Want to know the best Don Johnson movies? How about the worst Don Johnson movies? Curious about Don Johnson box office grosses or which Don Johnson movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Don Johnson 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.
Don Johnson (1949-) is an American actor. Johnson is best known for his roles on the television shows Miami Vice and Nash Bridges. On the movie side, Johnson has been appearing in movies since 1970. His IMDb page shows over 100 acting credits since 1970. This page will rank Don Johnson movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition. Some of his movies that do not appear to have been in North American theaters were not included.
Don Johnson 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
Django Unchained (2012)
AA Best Picture Nom
2019
Knives Out (2019)
2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
1996
Tin Cup (1996)
2018
Book Club (2018)
2010
Machete (2010)
1991
Paradise (1991)
2014
The Other Woman (2014)
1982
Melanie (1982)
Uncredited Role
2018
Dragged Across Concrete (2018)
1975
A Boy And His Dog (1975)
2014
Cold In July (2014)
2017
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
1989
Dead Bang (1989)
1993
Guilty as Sin (1993)
2023
Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023)
1991
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
1990
The Hot Spot (1990)
1975
Return To Macon County (1975)
2007
Moondance Alexander (2007)
1973
The Harrad Experiment (1973)
1970
The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart (1970)
2011
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011)
1971
Zachariah (1971)
1998
Goodbye Lover (1998)
1985
Cease Fire (1985)
1993
Born Yesterday (1993)
1988
Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)
2010
When in Rome (2010)
2019
Vault (2019)
Limited Release 
1981
Soggy Bottom U.S.A. (1981)
2023
The Collective (2023)
2011
Bucky Larsons: Born To Be a Star (2011)
Don Johnson 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 Don Johnson movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Don Johnson movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Don Johnson movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Don Johnson 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 Don Johnson movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Don Johnson movie won.
- Sort Don Johnson 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 | Django Unchained (2012) AA Best Picture Nom |
Jamie Foxx & Directed by Quentin Tarantino |
162.80 | 220.5 | 572.60 | 15 | 88 | 05 / 02 | 99.5 | |
| 3 | Knives Out (2019) | Chris Evans & Christopher Plummer |
165.40 | 194.6 | 359.70 | 15 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 98.0 | |
| 2 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) | Chris Pratt & Zoe Saldana |
389.80 | 468.5 | 1,037.80 | 5 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 97.6 | |
| 4 | Tin Cup (1996) | Kevin Costner | 53.90 | 131.3 | 197.40 | 28 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 87.3 | |
| 5 | Book Club (2018) | Diane Keaton & Jane Fonda |
68.60 | 81.1 | 94.60 | 42 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 74.7 | |
| 6 | Machete (2010) | Robert DeNiro & Steven Seagal |
26.60 | 36.3 | 60.20 | 99 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 70.3 | |
| 7 | Paradise (1991) | Melanie Griffith | 18.60 | 47.7 | 47.70 | 66 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 69.4 | |
| 8 | The Other Woman (2014) | Cameron Diaz & Leslie Mann |
83.90 | 110.7 | 259.60 | 44 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 66.7 | |
| 9 | Melanie (1982) Uncredited Role |
Glynnis O'Connor | 0.40 | 1.4 | 1.40 | 144 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 59.4 | |
| 10 | Dragged Across Concrete (2018) | Mel Gibson & Vince Vaughn |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.50 | 442 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 56.9 | |
| 11 | A Boy And His Dog (1975) | Jason Robards & Susanne Benton |
1.80 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 121 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 56.7 | |
| 12 | Cold In July (2014) | Sam Shepard & Wyatt Russell |
0.40 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 198 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 52.8 | |
| 13 | Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017) | Vince Vaughn | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 331 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 52.5 | |
| 14 | Dead Bang (1989) | Penelope Ann Miller & William Forsythe |
8.10 | 22.1 | 22.10 | 91 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 46.4 | |
