Want to know the best George Clooney movies? How about the worst George Clooney movies? Curious about George Clooney’s box office grosses or which George Clooney movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which George Clooney 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 and more.
George Clooney has come along way since his days on the television show, The Facts of Life. He gained his first fame playing Dr. Doug Ross on the very popular television show, ER. Since then he has become one of the most popular actors in Hollywood. Some of his biggest hits have been all three Ocean’s Eleven movies, The Perfect Storm, and Gravity. Clooney has had success with critics and Oscar® voters with many of his films earning Best Picture Oscar® nominations.
His IMDb page shows over 80 acting credits since 1976. This page will ranks George Clooney movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television appearances, some of his movies made outside of the Hollywood system and his straight to DVD movies were not included in the rankings.
George Clooney 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
2013
Gravity (2013)
AA Best Picture Nom
2001
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
2011
The Descendants (2011)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
2009
Up in the Air (2009)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
2001
Spy Kids (2001)
2007
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
1999
Three Kings (1999)
2004
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
2000
The Perfect Storm (2000)
2007
Michael Clayton (2007)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
1998
The Thin Red Line (1998)
AA Best Picture Nom
1998
Out of Sight (1998)
2005
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Director Nom
2003
Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003)
2024
IF (2024)
Voice Only
2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
2005
Syriana (2005)
AA Best Supp Actor Win
2008
Burn After Reading (2008)
2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Voice Only
2015
Tomorrowland (2015)
2011
The Ides of March (2011)
2003
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
2022
Ticket To Paradise (2022)
1996
One Fine Day (1996)
1997
Batman & Robin (1997)
1996
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
2014
The Monuments Men (2014)
2002
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
2016
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
2010
The American (2010)
1997
The Peacemaker (1997)
2016
Money Monster (2016)
2023
The Boys In The Boat (2023)
Director
2002
Solaris (2002)
2008
Leatherheads (2008)
2009
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
2024
Wolfs (2024)
Apple TV 
2002
Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
2021
The Tender Bar (2021)
Amazon
2020
The Midnight Sky (2020)
Netflix
2006
The Good German (2006)
1990
Red Surf (1990)
2017
Suburbicon (2017)
1987
Return to Horror High (1987)
George Clooney 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 George Clooney movies by co-stars of his movies
- Sort George Clooney movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort George Clooney movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort George Clooney 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 George Clooney movie received.
- Sort George Clooney 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 |
| 1 | Gravity (2013) AA Best Picture Nom |
Sandra Bullock | 274.10 | 363.4 | 958.9 | 6 | 87 | 10 / 07 | 99.7 | |
| 2 | Ocean's Eleven (2001) | Brad Pitt & Julia Roberts |
183.40 | 350.0 | 860.0 | 8 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 97.5 | |
| 3 | The Descendants (2011) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actor Nom |
Shailene Woodley | 82.60 | 112.3 | 240.9 | 39 | 89 | 05 / 01 | 95.6 | |
| 4 | Up in the Air (2009) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actor Nom |
Jason Bateman & Anna Kendrick |
83.80 | 120.5 | 239.8 | 36 | 87 | 06 / 00 | 95.6 | |
| 5 | Spy Kids (2001) | Antonio Banderas | 112.70 | 215.1 | 282.3 | 17 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 94.4 | |
| 6 | Ocean's Thirteen (2007) | Al Pacino & Brad Pitt |
117.20 | 183.6 | 487.8 | 24 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 93.7 | |
| 7 | Three Kings (1999) | Ice Cube | 60.70 | 129.2 | 229.6 | 39 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 93.4 | |
| 8 | Ocean's Twelve (2004) | Brad Pitt & Julia Roberts |
125.50 | 217.9 | 629.7 | 14 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 92.5 | |
| 9 | The Perfect Storm (2000) | Mark Wahlberg | 182.60 | 365.2 | 657.4 | 6 | 58 | 02 / 00 | 92.4 | |
| 10 | Michael Clayton (2007) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actor Nom |
Tilda Swinton & Tom Wilkinson |
49.00 | 76.8 | 145.7 | 55 | 85 | 07 / 01 | 92.1 | |
| 11 | The Thin Red Line (1998) AA Best Picture Nom |
John Cusack & John Travolta |
36.40 | 83.7 | 225.5 | 57 | 81 | 07 / 00 | 90.9 | |
| 12 | Out of Sight (1998) | Jennifer Lopez & Samuel L. Jackson |
37.60 | 86.3 | 178.7 | 55 | 87 | 02 / 00 | 89.6 | |
| 13 | Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Nom |
Robert Downey Jr. | 31.60 | 53.2 | 92.0 | 91 | 87 | 06 / 00 | 89.5 | |
| 14 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003) | Antonio Banderas | 111.80 | 199.8 | 352.2 | 19 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 88.9 | |
| 16 | IF (2024) Voice Only |
Ryan Reynolds & Directed by John Krasinski |
111.10 | 111.1 | 184.7 | 16 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 87.8 | |
