) | James Marsden | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 374 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 13.8 | |
| 53 | Levity (2003) | Morgan Freeman | 0.20 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 233 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 13.1 | |
| 54 | The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995) | Robert Duvall & Aidan Quinn |
0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 238 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 12.6 | |
| 56 | Mr. Woodcock (2007) | Susan Sarandon | 25.80 | 40.4 | 40.40 | 91 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 12.2 | |
| 57 | Devil's Peak (2023) | Robin Wright | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 288 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 11.5 | |
| 58 | The Smell of Success (2009) | Tea Leoni | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 413 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 11.4 | |
| 57 | Tall Tales from the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings (2017) Limited Release Voice Only |
Justin Long | 0.10 | 0.1 | 17.30 | 351 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 10.3 | |
| 60 | Grey Knight (1993) | Martin Sheen | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 260 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 7.0 | |
| 61 | London Fields (2018) | Amber Heard | 0.20 | 0.2 | 0.60 | 239 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 2.8 | |
| 62 | The Informers (2008) | Billy Bob Thornton & Kim Basinger |
0.30 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 247 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 2.6 | |
| 63 | The Winner (1996) | Delroy Lindo & Vincent D'Onofrio |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 325 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 2.1 | |
| 64 | Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989) Film Festival Circuit Only |
Jamie Rose | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 254 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 2.0 | |
| 65 | Waking Up in Reno (2002) | Charlize Theron | 0.30 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 237 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 1.4 | |
| 66 | South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000) | Luke Askew | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 300 | 26 | 00 / 00 | 0.4 | |
| 67 | Going Overboard (1989) | Adam Sandler | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 258 | 19 | 00 / 00 | 0.1 |
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