| 16 | Guilty as Sin (1993) | Rebecca De Mornay | 22.90 | 59.5 | 59.50 | 67 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 43.8 | |
| 15 | Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023) | Jane Fonda & Diane Keaton |
17.50 | 17.5 | 27.50 | 78 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 43.3 | |
| 15 | Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991) | Mickey Rourke & Daniel Baldwin |
7.40 | 19.0 | 19.00 | 109 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 42.4 | |
| 16 | The Hot Spot (1990) | Virginia Madsen | 1.30 | 3.3 | 3.30 | 177 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 40.6 | |
| 18 | Return To Macon County (1975) | Nick Nolte | 7.00 | 36.7 | 36.70 | 58 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 39.2 | |
| 19 | Moondance Alexander (2007) | Kay Panabaker | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 433 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 35.6 | |
| 22 | The Harrad Experiment (1973) | Melanie Griffith | 9.10 | 55.4 | 55.40 | 38 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 32.1 | |
| 20 | The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart (1970) | Michael Greer | 0.10 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 182 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 30.0 | |
| 21 | A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011) | Jason Sudeikis | 0.20 | 0.3 | 1.90 | 221 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 29.2 | |
| 23 | Zachariah (1971) | John Rubenstein | 1.90 | 12.4 | 12.40 | 126 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 27.2 | |
| 25 | Goodbye Lover (1998) | Patricia Arquette & Dermot Mulroney |
1.90 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 174 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 26.1 | |
| 25 | Cease Fire (1985) | Lisa Blount | 0.20 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 185 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 24.7 | |
| 27 | Born Yesterday (1993) | Melanie Griffith & John Goodman |
18.00 | 46.7 | 46.70 | 81 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 24.0 | |
| 26 | Sweet Hearts Dance (1988) | Susan Sarandon & Jeff Daniels |
3.80 | 9.9 | 9.90 | 135 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 22.6 | |
| 28 | When in Rome (2010) | Anjelica Huston & Danny DeVito |
32.70 | 44.7 | 44.70 | 89 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 21.9 | |
| 29 | Vault (2019) Limited Release |
Burt Young | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 282 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 14.8 | |
| 29 | Soggy Bottom U.S.A. (1981) | Dub Taylor | 0.10 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 166 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 14.1 | |
| 32 | The Collective (2023) | Tyrese Gibson | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.20 | 239 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 2.0 | |
| 33 | Bucky Larsons: Born To Be a Star (2011) | Christina Ricci | 2.50 | 3.4 | 3.40 | 172 | 20 | 00 / 00 | 0.1 |
ooh more films here than I expected from Sonny Crockett.
I’ve seen 8 of the 30 films on the chart. Favorites are – Guardians of the Galaxy, Django Unchained, Knives Out and A Boy and his Dog.
Bruce, I can’t remember seeing Don Johnson in Guardians of the Galaxy vol.2 and on further inspection he wasn’t in it. There is a musician? rapper? listed with the same name playing a ravager in the film. You might want to amend the chart.
Good stuff. Vote Up!
I have seen Don in 3 movies: Tin Cup; Dead Bang which I found OK at the time but can’t remember much about now; and the thriller Guilty as Sin co-starring Rebecca De Mornay. I have unfortunately never seen Miami Vice.
Guilty of Sin reminded me a lot of 1985’s Jagged Edge and the relationship between Glenn Close and Jeff Bridges in the latter film: in both movies the lead lady was a lawyer defending a ‘charmer’ [Don and Jeff respectively].
The Work Horse gives Guilty as Sin just a 48% rating as opposed to the 74% his sources award Jagged Edge but nevertheless in Guilty as Sin I was impressed with Johnson, and sexy Rebecca De Mornay had a certain appeal
I remember back in 1998 going to San Francisco on vacation. I was on the city bus tour and we passed the TV series Nash Bridges being filmed on a street. Passing by the bus was Don Johnson during a break in the action. Cheech Marin was nowhere to be seen.
Don has never been on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 though he has popped up in a few interesting flics. These are the actors on the 2020 list he has appeared with.