| 15 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) | John Turturro & John Goodman |
45.50 | 91.0 | 143.7 | 54 | 80 | 02 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 16 | Syriana (2005) AA Best Supp Actor Win |
Matt Damon | 50.80 | 85.6 | 158.3 | 56 | 76 | 02 / 01 | 86.4 | |
| 17 | Burn After Reading (2008) | Brad Pitt & Frances McDormand |
60.40 | 90.6 | 245.8 | 52 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 85.4 | |
| 18 | Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Voice Only |
Meryl Streep & Owen Wilson |
21.00 | 30.2 | 66.8 | 104 | 88 | 02 / 00 | 83.5 | |
| 19 | Tomorrowland (2015) | Britt Robertson | 93.40 | 119.5 | 267.5 | 29 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 83.4 | |
| 20 | The Ides of March (2011) | Ryan Gosling & Philip Seymour Hoffman |
41.00 | 55.7 | 103.3 | 76 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 81.6 | |
| 21 | Intolerable Cruelty (2003) | Catherine Zeta-Jones | 35.30 | 63.2 | 214.9 | 79 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 79.5 | |
| 22 | Ticket To Paradise (2022) | Julia Roberts | 68.30 | 69.9 | 176.6 | 27 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 78.1 | |
| 24 | One Fine Day (1996) | Michelle Pfeiffer | 46.20 | 112.6 | 237.9 | 35 | 54 | 01 / 00 | 77.6 | |
| 23 | Batman & Robin (1997) | Arnold Schwarzenegger | 107.30 | 252.1 | 559.4 | 11 | 26 | 00 / 00 | 77.4 | |
| 25 | From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) | Quentin Tarantino | 25.80 | 63.0 | 144.7 | 60 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 74.0 | |
| 26 | The Monuments Men (2014) | Bill Murray & Matt Damon |
78.00 | 103.0 | 204.5 | 47 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 73.6 | |
| 27 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) | Sam Rockwell & Drew Barrymore |
16.00 | 29.8 | 61.4 | 121 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 72.5 | |
| 28 | Hail, Caesar! (2016) | Channing Tatum & Scarlett Johansson |
30.50 | 38.0 | 79.3 | 92 | 70 | 01 / 00 | 71.8 | |
| 29 | The American (2010) | Violante Placido | 35.60 | 48.6 | 92.7 | 84 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 71.4 | |
| 31 | The Peacemaker (1997) | Nicole Kidman | 41.30 | 96.9 | 259.4 | 53 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 68.8 | |
| 33 | Money Monster (2016) | Julia Roberts & Directed by Jodie Foster |
41.00 | 51.1 | 116.3 | 77 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 65.9 | |
| 32 | The Boys In The Boat (2023) Director |
Joel Edgerton & Sports Movies |
52.60 | 52.6 | 55.4 | 47 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 65.6 | |
| 34 | Solaris (2002) | Viola Davis | 15.00 | 27.8 | 55.8 | 125 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 60.7 | |
| 35 | Leatherheads (2008) | John Krasinski | 31.40 | 47.1 | 62.0 | 95 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 57.9 | |
| 36 | The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) | Jeff Bridges & Ewan McGregor |
32.40 | 46.6 | 99.1 | 84 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 57.3 | |
| 37 | Wolfs (2024) Apple TV |
Brad Pitt | 0.70 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 132 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 36.1 | |
| 37 | Welcome to Collinwood (2002) | Sam Rockwell | 0.30 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 230 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 31.7 | |
| 38 | The Tender Bar (2021) Amazon |
Ben Affleck | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 203 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 20.7 | |
| 39 | The Midnight Sky (2020) Netflix |
Felicity Jones | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 212 | 52 | 01 / 00 | 16.2 | |
| 40 | The Good German (2006) | Tobey Maguire & Cate Blanchett |
1.30 | 2.1 | 9.7 | 222 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 13.3 | |
| 41 | Red Surf (1990) | Doug Savant | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 223 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 2.0 | |
| 42 | Suburbicon (2017) | Matt Damon & Julianne Moore |
5.80 | 6.9 | 14.4 | 136 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 1.6 | |
| 43 | Return to Horror High (1987) | Vince Edwards | 1.20 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 164 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 1.5 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About George Clooney
1. George Clooney is related to numerous celebrities. His aunt is Rosemary Clooney, his cousin is actor Miguel Ferrer, and another relative is singer Debbie Boone.
2. George Clooney has been nominated for 7 Oscars®. 4 times for acting….The Descendants, Up in the Air, Michael Clayton, and Syriana…twice for writing….The Ides of March and Good Night and Good Luck and once for directing…Good Night and Good Luck. He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar® for Syriana.
3. George Clooney has directed 5 movies so far: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Good Night and Good Luck, Leatherheads, The Ides of March and Monuments Men.
4. George Clooney is the first actor to play Batman that later went on to win an Oscar®. Christian Bale followed him as Batman and became the 2nd Batman to win an Oscar®.
5. Roles George Clooney was considered for or turned down: The Fantastic Four, Reservoir Dogs, Jack Frost, Wild Wild West, Thelma and Louise and Sideways.
6. George Clooney has been married two times. He was married to Talia Balsam from 1989-1993. Talia Balsam was the daughter of actors Martin Balsam and Joyce Van Patten. He has been married to Amal Alamuddin since 2014.