3 CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER KNIVES OUT (2019)
7 ROBERT DE NIRO Machete (2010)
34 FRANCO NERO Bastardi (2008)
40 UDO KIER BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 (2017)
40 UDO KIER DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE (2019)
56 SUSAN SARANDON Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)
71 NICOLAS CAGE VENGEANCE: A LOVE STORY (2017)
89 DANNY TREJO Machete (2010)
101 M. EMMET WALSH KNIVES OUT (2019)
114 JASON ROBARDS A Boy and His Dog (1975)
123 JOHN GOODMAN Born Yesterday (1993)
140 MICKEY ROURKE Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
141 CANDICE BERGEN BOOK CLUB (2018)
143 JACK WARDEN Guilty as Sin (1993)
151 ANJELICA HUSTON When in Rome (2010)
164 NICK NOLTE Return to Macon County (1975)
171 MEL GIBSON DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE (2019)
176 STEPHEN LANG GUILTY AS SIN (1993)
185 GIANCARLO GIANNINI Bastardi (2008)
211 DANNY DEVITO When in Rome (2010)
217 WALLACE SHAWN BOOK CLUB (2018)
233 ANDY GARCIA BOOK CLUB (2018)
236 PAUL SORVINO Melanie (1982)
267 TOM SIZEMORE Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
283 RICHARD DREYFUSS BOOK CLUB (2018)
285 BOB BALABAN Dead Bang (1989)
291 EDWARD HERRMANN Born Yesterday (1993)
291 EDWARD HERRMANN Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011)
308 ED BEGLEY JR. BOOK CLUB (2018)
335 MARY STEENBURGEN BOOK CLUB (2018)
340 MELANIE GRIFFITH Born Yesterday (1993)
340 MELANIE GRIFFITH Paradise (1991)
340 MELANIE GRIFFITH The Harrad Experiment (1973)
341 LEONARDO DICAPRIO Django Unchained (2012)
347 THOMAS KRETSCHMANN DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE (2019)
357 BURT YOUNG VAULT (2019)
410 JEFF DANIELS Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)
420 KEVIN COSTNER Tin Cup (1996)
457 ELIJAH WOOD Paradise (1991)
492 JANE FONDA BOOK CLUB (2018)
500 WILLIAM FORSYTHE Dead Bang (1989)
500 WILLIAM FORSYTHE VAULT (2019)
508 STEPHEN DORFF Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011)
531 TONI COLLETTE KNIVES OUT (2019)
532 DUB TAYLOR Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981)
543 CHEECH MARIN Machete (2010)
543 CHEECH MARIN Tin Cup (1996)
557 LUIS GUZMAN Guilty as Sin (1993)
563 MICHAEL SHANNON KNIVES OUT (2019)
581 VIRGINIA MADSEN The Hot Spot (1990)
586 SHEA WHIGHAM MACHETE (2010)
590 ETHAN HAWKE VENGEANCE: A LOVE STORY (2017)
598 DERMOT MULRONEY GOODBYE LOVER (1998)
610 ANTHONY ZERBE Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981)
615 CHRISTINA RICCI Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011)
619 CAMERON DIAZ THE OTHER WOMAN (2014)
623 BRION JAMES Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981)
626 BEN JOHNSON Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981)
631 DIANE KEATON BOOK CLUB (2018)
643 JAMES WHITMORE The Harrad Experiment (1973)
666 SID HAIG DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012)
696 JAMIE LEE CURTIS KNIVES OUT (2019)
714 GIANCARLO ESPOSITO Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
735 DANIEL CRAIG KNIVES OUT (2019)
794 ALEX ROCCO Goodbye Lover (1998)
822 CHRISTOPH WALTZ DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012)
828 JACK ELAM Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981)
884 PATRICIA ARQUETTE GOODBYE LOVER (1998)
886 WALTON GOGGINS DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012)
899 JAMIE FOXX Django Unchained (2012)
904 VINCE VAUGHN BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 (2017)
904 VINCE VAUGHN DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE (2019)
984 JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT KNIVES OUT (2019)
988 BARRY CORBIN THE HOT SPOT (1990)
1000 FRED WILLARD THE HARRAD EXPERIMENT (1973)
Don has appeared with 16 Oscar winners.
ANJELICA HUSTON When in Rome (2010)
BEN JOHNSON Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981)
CHRISTOPH WALTZ DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012)
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER KNIVES OUT (2019)
DIANE KEATON BOOK CLUB (2018)
JAMIE FOXX Django Unchained (2012)
JANE FONDA BOOK CLUB (2018)
JASON ROBARDS A Boy and His Dog (1975)
JENNIFER CONNELLY The Hot Spot (1990)
LEONARDO DICAPRIO Django Unchained (2012)
MARY STEENBURGEN BOOK CLUB (2018)
NICOLAS CAGE VENGEANCE: A LOVE STORY (2017)
PATRICIA ARQUETTE GOODBYE LOVER (1998)
RICHARD DREYFUSS BOOK CLUB (2018)
ROBERT DE NIRO Machete (2010)
SUSAN SARANDON Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)
Hey Dan. As always thanks for putting together these lists. That is cool that you got to see (though briefly) Nash Bridges getting made. I actually knew Don Johnson before Miami Vice, as I remember seeing and really liking A Boy And His Dog…..that was almost 10 years before he became so famous. Looks like his ex, Melanie Griffith is his most frequent Oracle co-star….as they appeared in three movies together. Now that is a small amount of Oscar winning co-stars. Looks like Book Club and Django Unchained provided almost half of those 16 winners. Good stuff. You are the man.
Great UMR Page
Thank you Mike.