7. George Clooney has done much humanitarian work over the years. Some of the organizations he has been involved with include: Not On Our Watch, Hope For Haiti Now, International Rescue Committee, and Satellite Sentinel Project. In 2008 he was appointed United Nations Messenger of Peace.
8. George Clooney was on the first ever cover of Men’s Vogue, while People Magazine has named him “Sexiest Man Alive” two times.
9. George Clooney has made three movies with Oscar winning filmmakers, Joel and Ethan Coen. These three movies (Intolerable Cruelty, Burn After Reading, O Brother, Where Art Thou?) have been the “trilogy of idiots” by the Coen brothers.
10. Check out George Clooney‘ career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
CONGRATULATIONS TO AMAL AND GEORGE CLOONEY ON THE BIRTH OF TWINS !!
This is good news also for movie fans as it DOUBLES the chance that the talented dynasty started by Aunt Rosemary will continue to entertain us well into the future.
Yes congrats to Mr. Clooney and his wife.
1 George Clooney is way near the top of my own list of favourite modern movie stars and indeed I am almost tempted to mix him in with my idols from the classic era as he has always struck me as more like the stars of that time than like many of those who are around now
2 I see in him as an underplayer like Tracy with the suaveness of Grant in the latter’s more serious roles and the social conscience of Redford and Newman. Whilst there is of course modern swearing in George’s films and while I have not been keeping count it is my impression that George uses relatively few bad words himself in most of his movies;
3 I read an article not long ago that suggested that the Danny Ocean films apart George had limited box office pull. It is true that if that franchise is removed George’s stats would take a fair hit with his Cogerson 100 million dollar films being reduced to a low 6 for a start.
4 Against that though he has a string of superb acting and other artistic credits to his name which Bruce has amply covered in Possibly Interesting Facts 2 and 3 above; he has had a glorious run in Quigley with 9 Top 10 entries between 2000 and 2011**; and Bruce has highlighted as well George’s success as a “sex symbol” while at the same time reminding us of his humanitarian work.
5 So in the round George has had a career that many actors can only dream about and one wonders what Aunt Rosie would think of her boy now! Cousin Miguel looks more like Jose Ferrer’s clone than his son !!
6 It will be interesting to see where George’s career goes from here as he has not had a Cogerson million dollar grosser since the monster hit Gravity three years ago and his two releases so far this year would appear to have been out-and-out flops. However even if his acting career declines George has proved that he has so much talent in the other aspects of moviemaking that the good news for Clooney watchers such as I is that our idol may well like the poor in the Bible “always be with you”.
**The full lists that I have been able to locate do not extend beyond that date.
BOB
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Hey Bob…..I figured you would like this updated page….more than me for sure….lol.
1.Clooney the next Tracy….I think his suave and coolness makes him more the next Cary Grant….which pains me to say because Grant is one of my all-time favorites.
2. You take away the Ocean movies and his career is filled with many less than stellar box office movies….but in fairness to him….his movies have a really good review scores.
3. Not thinking he earned those Quigley spots…..but he is a very actor….just not at the box office.
4. He has become a bigger star than his famous relatives….so I am sure they are happy….wherever they are.
5. I think Mr. Clooney has lots of trend left on the tires…..but Hail Caesar took some off for sure….that was a meaningless movie.
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How did George Clooney’s movie career last this long, when Hollywood never gave as much chance to Charlie Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Matthew Modine, Colin Farrell, Val Kilmer, Michael Keaton, Christian Slater, etc. at the box-office?
Hey Why was George Clooney ever a movie star?…..well since I am not a huge Clooney fan I can not help you with that question. Of the ones you listed….at least Keaton seems to be back on the A list again. Slater is the King of Straight To DVD. Farrell has had some horrible luck at the box office….I think he just needs a big hit. Fox is the saddest of the bunch….who knows where his career would be if he was not sidetracked by illness. Kilmer had a nice run….I think he like Modine might be supporting actors for the rest of their careers. Thanks for stopping by.
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I wouldn’t be a huge fan of George Clooney, especially when he made fun of Charlton Heston’s dementia during the gun debate. But that aside, he is a huge star without doubt and has a huge list of movies to his credit. The Perfect Storm and Oh Brother Where Art Thou being my favourites.
Hey Chris…..I am not a big fan of Clooney either. His treatment of Heston was pretty low and very mean spirited. Seems though that I have seen almost every movie he has made…I guess that is the power of a superstar….even if you are not a huge fan…..he can still draw you into his movies. My favorite Clooney movie is….The Thin Red Line….and he is only in that one about 3 minutes…..so I guess I do not have a favorite Clooney movie…..oh wait…Ocean’s Twelve….no that is only because of the hilarious cameo from Bruce Willis…..nope I will stick to the fact that I do not have a favorite Clooney movie.
Oceans are the only movies I cared for and he really only has a few parts in each.
When I orginally wrote this page on HubPages a few years ago….this got lots of comments…sadly as I have moved to a different website provider I lost some of the comments. Somehow I managed to delete all the George Clooney comments….something I wish I could go back and correct.